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Progress Against the Alan Walker Collection
Archiving volunteer Suhrud at work on the Alan Walker Collection. January 2024 is the anniversary of The Hockey Museum (THM) acquiring the lifetime collection of...
How The Hockey Museum became a Regional Case Study for Excellent Museum Practice
In 2021, The Hockey Museum (THM) board began an equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) initiative to build upon the good work already taking place innately at the...
David Knapp announced as the new Chair of Trustees
The board of The Hockey Museum are delighted to announce the appointment of David Knapp as Chair, with effect from 7 December 2023. David has succeeded John Willmott,...
Happy 50th Birthday, Hockey Digest
Photo: A selection of Hockey Digest's from The Hockey Museum archives. The 2023/2024 hockey season would be the 50th anniversary of the creation of the...
“The Hockey Dynamic: Examining the Forces that Shaped the Modern Game” by Gavin Featherstone
Past England international hockey player and two-time Olympic hockey coach Gavin Featherstone is one of very few authors outside of academia and/or directly involved...
Mercian Commits to Supporting The Hockey Museum
In late October, Simon Mason, Managing Director and Owner of Mercian Hockey met with the original founder of Mercian and President and Honorary Curator of The Hockey...
The Holy Grail of Hockey History has been Found: The Ken Howells Collection
Many of our followers will be aware of how The Hockey Museum (THM) has developed by collecting heritage material from many corners of the hockey family. In the 12 years...
Heritage project collaboration with Hockey Wales
The Hockey Museum (THM) is pleased to share that it is working with Hockey Wales to support their National Lottery-funded heritage project to research, digitise and...
Collaborative PhD Examining the Evolution of Hockey Clothing
The Hockey Museum (THM) has been awarded a Midlands 4 Cities (M4C) Collaborative Doctoral Award with De Montfort University (DMU). This funded PhD project,...
GB Honours Cap Presentations Rachet Up a Gear with the Arrival of Summer
The last few months have seen plenty of Great Britain (GB) honours caps presented in varied locations as we edge towards the target of 581 players who...
The Alan Walker Collection: We Need Your Help!
Earlier this year The Hockey Museum (THM) acquired the collection of the late Royal Navy hockey historian Lt Commander Alan Walker. It is a vast collection of...
Cambridge City Hockey Club’s GB cap presentation covers six Olympics!
This year (2023), there will be over 30 Great Britain honours cap presentation events, not just around the country but around the world. Amazingly, the project has now...
The Times omits hockey from its Wembley Stadium centenary review
On Friday 21 May 2023, The Times newspaper featured an article on the centenary of Wembley Stadium in London. Frustratingly, they made no mention of the annual...
The Cayman Compass points to West
The Hockey Museum (THM) continues its rewarding programme of Great Britain (GB) honour cap presentations, tracking down past GB players in all four corners of the...
A ‘moving’ event at the Skegness Easter Hockey Festival
One of the longest-established touring teams still playing are the Horseshoes Hockey Club, founded in 1970 as a team for current and former pupils of Oakham School that...
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