Talks and Trips 2020!
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…
Restoration of Roman Wine Strainer
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…
Trip to Pembroke College, JCR Art Collection (Thursday 21 November 2019)
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…
Cutting Edge: Modernist Printmaking at The Dulwich Picture Gallery (Tuesday 9 July 2019)
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…
Trip to Fresh Air Sculpture Show (Wednesday 26 June 2019)
This biennial sculpture exhibition, first held in 1992 in the extensive gardens and grounds of The Old Rectory at Quenington seemed like a perfect afternoon out for the Friends. The exhibition ran from 16 June until 7 July, and we visited…
Friends’ Trip to Victoria Art Gallery (Friday 12 April)
After their visit to Swindon MAG last year, the Friends of Victoria Art Gallery very kindly invited us over for a guided tour of the stores, the galleries and for a meal afterwards. We had a fascinating time in the…
The Fitzwilliam Museum’s Friends
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…