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Heath Robinson Museum The only museum celebrating Heath Robinson!
🎨 Unseen on until 31 October
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This is the official page for the Heath Robinson Museum In Pinner, north-west London. The Museum is the first new purpose-built museum in Greater London for 40 years, providing a permanent home for the Heath Robinson collection and celebrating the life and works of this extraordinarily talented artist, illustrator, social historian and commentator. As well as the permanent Heath Robinson Gallery there is a regularly-changing programme of special exhibitions. William Heath Robinson (1872-1944) lived in Pinner from 1908-18. The West House and Heath Robinson Museum Trust is a registered charity and operates as a partnership between local Pinner people and the William Heath Robinson Trust, custodians of the artist’s work.

🎉 Celebrating 10 years of Heath Robinson Museum! 🎉On 15 October 2016, Heath Robinson Museum opened its doors in Pinner. ...
15/10/2026

🎉 Celebrating 10 years of Heath Robinson Museum! 🎉

On 15 October 2016, Heath Robinson Museum opened its doors in Pinner. Ten years on, this collage of facts and figures, currently on display in our activity room, celebrates what a success story the museum has become.

👣 Over 60,000 visitors have explored the museum, from Pinner, Harrow and Hillingdon to other parts of the UK and overseas.

🙌 342 volunteers have generously given their time as gallery stewards and front of house support. Their contribution is invaluable to the running of the museum.

🎨 Just under 62,000 people have attended our art courses, including over 29,000 children and 32,000 adults.

🖌️ Over 1,820 workshops have taken place, including sessions for children, schools and adults, alongside more than 150 family events.

From art and design to engineering, storytelling and invention, the museum has become an important place for learning, creativity and enjoyment. Participants have ranged from just four years old to 94 years old. It’s never too young or too old to start!

Many of these have been in the Pinner Memorial Park, open to everyone – the museum is an intrinsic part of the community and is playing an important role in bringing another dimension to the life of the village.

Our thanks to staff member Casey who put this collage together, and here’s to
another 10 years in facts and figures. Thank you to all who have been part of our
story.

In the early 1920s, Heath Robinson received a remarkable request from Princess Marie Louise, cousin to King George V and...
08/10/2026

In the early 1920s, Heath Robinson received a remarkable request from Princess Marie Louise, cousin to King George V and a childhood friend of Queen Mary: an invitation to contribute to a very special new dolls’ house being designed by renowned architect Edwin Lutyens.

Princess Marie Louise decided that Queen Mary would enjoy the House, which was to be a gift to recognise her support to the nation during the First World War.

Created as a showcase for British workmanship, the dolls’ house brought together some of the leading artists, makers and companies of the day, recreating books, artworks and everyday objects in miniature.

Heath Robinson contributed this tiny original drawing, The Lark, measuring just 4 × 2.5 cm!

The dolls’ house was completed in 1924 and displayed at the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley, which was opened by King George V and Queen Mary on 23 April. In July 1925, the dolls’ house was moved to Windsor Castle, where it was installed in a room designed by Lutyens. It remains there today, where visitors can see its extraordinary collection of miniature artworks and objects.

But for a limited time, you don’t need to travel to Windsor to see one of those tiny treasures. The Lark has been specially loaned to Heath Robinson Museum for our exhibition, giving visitors the rare opportunity to see this original miniature artwork up close here in Pinner.

Lent by Royal Collection Trust

Swipe through to see:

Slide 1: The Lark

A tiny artwork, normally seen at Windsor Castle, with a rather remarkable story!

Š Royal Collection Enterprises Limited 2026 | Royal Collection Trust

Slide 2: Exterior of Queen Mary’s Dolls’ House

Slide 3: The Entrance Hall

Slides 4 & 5: Letters to and from Windsor

Slides 4 & 5: Letters to and from Windsor. Transcription from slide 5:

“Dear Mr Heath Robinson,

Please accept my sincere thanks for the very elliptique drawing you have so kindly contributed to the unique collection of miniature pictures for the Queen’s historic Doll’s House. I much appreciate your kind response to my request for ‘The Lark’ in a charming addition to this very remarkable record of modern art.

Believe me,

Yours sincerely,

Marie Louise”

In the early 1920s, Heath Robinson received a remarkable request from Princess Marie Louise, cousin to King George V and...
08/10/2026

In the early 1920s, Heath Robinson received a remarkable request from Princess Marie Louise, cousin to King George V and a childhood friend of Queen Mary: an invitation to contribute to a very special new dolls’ house being designed by renowned architect Edwin Lutyens.

Princess Marie Louise decided that Queen Mary would enjoy the House, which was to be a gift to recognise her support to the nation during the First World War.

Created as a showcase for British workmanship, the dolls’ house brought together some of the leading artists, makers and companies of the day, recreating books, artworks and everyday objects in miniature.

Heath Robinson contributed this tiny original drawing, The Lark, measuring just 4 × 2.5 cm!

The dolls’ house was completed in 1924 and displayed at the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley, which was opened by King George V and Queen Mary on 23 April. In July 1925, the dolls’ house was moved to Windsor Castle, where it was installed in a room designed by Lutyens. It remains there today, where visitors can see its extraordinary collection of miniature artworks and objects.

But for a limited time, you don’t need to travel to Windsor to see one of those tiny treasures. The Lark has been specially loaned to Heath Robinson Museum for our exhibition, giving visitors the rare opportunity to see this original miniature artwork up close here in Pinner.

