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The Mount: Opening a window on the Darwins' legacy

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Visit Father Christmas at Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery

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Off The Shelf | Mr Henry Box Brown

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Emperor Hadrian - Love, loss and the boy made God

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Shrewsbury's Fields of Dreams

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Winter Solstice: The Legend of Mitchell's Fold as told by Miss Lily F. Chitty

The Legend of Mitchell’s Fold: A Winter Solstice Celebration
Join us in celebrating the Winter Solstice with this special video, created by Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery as part of their exhibition, 'Sun & Fire - Life and Death at the Dawn of History. Running until the end of April 2025, the exhibition explores Bronze and Iron Age collections through themes of heat-such as metalworking, cooking, cremation, and sun symbolism. This exhibition, created in partnership with the British Museum, seeks to highlight Shropshire’s remarkable prehistoric landscape and inspire visitors to explore these extraordinary sites in person.
This video delves into the captivating legend of Mitchell’s Fold, a...

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A Brief History of Oswestry

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Oswestry is a town with a long history that reflects its special position on the border between England and Wales from its origins in Norman times through to the present day. Join us as we explore the streets, the shops, the pubs and the markets and fairs of Oswestry to find out how it developed over this time. Researched and written by John Pryce-Jones and narrated by Samantha Jones for the Os...

The Mount: Opening a window on the Darwins' legacy

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The Mount: Opening a window on the Darwins' legacy

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Join John Hughes, Darwin House Museum Project Manager, as he explores the fascinating history of 'The Mount' (now Darwin House) through a recently discovered photographic album from the collections at Shropshire Archives. Learn about the building and gardens where Charles Darwin spent his formative years.

Visit Father Christmas at Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery

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Visit Father Christmas at Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery

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Visit Father Christmas at Shrewsbury Museum & Art Gallery The festive magic is on its way to Shrewsbury Museum & Art Gallery this December, where Father Christmas will be visiting Shrewsbury to meet families in his traditional museum workshop. The elves will meet you and your family, guide you along the flagstones, through the archway to begin your climb up the original sweeping staircase. Chil...

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Off The Shelf | Mr Henry Box Brown

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For the first in our new series of 'Off The Shelf' talks, join Archivist Sarah Davis as she shines a light on the entertainments bill for Shrewsbury Music Hall featuring Henry ‘Box’ Brown. Henry was born into slavery but posted himself to the free state of Pennsylvania in 1849. He subsequently toured America and later England, including visiting Shrewsbury, to re-enact his story. There’s been a...

Emperor Hadrian - Love, loss and the boy made God

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Emperor Hadrian - Love, loss and the boy made God

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Emperor Hadrian - Love, loss and the boy made God For LGBTQ History Month 2023, Shropshire Museums have produced a spotlight talk focusing on a major historic figure; one who has several objects of dedication and worship within the Roman Gallery at Shrewsbury Museum & Art Gallery. A figure who would have travelled through Viroconium in 122 AD and whose image stood within the town as a God; Empe...

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Shrewsbury's Fields of Dreams

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No area of Shrewsbury town centre has seen such great change over such a short period of time as the area between the main shopping streets and the River Severn. It is an area seemingly poised for the biggest changes in its history, but this is a place where big changes have been happening for the last 150 years. So, here’s a chance to find out more about the rapidly changing look and feel of R...

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Library to Lane at Shropshire Archives

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A brief introduction to the sources available at Shropshire Archives produced as part of the 'Library to Lane' project run by FOLK.

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Treasure

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Treasure is a film by Samantha Moore, produced by Animate Projects, commissioned by Shrewsbury Museum & Art Gallery, with the support of BFI NETWORK, awarding funds from the National Lottery. © Samantha Moore, 2021

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Shropshire Women of Art and Science

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Join Emma-Kate Lanyon and Sarah Skelton, Curators at Shropshire Museums as they discuss the question, 'What if Darwin had been born a woman? A look at the lives and works of three pioneering Shropshire Women of Art and Science, Katherine Plymley, Mary McGhie and Sarah Price. Download the accompanying fact sheet and learn more at www.shropshiremuseums.org.uk/shropshire-museums-collections-centre...

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Quarter Sessions at Shropshire Archives

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Sarah Davis, Senior Archivist, talks about the Quarter Sessions records within the collections at Shropshire Archives, and discusses some of the fascinating stories that can be found within. Find out more at www.shropshirearchives.org.uk/blog/quarter-sessions-rolls-index/

Saving the North Shropshire Bronze Age Hoards

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Saving the North Shropshire Bronze Age Hoards

Просмотров 2583 года назад

2500 years ago, a remarkable collection of Bronze Age objects was hidden in a Shropshire wetland. In this video, Sasha Morris-Bhaita, Learning Officer at Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery, talks about the importance of this rare and archaeologically significant find, and introduces the 'Friends of SM&AG' Crowdfunder campaign to #keepitinthecounty. Donate to the campaign and learn more at: www.c...

Early Census Returns at Shropshire Archives

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Early Census Returns at Shropshire Archives

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Sarah Davis, Senior Archivist, talks about the early census returns within the collections at Shropshire Archives, and shows how they can be searched using the index on our online catalogue at www.shropshirearchives.org.uk

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Ten things to see at SM&AG

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In this video Emma-Kate Lanyon, Curator at Shrewsbury Museum & Art Gallery, talks about the top ten artefacts on display at the museum as chosen by the Friends of SM&AG. Learn more about each item from our online catalogue: 01 - www.shropshiremuseums.org.uk/collections/getrecord/CCM_SHYMS A_2004_024 02 - www.shropshiremuseums.org.uk/collections/getrecord/CCM_SHYMS A_1994_001_11 03 - www.shropsh...

Extinction: How Our Museum Collections Reflect Our Planet's Changing Biodiversity

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Extinction: How Our Museum Collections Reflect Our Planet's Changing Biodiversity

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In this video from the Shropshire Museums Collection Centre geology store, Emma-Kate Lanyon is joined by local ecologist, Sue Rees Evans. Together, they explore how Shropshire’s varied geology and the fantastic collections in the Centre can shed light on the story of extinctions in the region and beyond. There is an accompanying ‘Fact Sheet’ that contains more information and sources for furthe...