Our New Museum – An Alternative View!
The breathless jogger rounded the last bend and over the finishing line and scuttled inside his bachelor pad just beneath the roof, for this was no ordinary athlete, this was Oliver Scudsbarrow, an...
View Article‘Shooting Stars’ hit Weston Museum!
Saturday April 21st. saw ‘Shooting Stars’, the Photography Club from Worlebury St. Paul’s Primary School undertake a photoshoot at the Museum. Eight photographers, aged between 7 and 10 spent an hour-...
View ArticleJohn’s Story – An account by Jamie, Museum Volunteer
“I just visited an old peoples’ home as part of the museum’s work to encourage the elderly to open up a little. Completely new to it and I broke the ice well after sharing a town we grew up in, with a...
View ArticleGreek Easter and Community Exhibition, by Volunteer Chris
In the Greek Orthodox calendar Easter or Paska as they call it is the most important part of the year. Not only does it commemorate Christ’s crucifixion and subsequent resurrection, but it also...
View ArticleFamilies United Against Dementia
What a fantastic morning! On the morning of Wednesday 29th of August Weston museum hosted a family Dementia morning, this coincided with our normal nostalgia café that is held every Wednesday...
View ArticleSharing Heritage – Community Gallery Exhibitions
Just over a year ago we were lucky enough to be awarded a Sharing Heritage grant of £10,000 by the Heritage Lottery Fund. The grant has enabled us to explore, share and offer an understanding of...
View ArticleUphill Village Society Community Exhibition
Anyone visiting Weston Museum over the last week will have noticed the vibrant colour change on the wall of the community gallery showing that we’ve installed a new exhibition. Our latest exhibition...
View Article‘Power of the Rainbow’ – Partnership Project with Weston-super-Mare Pride
You may have noticed the pink sparkly walls and rainbow flag in the community gallery! Weston-super-Mare Pride has been working with the museum to produce the latest community exhibition. ‘The Power of...
View Article‘Travellers’ Stories’, A Forthcoming Community Exhibition, by Rachel Ballin
My name is Rachel Ballin and I work for North Somerset Council as a Traveller Advisory Teacher. That means I support Gypsy and Traveller children to access education right through from pre-school to...
View ArticleWeston-super-Mare Rotary Club Community Exhibition
An exhibition celebrating the centenary of the Weston-super-Mare Rotary Club. The exhibition includes photographs, historical items, a touch screen interactive and a film, produced by a museum...
View Article‘New Arrivals’– A Display of Work from our Home Educators Sessions
For thousands of years different communities, cultures and groups have migrated to Britain and made it their home, from prehistory right up to the present. In this year’s sessions with our local home...
View ArticleCommunity Exhibition – Holly Hedge Animal Sanctuary
Come and see our latest community exhibition which is about Holly Hedge animal sanctuary. Holly Hedge is an independent charity based in Barrow Gurney, that rescues cats and dogs. There is also a...
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