How do you keep warm in bed?

Photo credit: Wellcome Images

Well, obviously, there are any number of ways …  but using Warming Pans is one solution!

You can hear a local collector of  Warming Pans recount The History of Keeping Warm in Bed at the museum’s next Winter Talk.

And it’s a two-for-one bargain of a talk, because Reg King will also be exploring The Mystery of Rolling Pins.  He has collected over 500, many of them beautiful, historically interesting and made of a real range of materials (we’ve counted at least fifteen, from Bakelite to glass, from plastic to – well, come to the talk and find out …)

More details here.

The smell of the greasepaint…

Want to hear a behind-the-scenes insight into the history of the Bristol Old Vic company, its home at the Theatre Royal Bristol and its training arm, Bristol Old Vic Theatre School?

Behind the Scenes…

The museum isn’t open to the public in January – but behind the scenes it’s a hive of activity, as our volunteer workforce tackles jobs which can’t easily be done at other times of year.