Collections online
The Collections online section features a searchable database of selected objects from the Museum of Wimbledon's permanent collection. The museum's curators are continually expanding the selection to include a larger representation of the museum's core holdings as well as selected recent acquisitions.
To search through the Collections online database, use the search on this page. You can then choose to search across all collections or use the Extended Search to select individual collections.
The artefacts collection can best be summed up as the 'social history' or 'community history' collection.
Most of the books in the museum's collection are 'working tools' to help with enquiries and research.
This collections consists of items, on paper, that were never intended to be kept for more than a few weeks.
The Manuscripts collection comprises documents relating to Wimbledon.
The museum has been able to assemble a comprehensive collection of almost all the available maps of Wimbledon.
The museum holds a small natural history collection, dating back to times when collecting and displaying specimens was not only legal, but fashionable.
The collection of over 1,000 images ranges from replicas of earlier prints or drawings, through atmospheric snapshots depicting both town and country life, to more contemporary photographs of Wimbledon's history.
The portrait collection includes some of the many individuals who have been associated with Wimbledon over the centuries.
The collection has been built up over the last thirty to forty years although there are some older items.
The majority of the collection of prints, watercolours and drawings in the museum are original works on paper.