We would like you to meet the newest member of Broadway Museum and Art Gallery’s team, Operations Assistant, Kathryn Jackson. She has a degree in archaeology and a masters specialising in human remains and is keen to use this expertise to expand the exhibits we have at the museum. Her appointment means that the museum [...]
Over 50 people attended the launch last month of Broadway Museum and Art Gallery's latest exhibition, Making an Impression. This features print works by Impressionist artists which have been loaned by the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford. Exhibition curator Katherine Wodehouse joined the guests at the launch who comprised Friends, Benefactors, Volunteers and supporters from the Ashmolean Museum. [...]
We had a lovely email from some visitors to the museum who wished to share their experience with us: " This photo was taken on Wednesday 11th July which was a chance visit whilst on a coach trip which did not allow enough time to see the exhibition, hence why we returned to see it. [...]
Winners of the Children’s Art and Poetry Competition The judges were very impressed by the high standard of all the entries to the Art and Poetry Competition inspired by the Hiroshige Exhibition at Broadway Museum and Art Gallery. The progression of skills could be seen across the age groups. The judges looked for originality, an [...]
Following the installation of Hiroshige’s Japan: Views of Mount Fuji during the day on Thursday 22nd February, curator Clare Pollard’s talk on the exhibition in the evening was very well attended and very well received, a successful start to this year’s events and a tribute to Clare who was struggling with a sore throat that [...]
A Night to Remember! On the 19th September three of our volunteers; Lesley, Sue and Keith, Operations Assistant Claire, and Liz Eyre, attended the finals of the West Midlands Volunteers Awards at the Birmingham Hippodrome, after making it to the top five in the Above and Beyond Team category. It was a lovely evening, with [...]
Our Skyscape exhibition has begun! Last week we said goodbye to the beautiful Embroidered Bodies exhibition and welcomed in a wonderful range of art depicting skyscapes. Our launch event was a lovely evening, with curator Katherine Wodehouse providing us with a brief introduction to the exhibition. Writing to his friend the Revd John Fisher on [...]
Our amazing Volunteer Team were submitted into the 'Above and Beyond' category for the West Midlands Volunteer Awards 2017. The finalists were announced on Friday 11th August and we were thrilled to find out that they had made the finals. Our team will be off to the evening ceremony at the Birmingham Hippodrome on the [...]
On the 5th August, 2017, Broadway Museum and Art Gallery teamed up with Regia Anglorum to produce a great Anglo-Saxon reenactment show on Broadway Green. The reenactors showed off various crafts in their tents, and training displays in the arena, to the public. The crafts included woodworking, Old English language and writing, jewellery making and [...]
Clothing the Body: Textile Coverings from Around the World Corynna Jeudwine is a textile designer and independent researcher. She brought along her own textiles collection to bring to life the story of the clothes we wear. This information and intimate evening was both colourful and wonderful as Corynna got us to think about the [...]
