Monthly Archives: December 2014

Posted on December 24, 2014 by Fay Curtis.

Desert Island Doc: Agatha Christie’s wartime wedding

On the afternoon of Christmas Eve 1914, Agatha Miller married Captain Archibald Christie in Bristol. Records of the ceremony, hastily arranged while Archie was on leave during the First World War, are now held at Bristol Archives.

Posted on December 19, 2014 by Fay Curtis.

Kids in Museums Takeover Day with St. Michael’s School

For Takeover Day 2014 we had a great time with the year fives from St. Michael’s Primary School and Kids in Museums testing our Hidden Museum app.

Posted on December 17, 2014 by Fay Curtis.

Modern Art in Britain: arriving at The Wilson

For this joint project, each venue is taking a different look at modern British art and hosting a display in celebration, including paintings and works on paper by leading artists of the past century.

Posted on December 11, 2014 by Fay Curtis.

The Nightingale and the Rose

We’ve been working on an extra special event for Friday 13 February with Paradise Hotel. The Nightingale and the Rose will be an evening of immersive entertainment…

Posted on December 5, 2014 by Fay Curtis.

Exhibition planning: Curators’ update on an exhibition about Death

Since our last update on a 2015-16 exhibition about Death, we’ve hosted two community consultation sessions to get some more in-depth feedback from people outside of the museum.

Posted on December 1, 2014 by Fay Curtis.

Frameworks: Great art in the West

Frameworks aims to raise the profile of five art collections that include world class historical, modern and contemporary fine and applied arts, all within an hour’s drive or a forty-minute train journey of each other.

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