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Exciting New Exhibition at the Beverley Treasure House

January 18, 2011

A new exhibition, ‘Inspirational Objects – Nature as Designer,’ will be on display at the Treasure House, Beverley, 12 February – 9 April. This touring exhibition by designer Alison Milner and photographer Steve Speller encourages the visitor to view objects that surround us a little differently – challenging us to think about why we like and enjoy something, where it comes from, how it is made, what it is made…

Beverley Treasure House: Local Winter Lectures 2011

January 7, 2011

Tumbled brick gables, dry stone walling, Henry VIII in East Yorkshire and illegitimacy are the topics of the winter lecture programme this year. The lectures are organised by East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s archives and local studies service and will be held in the education room on the first floor of the Treasure House, Beverley. (Disabled access is available.) For the first lecture on Monday, 17 January, Dr Joan Kemp…

New Children’s Activities at the Treasure House

December 2, 2010

As part of an ongoing programme to provide more for younger visitors, some new attractions have been added to the museum displays at the Treasure House in Beverley. Designed by a local company, Activation Ltd., based in Ottringham, East Yorkshire, two jigsaw puzzles relating to items in the museum service’s collections have now been made available to visitors. One design shows a recently purchased Roman silver coin hoard (currently on…

Beverley’s BEAU: ‘Wings For Victory’

November 10, 2010

A log book, recently discovered in the Borough of Beverley archive collection, provides a snapshot of the experiences of a Beaufighter aircraft during the Second World War. ‘Wings For Victory’ took place during 1943 and was a nationwide fundraising event, part of the National Savings Campaign, designed to raise money to buy planes for the war effort. The town of Beverley did its bit, and managed to raise £383,965 to…

Treasure House: Local History Book Fair

October 22, 2010

A local history book fair will be held at the Treasure House, in Champney Road, Beverley on this Saturday, 23 October. Now in its 24th year, the annual local history book fair hosted by East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s archives and local studies service has changed venue this year to the Treasure House. The event will be opened by the council’s Chairman, Councillor David Rudd. The book fair provides a…

Exhibition: ‘More than a Minster’

Explore St Mary’s Church Secret Rooms This Saturday

October 21, 2010

A new exhibition will open on Friday, 22 October, at the Beverley Community Museum in the Beverley Guildhall. This latest in the series of local history exhibitions in the Guildhall is entitled “More than a Minster” and looks at the full range of churches, chapels and meeting houses in Beverley, past and present. Fiona Jenkinson, curator, said: “Obviously Beverley Minster is the main church that most people will think of,…

More Than a Minster

An exhibition showing the range of churches, chapels and meeting houses in Beverley, past and present, will open on Friday, 22 October. “More than a Minster” is the latest in a series of local history exhibitions at Beverley Community Museum in the Beverley Guildhall Fiona Jenkinson, the curator, said, “Obviously Beverley Minster is the main church that most people will think of, but we believe that the sheer number of…

October 15, 2010

In Brave Company – The Making of a War Memorial

October 11, 2010

Peter W Naylor created his monument to the 158 Squadron at Lissett in order to commemorate the members of the squadron who lost their lives during World War 2. Although a contemporary work of art, Naylor’s work can be seen as part of a long-established tradition of public sculpture and war memorials. This exhibition traces the development of his monument from its inception to its installation. For this outstanding work,…

Guided Tours & History Lectures in Beverley

October 8, 2010

Archaeology, voices from the past and Beverley trades are all on the autumn local history lecture agenda this year at the Treasure House. East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s archives and local studies service has organised a complimentary programme to the Champney Lectures currently taking place as part of the Champney Exhibition. This autumn series is in its 17th year and commences with David Evans ‘past and present presentation’ of ‘The…

Beverley Literature Children’s Festival

October 8, 2010

A packed weekend of fun events for young readers and artists is coming this weekend as part of the Beverley Literature Festival. Authors, storytellers, illustrators, puppeteers and football will be taking over The Treasure House in Beverley to give young people a taste of the very best that books and reading have to offer. Aimed at young readers from two to 13 years and their families, the programme has something…

Archive Shows History of Policing

October 7, 2010

The image of the local bobby riding around the countryside on a bicycle on a hazy English summer afternoon is often the memory many people have of policemen and women of the past. But is this a true reflection? People can now judge for themselves as East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s archives and local studies service is pleased to announce the availability of the East Riding Constabulary archive. This marvellous…

Course: Researching Your Family History

October 5, 2010

A course on researching family history being held at the Treasure House in Beverley will help people to find out who they are and where they come from. Thousands of people find tracing their family history such a fascinating and rewarding hobby. Recent television programmes such as the BBC’s ‘Who Do You Think You Are?’ show celebrities effortlessly tracking down their ancestor’s footsteps whilst the experts do the hard work…

Beverley Literature Festival 2010

September 22, 2010

Tickets are selling well for the first weekend of the Beverley Literature Festival 1-10 October. And no wonder! Louis de Bernières kicks off the festival at 7pm on Friday night, followed by an astounding performance of Mary Shelley’s classic horror story Frankenstein. On Saturday, there is a chance to rethink all our assumptions about the Battle of the Somme with William Philpott, the supremely skilful author of a new book…

Discover History at The Treasure House

September 21, 2010

A free open day at the Treasure House will give members of the public the chance to see hundreds of local historic documents and films. Members of the public are invited to come and see the fascinating historic records and archive treasures available at the Treasure House during the open day, which will take place on Saturday, 25 September, between 9am and 4pm. All the documents on display will relate…

Autumn Lectures at the Treasure House

September 20, 2010

The council’s museums service is pleased to announce a series of autumn lectures at the Treasure House, Beverley. Dr David Marchant, museums registrar, will begin the series on 12 October with a talk on ‘The South Cave weapons cache – seven years on, what have we learned?’ This will be followed by Janet Tierney’s ‘Past times, past apparel – a look at costumes in the East Riding museum service collections’…

Books Come Alive at Beverley Literature Festival

Fiction, politics, geology, poetry, biography and lots of workshops to get involved with – Beverley Literature Festival (1 to 10 October), organised by East Riding Libraries, once again brings you the best in writing, whatever the subject. This year the festival has expanded its programme for children to give young readers in the East Riding a fun-packed weekend of performances, readings, making sessions and story-telling of all kinds – all…

September 20, 2010

Experts to Provided Lectures in Honour of John Champney

September 7, 2010

A series of free lectures by experts will commemorate the hundredth year of Beverley’s museum and art gallery. This year the people of Beverley are celebrating a century since the opening of the gallery and museum in the building given by benefactor John Champney. As well as giving the building – which is now part of the Treasure House, in aptly named Champney Road, Beverley – John Champney also donated…

Films of Beverley’s History on Show

September 1, 2010

Monthly film shows chronicling the history of Beverley look set to start at the Treasure House in September. The shows in the Film and Sound Archive Presents series will kick off next month with Black and White Beverley which will show footage shot in the town by prolific local film-maker Ernest Symmons. Mr Symmons was also the co-founder of the Beverley Picture Playhouse, which opened on Monday, 20 February, 1911….

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