The monthly newsletter keeps you updated with what the Friends are up to. Follow the links below to find our library of newsletters.
We trust you’ll see that our activity is wide-ranging and enjoyable – and worthwhile even in the current (as of April 2023) absence of a physical museum and art gallery.
For information on membership of the Friends of Swindon museum and art gallery go here.
FSMAG Newsletter February 2023
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FSMAG Newsletter December 2021
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Newsletter February 2021
Great news that we have a fabulous page in We Are Swindon which gives us lots more exposure, thanks to committee member Angela Atkinson: https://weareswindon.co.uk/swindons-charity-hub/friends-of-swindon-museum-and-art-gallery/
AAlthough the Swindon Museum and Art Gallery remains non-existent – as of spring 2023 we have this:
- Talks are currently taking place via Zoom. We’ll send Friends links to these talks
- We’re continuing to fundraise for Swindon Museum & Art Gallery
Cllr Matty Courtliffe has the portfolio that includes Swindon museum and art gallery.
Pictish Stones January 2023
January 2023 Pictish Stones By Barbara Swann On the 25th January 2023, Friends committee member, Barbara Swann will talk to…
A New Future for Apsley House?
2nd January 2023 A New Future for Apsley House? Last week, the Swindon Advertiser ran an article entitled 'Swindon Museum…
Talks and Trips 2020!
Starting with the complete flyer and then a breakdown of all talks and trips, above the outer part of the…
Restoration of Roman Wine Strainer
Restoration of Roman Wine Strainer. Last week a small group of Friends visited the Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre in Chippenham, ideally…
Friends’ January Social
To mark the opening of the exhibition, Pop and Prosperity:1960s British Art from the Swindon Collection, we held an opening night, and…
Collecting Desmond Morris’ Picture from Oxford
Desmond Morris famous zoologist, ethologist and surrealist painter, as well as a popular author in human sociobiology, is known for his…
Angels, Buckets and Bells…
The exhibition Angels, Buckets and Bells in the downstairs rooms at Swindon MAG is a creative response to St. Mary’s Lydiard Tregoze, one…
Friends Farewell to Sophie Cummings (January 2020)
After six and a half years at Swindon Museum and Art Gallery, Curator Sophie Cummings has made a huge impact…
Top 5 Posts of All Time
Having listed the top 10 posts of 2019, I thought I'd list the top 5 posts in the history of…
Top Ten Blog Posts of 2019
One of the delights of writing a blog is looking at the number of page views attained per post. It's…
Friday Lunchtime Talk: Hit Repeat Exhibition (December 2019)
Before Christmas Sophie Cummings, former Curator at Swindon Museum and Art Gallery gave her last FREE Friday lunchtime talk on the exhibition…
Craft Matters: Collect International Art Fair (Thursday 12 December 2019)
For our December talk, we were fortunate enough to have Isobel Dennis, Fair director of Collect coming to explain more…