Crewkerne Museum - Somerset

Summer Workshop
2023-08-03 10:00 - 12:00 UTC
Join us to make small individual banners on the theme of childhood;
health, education, work and leisure from the Victorian era to now, during
the exhibition ‘Burden or Blessing’.
Activities will include drawing, fabric printing, appliqué and embroidery
on brightly coloured fabrics. In four sessions work towards a group
display of individual pieces at the museum in August (before you finally
take them home)! All materials provided..
Adults £10:00 Children (aged over 8) £5:00.

Summer Workshop
2023-08-10 10:00 - 12:00, 2023-08-14 10:00 - 12:00
Join us to make small individual banners on the theme of childhood;
health, education, work and leisure from the Victorian era to now, during
the exhibition ‘Burden or Blessing’.
Activities will include drawing, fabric printing, appliqué and embroidery
on brightly coloured fabrics. In four sessions work towards a group
display of individual pieces at the museum in August (before you finally
take them home)! All materials provided.
Adults £10:00 Children (aged over 8) £5:00.

Guided Walk - Abbey Street to Popleswell
2023-08-29 10:30 - 11:30
Tuesday 29 August at 10.30am, Abbey Street to Popleswell,
Starting at the Museum this Guided walk will take approximately an hour.
Tickets cost of £5.00, Numbers are limited so please book either by contacting us by email crewkernemuseum@hotmail.co.uk or just pop into the museum.

Guided Walk - Abbey Street to Court Barton
2023-09-05 10:30 - 11:30
Tuesday 5 September at 10.30am Abbey Street to Court Barton.
Starting at the Museum this Guided walk will take approximately an hour.
Tickets cost of £5.00, Numbers are limited so please book either by contacting us by email crewkernemuseum@hotmail.co.uk or just pop into the museum.

Transtemporal
2023-09-09 10:00 - 2023-09-30 16:00
Artist responses to the archaeology of our local landscape, exploring legacy, a sense of place and time.
Local Artists: Lucy Gallwey, Jenny Mellings, Lucy Hawkins.
Also Featuring a fascinating archaeological photographic record by Jeff Hutson.
Normal opening hours, Monday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, 10:00am to 4:00pm.

Guided Walk - East Street
2023-09-12 18:00 - 19:00
Tuesday 12 September 6.00pm, East Street
Starting at the Museum this Guided walk will take approximately an hour.
Tickets cost of £5.00, Numbers are limited so please book either by contacting us by email crewkernemuseum@hotmail.co.uk or just pop into the museum.

Watercolour Painting Workshops - Autumn 2023
2023-10-25 14:00 - 16:00, 2023-11-01 14:00 - 16:00, 2023-11-29 14:00 - 16:00
Have you always wanted to learn to paint?

Are you looking for a new hobby?

This is a four week course, taught by local painter and teacher, Caroline Croxson. You will learn some watercolour techniques and create four different paintings. Experience and skills are not required.

Each workshop will be on a Wednesday Afternoon,

2-4 at Crewkerne Museum.

Dates: 25th October, 1st, 22nd, 29th November 2023

Cost: £20.00 per workshop, or £65.00 if all booked together.

Please contact caroline.r.pledger@gmail.com

or visit the museum.

Talks & Teas - The Secrets of the Treasurers House with David Maclean
2023-11-08 14:00 - 16:00
Wednesday 8th November 2023 at 2.00pm
A Medieval House constructed in the 12th Century and home to the Treasurer of Bath and Wells Cathedral for 500 years. The second oldest continually inhabited house in Somerset; possessing a Great Hall completed in 1293. Also, the home of a great secret!

Ticket price £5:00, which includes Tea/Coffee
Limited numbers event so please book early to avoid disappointment.

Watercolour Painting Workshop - Autumn 2023
2023-11-22 14:00 - 16:00

Talks & Teas - A question of Attribution & other Art World Dilemma with Miles Barton
2023-12-06 14:00 - 16:00
Wednesday 6th December 2023 at 2.00pm
Miles discusses the discovery of previously mistaken or unattributed paintings and where they are now as well as a matter of attribution .So sit back & listen to how over the years , it’s led to some juicy art world back stabbing and duplictous behaviour which will interest anyone even without a shred of interest in art
Ticket price £5:00, which includes Tea/Coffee
Limited numbers event so please book early to avoid disappointment.

Talks & Teas - From Michael Bond to Peter Ustinov, the Diary of a Penguin Rep - with Peter Rand
2024-01-10 14:00 - 16:00
Wednesday 10th January 2024 at 2:00pm.
Penguin Books Limited was co-founded in 1935 by Allen Lane along with his brothers Richard and John. Penguin revolutionised publishing in the 1930s through its inexpensive paperbacks, sold through Woolworths and other stores for sixpence, bringing high-quality fiction & non-fiction to the mass market. Its success showed that large audiences existed for serious books. It also affected modern British popular culture significantly through its books concerning politics, the arts and science.
Peter Rand was headhunted to join Penguin Books as their youngest representative ever at just nineteen and in this talk he will give us a flavour of working for such an iconic Company.
Ticket price £5:00, which includes Tea/Coffee
Limited numbers event so please book early to avoid disappointment.

