An old photograph dating back to the 1940s has been sent into the HU17.net by Gainsborough resident who hopes it will interesting to someone in Beverley.
The picture that shows an collection of troops in 1947 was discovered after Michael Hill purchased an old frame to put one of his own paintings in when opened revealled the hidden treasure.
A new exhibition looking at a different aspect of the town’s history opens at the Beverley Community Museum in Beverley’s Guildhall opens this Friday 18 March.
A new exhibition which has just opened in the Beverley Community Museum in the Guildhall highlights the role that several of the town’s industries have played in industrial innovation and creativity.
Staff and volunteers at the Beverley Community Museum would like to hear from anyone who has memories of working for some of Beverley’s key industries for a new exhibition in the autumn.
A new exhibition, “Bygone Buildings”, opens at the Beverley Community Museum this week. The exhibition, which will run until May 2015, looks at many of Beverley’s old buildings to see who used them
Beverley Community Museum in the Guildhall has been officially re-opened after being refurbished by the chairman of East Riding of Yorkshire Council, Councillor Pat O’Neil.
The Beverley Community Museum is taking part in the East Riding’s First World War centenary commemorations with an exhibition that looks at the impact of the war in Beverley.
The Beverley Community Museum would like to put on a small display to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic this April.
A new exhibition will open in the Beverley Community Museum at the Beverley Guildhall on Friday, 21 October. ‘Pastures and Pasture Masters’, was prompted by recent changes in Freemen legislation, which now allows more people, including women, to become Freemen of Beverley. Fiona Jenkinson, curator of the Guildhall, said: “The first exhibition in the community museum, when it opened 10 years ago, was about Beverley Westwood. This was a very…
Staff and volunteers at the Beverley Guildhall are appealing for objects and photographs to put on display for the next exhibition in the Beverley Community Museum. The exhibition is on “Pastures and Pasture Masters” and will look at not only the Beverley Westwood but also Swinemoor and Figham. Fiona Jenkinson, Curator at the Guildhall, said: “A previous exhibition on the Beverley Westwood and was very successful, and in the light…
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,…
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…
The Guildhall is a beautiful historic building, traditionally the seat of civic governance in Beverley, and now runs as a community museum for the town. Parts of the building date back to the 14th century, with medieval timber walls surviving from the wealthy merchant’s house that originally stood on the site. Since acquiring the building in 1501 the Governors of Beverley (who later became the town council) made many alterations…