This talk follows the life stories of two Cotswolds Arts & Crafts architects, including travels abroad as young men, Ernest heading to France and Italy, and Sidney to Greece and Turkey.
Inspired by her Cotswold childhood and a lifelong appreciation of British wildlife, local artist Anita Saunders presents A Country Life—a vibrant and characterful exhibition celebrating the natural world.
The exhibition will present a selection of exhibits from Will Chester-Master’s fieldwalking finds from Abbey Home Farm, displayed alongside art inspired by walking the landscape where many of the finds were discovered.
Creating a 7ft Roman themed Hare is something Emma Abel is embarking upon, as part of the Hares of Hampshire summer trail 2022.
If you were to wonder about what skills a collections assistant might need to work in a museum, I suspect Sherlockian detective abilities may not be your first thought. I may exaggerate slightly but there is a certain detective skill needed in my job. When the museum has so many objects both in store and on display, keeping a close reign on inventory and cataloguing is key.
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the discovery of the Hare Mosaic, summer intern, Isobel Wilkes, looks at the significance of the hare as a mythological figure and artistic motif in Roman art.
In 2009, Corinium Museum celebrated the International Year of Astronomy with an exhibition entitled, Gods and Planets, Discovering Astronomy. Part of the exhibition featured a Victorian astronomer from Cirencester called, Elizabeth Brown. At the time, nobody had really heard of Elizabeth Brown so we felt it was important to make her astronomical work known to […]
