The latest café case mini display at Beverley’s Treasure House has now opened. Drawing on the South East Asia Museum collections in the University of Hull, the exhibition looks specifically at Thailand and
For many, the local area and its heritage are a great source of pride and it is both a privilege and a joy to be able to visit museums and archives to see first-hand the objects that compose local history.
The museums service is putting on a special finds identification day at the Treasure House in Beverley on Thursday, 1 November. Janet Tierney, curator of Goole Museum and Skidby Mill, and Dr David Marchant, museums registrar,
Application forms are now available for the annual East Riding Open Art Exhibition at Beverley Art Gallery, where selected works will be on display from Friday, 7 December to Saturday, 2 February 2013.
The free admission event will take place on Saturday 1 September, 10am – 4pm, at the Streetlife Museum on Hull’s High Street. The day will include free open-top bus trips around the city, a children’
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.
An exhibition to highlight some of the East Riding’s most precious objects, revealing many international influences on the cultural heritage of the area, will be on display at the Treasure House from Saturday, 2 June until Saturday, 28 July.
Plans are well advanced for an event at Walkergate House, Beverley, to commemorate 100 years of ‘I Do.’ Sunday, 1 July, marks the 10th anniversary of the amalgamation
Family history is a thriving hobby, with parish registers and census returns offering vital information for those trying to trace their ancestors. Most people are lucky if they have a few old photographs, letters or diaries to go on.
A Tudor lord mayor of London, a woman incarcerated in a private asylum and Buffalo Bill all have something in common. The answer can be found in a collection
The museum service, in collaboration with the archives service and Beverley Library, is holding a special event for families entitled “Beverley 1900,” looking at life in the town 100 years ago. Taking place on Friday, 26th August (10am – 4pm) at the Treasure House in Champney Road, Beverley, the event will include music, displays and numerous activities for children. Members of The Pram Society and Spin Off Productions will be…
The annual Local History Book Fair, hosted by East Riding Archives and Local Studies Service, now in its 25th year, will once again be held at the Beverley Treasure House on Saturday, 17 September. The event will be opened by Councillor Chad Chadwick, vice-chairman of the council, accompanied by his wife, Councillor Margaret Chadwick. Over the years, the book fair has provided a meeting point and focus for local and…
The museum service, in collaboration with the archives service and Beverley Library, is holding a special event for families entitled “Beverley 1900”, looking at life in the town 100 years ago, on Friday 26th August (10am – 4pm) at the Beverley Treasure House in Champney Road, Beverley. The event will include music, displays and numerous activities for children. Members of The Pram Society and Spin Off Productions will be on…
Children can discover and create at the Treasure House this summer by taking part in a paper making workshop ‘The Wonderful World of Paper’ on Saturday, 6 August from 10am-1pm. Participants can make their own decorative paper from recycled paper pulp and encrust them with a unique pattern of strands, threads and other delicate materials. Find out how paper from different parts of the world, including Japan and Europe, are…
East Riding of Yorkshire Council would like to advise residents of opening hours for venues, including leisure centres, libraries, museums, archive services and customer service centres during the Easter holidays and for the Royal wedding. From Friday, 22 April to Monday, 2 May, general opening times will be as follows for the council’s 11 leisure centres. Beverley Leisure Complex For specific pool opening times please check with the facility. Friday…
Forthcoming lectures this month, organised by the council’s museums service and held in the Treasure House, Beverley, are as follows: Thursday 7 April Coins, Tokens and ‘Funny Money’ by Dr. David Marchant, museums registrar. A look at coinage and other coin-like artefacts in the East Riding museum service’s collections. Thursday 14 April Reuben Chappell and other Pierhead Painters by Janet Tierney, curator of Goole Museum. Shipping in the 19th and…
A new mini-display at the Treasure House in Beverley opened this week. The topic of this latest display is the East Riding Yeomanry, a territorial regiment that served in the Palestine campaign and on the western front during the First World War. Drawing on photographs, uniforms and other objects in the museum service’s collections, the display can be found in the café area on the first floor of the Beverley…
Local plane and photography enthusiast Andy Holey was one a of select few given the opportunity to bid a farewell to one of the RAF’s most iconic aircraft, the Harrier Jump Jet which has been withdrawn from service. Andy said: “I was fortunate enough to be invited to RAF Cottesmore on the 1st March to have a final walk around five of the specially painted aircraft and take the last…
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