Lent by

Swipe through to see:

Slide 1: The Lark

Slide 2: Exterior of Queen Mary’s Dolls’ House

Slide 3: The Entrance Hall

Slides 4 & 5: Letters to and from Windsor

Transcription from slide 5:

“Dear Mr Heath Robinson,

Please accept my sincere thanks for the very elliptique drawing you have so kindly contributed to the unique collection of miniature pictures for the Queen’s historic Doll’s House. I much appreciate your kind response to my request for ‘The Lark’ in a charming addition to this very remarkable record of modern art.

Believe me,

Yours sincerely,
Marie Louise”

A tiny artwork, normally seen at Windsor Castle, with a rather remarkable story!

Š Royal Collection Enterprises Limited 2026 | Royal Collection Trust

Final weeks to see Heath Robinson Unseen at the Heath Robinson Museum in Pinner Memorial Park.There’s so much more to He...
29/09/2026

Final weeks to see Heath Robinson Unseen at the Heath Robinson Museum in Pinner Memorial Park.

There’s so much more to Heath Robinson than the ingenious contraptions. Our 10th anniversary exhibition brings together rarely seen drawings, book illustrations and unexpected commissions, including his designs for crockery. Many of the works have been borrowed from family and private collections and will return when the exhibition closes.

Unseen runs until 31 October. Your admission also includes the permanent exhibition, so you can explore his familiar work alongside these discoveries.

Open Thursday to Sunday, 11am–4pm. Find out more: https://www.heathrobinsonmuseum.org/whats-on/heath-robinson-unseen/

It looks incredible Mr Doodle! We're big fans here (and very lucky to have a permanent Doodle mural at the museum still)...
29/09/2026

It looks incredible Mr Doodle! We're big fans here (and very lucky to have a permanent Doodle mural at the museum still).

People of the world you only have a couple of weeks left to catch his work at The View from the Shard, don't miss it.

How might people get married in the new age of aviation? ✈️ In The First Aero Wedding, from our current exhibition Unsee...
18/09/2026

How might people get married in the new age of aviation? ✈️

In The First Aero Wedding, from our current exhibition Unseen, Heath Robinson sends the entire ceremony skywards. The arrangement is impossible, but the fascination behind it was entirely real.

Heath Robinson lived through a period when aviation, mechanisation and mass transport were rapidly changing ordinary life. Across his career, he imagined what might happen when new technology collided with familiar customs, homes and working lives, capturing both the excitement and the absurdity of change.

This illustration tells another everyday history too: that of Heath Robinson as a working artist. Commissioned for Flying Magazine, it was part of the commercial and publishing work through which he responded to the subjects occupying contemporary readers.

For Heritage Open Days and this year’s theme, Everyday Histories, enjoy free entry to the museum on Sunday 20 September, 11am–4pm.

Explore both our permanent exhibition, chronicling Heath Robinson’s life and work, and Unseen, our 10th Anniversary Exhibition of rarely seen and never-before-exhibited works.

Pre-book online or simply turn up on the day!

Discover the stories behind Heath Robinson’s life and work!For Heritage Open Days and this year’s theme, Everyday Histor...
17/09/2026

Discover the stories behind Heath Robinson’s life and work!

For Heritage Open Days and this year’s theme, Everyday Histories, enjoy free entry to the museum on Sunday 20 September, 11am–4pm.

Explore our permanent exhibition, chronicling Heath Robinson’s life and work, alongside Unseen, our 10th Anniversary Exhibition featuring rarely seen and never-before-exhibited works.

Pre-book online or simply turn up on the day. We look forward to welcoming you!

A few snapshots from our final Art in the Park session of the summer!🎨During our final session, our artists created coll...
03/09/2026

A few snapshots from our final Art in the Park session of the summer!🎨
During our final session, our artists created collaged and camouflaged birds, taking inspiration from the natural world around them. 🐦🍃
Thank you to everyone who joined us for our Art in the Park sessions this summer. We’ve loved seeing all the brilliant creations!

From Heath Robinson’s eccentric railway inventions to a steam-age machine of salvaged parts 🚂Commissioned by the Great W...
01/09/2026

From Heath Robinson’s eccentric railway inventions to a steam-age machine of salvaged parts 🚂

Commissioned by the Great Western Railway in 1935, Heath Robinson’s illustrations for Railway Ribaldry depict gadgets and mechanisations that, in many ways, pre-empted the vast mobilisation needs of the Second World War.

Among them are 'Taking seats for lunch on one of the first trains to be equipped with restaurant cars' and 'The first waiting room', capturing Robinson’s wonderfully inventive and satirical take on the rapidly changing world of rail travel.

Nearly a century later, artist Tim Ellis took inspiration from Railway Ribaldry to create his own eccentric steam-age locomotive: a 5-gauge model train powered by Anxiety and Yesterday’s News and constructed entirely from salvaged materials, from aircraft parts to brass trinkets.

And the actual train Tim created lives just next door in our permanent gallery, where you can see it alongside Heath Robinson’s work. Entry to the permanent gallery is included with your ticket to Unseen, so don’t forget to take a look!

With thanks to Chris Beetles Gallery for the Railway Ribaldry illustrations.
Photos by Heath Leung.

Address

Pinner Memorial Park, West End Lane
Pinner
HA51AE

Opening Hours

Thursday 11am - 4pm
Friday 11am - 4pm
Saturday 11am - 4pm
Sunday 11am - 4pm

Telephone

020 8866 8420

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