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Finds and Activities Day at the Museum - Sat 3 Dec
Following our very successful Finds and Activities Day in September, we're holding another one in December. Our local, friendly Finds Liaison Officer, Kurt Adams, will be on hand to help with the identification and dating of objects, maybe things you've found while digging in your garden... Bring your coins, pottery and other finds along to the museum on Saturday 3rd December, 11am - 3pm. There will be activities for children too, so why not bring the whole family?
Family Trail around Thornbury High Street
Try out our new Family Trail around Thornbury High Street (sponsored by the BBC). You’ll be amazed at how much there is to find out about the High Street of your local town. Call in at the Museum to pick up a Trail leaflet.
If you've already done the Trail, you can find the answers here.
From 5 November 2011 to April 2012
Silver Jubilee Exhibition!
In November 2011, the museum celebrates its 25th birthday and we are having a special Silver Jubilee Exhibition to mark the occasion. We have been busy choosing 25 objects (or groups of objects) which aren't normally on show and which we think give a taste of the museum's collection. It's been hard whittling it down to 25! The chosen objects will be on display throughout the museum, encouraging you to explore each room.
We don't want to give too much away but here are some hints of what you can expect to see....
... parts of the Littleton Whale of 1885.
... the link between Mary Bruton (whose collection of local historical objects formed the core of our museum collection) and Donald Campbell, land and water speed record breaker.
...the Little and Large of the bible world.
... and the device which prevented crashes on the Yate to Thornbury railway line.
Permanent exhibition in an accessible downstairs room:
The Thornbury Roman Coin Hoard
This exhibition featuring 220 coins from the Thornbury Roman Coin Hoard is accompanied by information and artefacts relating to the Roman Occupation locally. A hoard of 11460 nummi, small coins, from the Constantine period, was found in a garden in 2004.
The bulk of the hoard can be seen in Bristol City Museum and we are lucky to have permission to display some here in Thornbury, thanks to funding from the Renaissance in Museums programme.
Image courtesy BMGA
In our upstairs gallery:
Thornbury Life
The local history of Thornbury and its people is represented by the exhibition in our upstairs gallery. It describes the people of Thornbury in the 19th and 20th centuries, their language and customs, their families, their trades and occupations and their everyday odds and ends of life. While items within this display are sometimes changed, it is our intention to keep Thornbury Life as the theme of this gallery. It is popular with local residents, with school students researching projects and with visitors from further afield.
We welcome new exhibitions and ideas, especially specialist local displays and so, if you or your group have a suggestion, please contact us.
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