Beverley Guildhall, The Beverley Treasure House and Beverley Art Gallery will be open to the public on Sunday, 9 December, 10am-4pm, to celebrate Beverley’s Festival of Christmas.
The Beverley Guildhall will again be open for the Heritage Open Days this year, with a new exhibition to mark the event. This year’s open days are Thursday, 6 to Saturday, 8 September, for which the Guildhall will be open from 10am-4pm.
The Beverley Guildhall is trying something new for the summer this year. A new exhibition, called “Roll Up! Roll Up!” opens on Friday, 20 July, based around the pictures that Fred Elwell painted during his wanderings round Europe with the Sanger’s Circus.
The latest edition of HU17.net Magazine has been produced early ahead of the long weekend and bank holidays. Available from Molescroft News, Woodhall Way Issue 97 featuring the pictures
As part of the town’s celebrations for the Queens Diamond Jubilee, the Beverley Guildhall is putting on a new display Royal Celebrations in Beverley.
HU17.net Magazine Issue 95 is available from Molescroft News, Woodhall Way and features the following articles and pictures that have appeared on the HU17.net web site.
Beverley has a new mayor after Cllr Margaret Pinder was elect into office at the Beverley Guildhall. Former Mayor of Beverley Peter Astell complete his time in office by handing out a selection of community awards.
The community museum in the Beverley Guildhall is today putting on a display about the Titanic almost 100 years after the event, which will include stories about people with links to the local area, and will be on show until 25 May.
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.
Tens of thousands of people descended on Beverley last Sunday in spite of the damp and cold weather. The Festival is one of the highlights of the year and in many ways heralds the start of Christmas. As always the sight of reindeer pulling Santa on his sleigh through the town excited both adults and children alike and as John Bird said, to see the expressions of wonder and delight…
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…
East Yorkshire’s Heritage Open Days will be bigger than ever this year, with over 40 events taking place, and Beverley Guildhall is pleased to be able to join in. From Thursday, 8 to Saturday, 10 September, the Guildhall will be open from 10am to 4pm with free admission. Guided tours by the curator will also be available on request on the Friday. Fiona Jenkinson, curator for the Guildhall, said: “We…
Over the school summer holidays, from July, 27 to September, 3 inclusive, the Beverley Guildhall will be open Wednesday and Friday 10am to 4pm until October 30th 2013 and return to original Fridays 10am to 4pm.
The Beverley Guildhall will present an unusual evening lecture by members of the York Waits at 7pm on Thursday, 16 June, with plenty of medieval musical instruments to see and hear. From the Middle Ages to the nineteenth century the English town bands, or waits, provided music for civic occasions and celebrations. In this lecture Tim Bayley and John Peel of today’s York Waits will outline the history of the…
Beverley’s new Mayor will be unveiled at the Beverley Town Council Mayor Making ceremony on Monday (16 May). Members of the public and councillors are invited to The Beverley Guildhall from 7pm, where they will hear from outgoing Mayor Bessie Foot, and where the new Mayor will be elected. It is one of the highlights of the civic year in Beverley. The outgoing Mayor will present Good Neighbour Awards and…
The Beverley Church Lads and Girls Brigade led the Mayor of Beverley, Bessie Foot, from the Beverley Guildhall to the Beverley Minster this Sunday. At the Minster Reverend Jeremy Fletcher welcomed the Civic guests that included the Chairman of East Riding Council for the special service that traditionally is used to welcome people to Beverley. HU17.net Picture Gallery: Click on the thumbnail picture below to enlarge the image to full…
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…
The Beverley Guildhall will be open for two days over the Festival of Christmas weekend (11 – 12 December). There will be Victorian-themed Christmas activities for children while the grown-ups warm up with teas, coffees and Victorian punch. This is also an excellent opportunity to see the new exhibition on the history of Beverley’s churches ‘More than a Minster’. The Guildhall will be open from 10am to 3pm on both…