An ambitious project to create a permanent Eel Pie Island museum has received a boost from a pop-up version opened in Twickenham.

Michelle Whitby, who lives on the island and curated the "Eel Piland" art exhibition at Orleans House Gallery, is behind plans to make the museum permanent.

A pop-up exhibition, celebrating the island's rich musical heritage, is currently running at Twickenham Library until the end of the Rugby World Cup in October.

Ms Whitby said: "Loads of work has gone into it and it was all quite overwhelming really but we managed to get it done in the space of six months.

"Raising funding for it, project managing and curating has all been quite a big achievement and lots of people have worked on it.

"I think a lot of the visitors are people who used to go to the island and we seem to be doing a good job taking them on a nostalgia trip down memory lane.

"We have also found that there is an amazing amount of local people who don't know anything about the island and have come to visit."

Before the famous Eel Pie Island hotel closed for good in 1969, bands such as the Rolling Stones, the Who and the Yardbirds all played there.

A fire destroyed the venue in 1996.

The temporary set-up relies on donations from visitors and a modest gift shop but Ms Whitby harbours ambitions for a permanent home.

She said: "We are really pushing to get something more permanent and we really think it could add something to tourism in Twickenham.

"There are few commercial premises available so we will probably need to get bigger sponsors on board.

"Either that or we get the council to give us a building for very little money."

She added that the former Richmond Chamber of Commerce building opposite the council's headquarters in York Street, Twickenham would be "ideal but unlikely".

As well as celebrating Twickenham's musical history, some of Eel Pie Island's most celebrated residents are featured in the exhibition, including inventor Trevor Baylis.

To find out more about the museum, visit eelpiemuseum.co.uk.