Watercolour Painting Workshops - February 2024
2024-02-02 10:00 - 12:00, 2024-02-09 10:00 - 12:00, 2024-02-16 10:00 - 12:00, 2024-02-23 10:00 - 12:00
Have you always wanted to learn to paint?
Are you looking for a new hobby?
This is a four week course, taught by local painter and teacher, Caroline Croxson. You will learn some watercolour techniques and create four different paintings. Experience and skills are not required.
Each workshop will be on a Friday morning,
10-12 at Crewkerne Museum.
Dates: February 2nd, 9th, 16th and 23rd.
Cost: £20.00 per workshop, or £65.00 if all booked together.
Please contact caroline.r.pledger@gmail.com
or visit the museum

Talks & Teas - Get Thee to the Nunnery - with Sheila Seymour
2024-02-07 14:00 - 15:30
Wednesday 7th February 2024 at 2:00pm.
Such a clique, it is a joke, but maybe we are taking ourselves too seriously. Maybe we are taking medieval nunneries too seriously.
Recent reading has demonstrated that life in nunneries during the 14th, 15th and early 16th centuries was rather pleasant. Being secular as it was religious, rich and diverse rather than self-denying and narrow.
Hard to believe? Well, come and hear what Sheila learnt. It is anything but dull, we promise!
Ticket price £5:00, which includes Tea/Coffee
Limited numbers event so please book early to avoid disappointment.

Easter Activities for Children
2024-03-30 11:00 - 2024-04-06 14:00
Free activities for young children will be available from 30th March to the 6th April. (Except Sunday 31st). Explore the galleries and discover hidden objects. Make a Springtime craft to take home.

1st Special Exhibition - Crewkerne, creating a community.
2024-03-30 11:00 - 2024-06-08 14:00
A look at how the Town has grown and changed over time. Illustrated by photographs, maps and examples of peoples stories.

Caroline Croxson Art Exhibition
2024-06-08 10:00 - 2024-06-27 16:00
Caroline will be exhibiting new paintings at
Crewkerne Museum from June 8th – 27th
The exhibition also includes information about the classes that Caroline teaches at the museum and features work by some of her students
Exhibition open during museum opening hours
10.00- 4.00 Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
Entrance free.

2nd Special Exhibition - "Research - who, why, what, when"
2024-06-15 10:00 - 2024-08-31 16:00
Our Local History team researchers will show how they interpret historical information and the research methods they use, giving examples of work carried out on local people and places in the area.
More details to follow.

Art Exhibition - July 2024
2024-07-04 10:00 - 2024-07-27 16:00
FOUR THOUGHT – an exhibition of paint, print and weaving by local artists
4th – 27th July Monday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday 10am – 4pm
Lucy Hawkins, Marcus Jubb, Jackie Setter, Tony Smith

3rd Special Exhibition - "Crewkerne near and far"
2024-09-07 10:00 - 2024-11-02 16:00
Full details to be announced but will be showcasing items from the hidden collection of the Museums objects and artefacts not normally on display.

Watercolour Painting Workshop
2024-10-11 14:00 - 16:00
Have you always wanted to learn to paint?
Are you looking for a new hobby?
This is a four week course, taught by local painter and teacher, Caroline Croxson. You will learn some watercolour techniques and create four different paintings. Experience and skills are not required.
Each workshop will be on a Friday afternoon,
2-4 at Crewkerne Museum. Dates; October 11th, 18th, 25th, November 1st
Cost; £20.00 per workshop, or £65.00 if all booked together.
Interested? Leave your details at museum.
OR contact caroline.r.pledger@gmail.com

Watercolour Painting Workshop
2024-10-18 14:00 - 16:00, 2024-10-25 14:00 - 16:00
Have you always wanted to learn to paint?
Are you looking for a new hobby?
This is a four week course, taught by local painter and teacher, Caroline Croxson. You will learn some watercolour techniques and create four different paintings. Experience and skills are not required.
Each workshop will be on a Friday afternoon,
2-4 at Crewkerne Museum. Dates:- October 11th, 18th, 25th, November 1st
Cost; £20.00 per workshop, or £65.00 if all booked together.
Interested? Leave your details at museum.
OR contact caroline.r.pledger@gmail.com

Photography Exhibition
2024-10-21 10:00 - 2024-11-02 16:00
A pictorial record of the Archaeological dig by Jeff Hutson.
Beautiful wildlife and scenic photography by Paul Lynch.

Halloween
2024-10-28 10:00 - 2024-11-02 16:00
Children’s activities at the Museum.
