Future Plans 14 March 2019 Council unveils ambitious plans to protect town’s treasured artefacts Swindon Borough Council can for the first time reveal exciting new plans to enable the town’s cultural sphere to grow and flourish. At this month’s Cabinet…
Private View of the New Exhibitions in the Gallery Swindon Museum and Art Gallery hosted 3 events last week which I'll cover in the blog via separate posts, to find out more information about what's going on at the museum, please…
Sunday, 24 March 2019 Workshops at Swindon Museum and Art Gallery An essential part of running a museum and art gallery is encouraging new audiences, and the Friends are keen to help the museum achieve this goal. One of the…
Latest Plans for Swindon MAG On the 14 March, we read about the latest plans for the Swindon Museum and Art Gallery, in this cabinet paper, on page 35 onwards: https://ww5.swindon.gov.uk/moderngov/documents/g9398/Public%20reports%20pack%2020th-Mar-2019%2018.00%20Cabinet.pdf?T=10 It's interesting how similar they are to the plans…
Members of the Trust attended a photocall at the Civic Offices and Swindon Museum and Art Gallery in celebration of the delivery of the the Bid for the new Swindon Museum and Art Gallery to the Heritage Lottery Fund. We showed our support…
We were fortunate enough to have a wonderful evening with Janet Boulton in conversation with Curator Sophie Cummings. It was our last event of 2017, and a real treat for those who have admired Janet's exhibition: A Seeming Diversity: that…
On a recent visit to The Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, I discovered not only were they celebrating the bicentenary of their opening, but also the Friends of the Fitzwilliam was founded in 1909 by Sir Sydney Cockerell, Director from 1908-1937…
We were really excited to be attending the opening of the new exhibition of work by Eileen Cooper RA in the main gallery on Tuesday evening. Lots of people attended, the canapes were tasty, and the 'Hide and Seek' exhibition…