The Friends' committee organised a Private View for Ken White's exhibition currently in the gallery at the museum on the first day of the exhibition. There was a fabulous turn out, with around 90 people attending, and canapes provided by The Olive Tree…
The children's workshops at Swindon Museum and Art Gallery over the summer were a massive success thanks to the funding provided by the Friends. The support given by members of the Friends through volunteering to help run the workshops was…
This group exhibition brings together the artists of group 7, who have a strong commitment to the media of drawing, painting and printmaking.They share an interest in abstract and expressive painting with a strong use of colour. The exhibition showcases their…
It's been really great that the Friends have been able to sponsor and support the fabulous children's workshops. I've called them summer workshops, but in fact they are holiday workshops, with some during October half term and the Christmas holidays.…
The lunchtime talks which accompany exhibitions are usually given by curator Sophie Cummings and give a wonderful insight into the thinking behind the title, and the reason for bringing together these particular works and displaying them in a certain way.…
The Friends of Swindon Museum and Art Gallery exists to support the work of the museum, specifically as a registered charity we raise money for purchases, restorations, new works, exhibitions and currently the children's workshops. We also help publicise the museum,…
For our July talk, we were very fortunate to have Professor Ann Sumner talking to us about the history of tennis in art, following the publication of a book, or to give the full title:International Tennis Art – Swindon’s Vicente…
Our new Talks & Trips leaflet for July - December 2019 is available to pick up from Swindon Museum and Art Gallery or you can download it here by clicking on the button below! July-December-2019-Talks-and-Trips-LeafletDownload
We visited The Dulwich Picture Gallery for the second time on 9 July to look round the fantastic exhibition of prints made by the Grosvenor School in the 1930s, curated by Gordon Samuel of Osborne Samuel Gallery, who gave us a wonderful…
For our June talk, Emile de Bruijn agreed to come and talk about his work with the National Trust, specifically how decisions are made about how properties owned by the National Trust should be presented to the public. Looking Emile…