The Garden Museum, ‘Flowers for Love and Money’, 2013 The ‘Flowers for Love and Money’ project created a winter cutting garden that was sown with native plants ( hops, wild clematis and catkins) which were then harvested and sold as winter bouquets. The bouquets were an alternative to the cut flower industry’s unethical and unsustainable […]
Read More →Lightbox, Waste Not…, 2014-2015 Waste Not… invited local communities to give stories and photographs and objects connected with keeping old things, reuse, repairing/maintenance, new uses and forgotten uses! The project culminated in an exhibition and was supported by a programme of public events and workshops on the theme of recycling and waste. The project aimed […]
Read More →Where’s Reading Heading?, Reading Museums, 2014-15 This project looked at the past, present and future development of Reading. It sought to provoke debate about how Reading will sustain a growing population and build a successful low carbon economy whilst ‘Narrowing the Gaps’ between different sectors in its communities. As an early project update describes, through […]
Read More →Reading Museum, Revealing Reading’s Hidden History, October- March 2013 Residents of the Oxford Road, Norcot and Newtown areas of Reading joined the ‘Reveal Our Hidden Histories ’ project to explore the hidden heritage of their areas, and to instill a more positive sense of place in Reading. The project drew on alternative historical narratives of […]
Read More →Slough Museum is an independent museum in Berkshire, with a collection of over 6,000 objects and 5,000 photographs which tell the local history of Slough.
Read More →Torquay Museum, founded by the Torquay Natural History Society in 1844, houses extensive biological and Natural History collections of considerable scientific interest from the local area and beyond.
Read More →Woodhorn Museum, formerly Woodhorn Colliery Museum, is located in Ashington, Northumberland. Woodhorn Museum is part of Woodhorn Charitable Trust who also manage Berwick-upon-Tweed Record Office, Northumberland Archives, Berwick Museum and Art Gallery, Hexham Old Gaol and Morpeth Chantry Bagpipe Museum. Woodhorn is also taking part in our 5-Year Study
Read More →The Royal West Academy of England (RWA) is England’s only regional Royal Academy of Art. RWA showcases national and international visual art, featuring today’s foremost artists, including Royal Academicians, alongside great artists from the past, with the aim of inspiring and nurturing creative talent today.
Read More →Bliston Craft Gallery is part of WAVE (Wolverhampton Arts & Heritage). Formerly Bliston Art Gallery and Museum, Bilston Craft Gallery was established in 1999 to bring the best of contemporary craft to the West Midlands, and explore the rich heritage of skilled industrial design and production in the region. Craftplay is Bilston Craft Gallery’s award […]
Read More →Derby Museums is an independent trust and organisation run for, and on behalf of, the people of Derby. Derby Museums manages Derby’s three museums, Derby Museum & Art Gallery, Pickford’s House and the Silk Mill. Derby Museums are participating in our 5 year Study. “The skills and knowledge which we have developed as an organisation […]
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