January 2023 Pictish Stones By Barbara Swann On the 25th January 2023, Friends committee member, Barbara Swann will talk to us about Pictish stones. The Pict people lived, for the most part, in eastern Scotland. Though they left no written…
2nd January 2023 A New Future for Apsley House? Last week, the Swindon Advertiser ran an article entitled 'Swindon Museum could become shops and restaurants under plans.' The article featured architect's impression of how the developer hopes to enhance the…
Starting with the complete flyer and then a breakdown of all talks and trips, above the outer part of the flyer, and below the inside. Tickets for talks can be obtained at the museum during opening hours, and also from…
Last week a small group of Friends visited the Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre in Chippenham, ideally placed about 5 minutes from the railway station. The last time we visited the history centre was back in February 2012 for a guided tour…
Desmond Morris famous zoologist, ethologist and surrealist painter, as well as a popular author in human sociobiology, is known for his 1967 book The Naked Ape, and for his television programmes such as Zoo Time. His Wikipedia entry mentions that he was born in Purton,…
After six and a half years at Swindon Museum and Art Gallery, Curator Sophie Cummings has made a huge impact on the place, with regular changeovers of exhibitions both in the downstairs and upstairs galleries, there have been reasons for…
For our December talk, we were fortunate enough to have Isobel Dennis, Fair director of Collect coming to explain more about the International Art Fair for Modern Craft and Design which is now in its 16th year. I have taken…
Our November talk featured Ken White in conversation with Andy Binks, with the same talk repeated for a second evening in order to be able to accommodate the large number of people who wanted to come. The talks coincided with the end…
A trip to somewhere relatively nearby is easier to organise than one further away, Pembroke College, Oxford, was a dream, we could go on the bus, keeping the cost of the trip down. Sadly for me, on the date of the…
I do like photos of artists with their work, and last year took quite a few artists standing beside their work at the Open Exhibition. This year I have mostly relied on copying photos from Facebook, I do hope this is…