NEWS

The museum opens for the 2012 season on Wednesday 1st February at 2pm.

Returning visitors will notice quite a few changes. Our models are on the move and have new stories to tell, and new items in the collection will be on display. We open with:
. Vivat Regina: the dawn of our Elizabethan Age: stories and images of the Eden Valley in 1952.
. A Photographic Journey Around the Eden Valley continues until May (see below).
. In April we begin discovering the influence of the Arts & Crafts Movement in the Eden Valley through a series of talks, beginning with a double bill: John Isherwood on the Pre-Raphaelites and Annabel Watts on the 'cottage' painter, Helen Allingham. Other talks planned will be on the social reformer and founder of the National Trust Octavia Hill; garden designer Gertrude Jekyll; and Arts & Crafts furniture. There will also be a children’s educational workshop in October.
. Throughout August we will be celebrating our national and local sporting history with Our Sporting Life.
. In September we move on to the History of Hospitals and Healthcare in the Eden Valley.
Another packed year, full of variety - see the local press or visit our events page for further details as they are published. If you would like to be added to our email mailing list, please contact the museum on curator@evmt.org.uk.

A Photographic Journey Around the Eden Valley
A series of displays using images from the museum collections started in July 2011. Each month different villages are featured and images used in previous displays, along with additional text, can be viewed in folders in the gallery. The Journey continues in 2012 with:
. February: Penshurst
. March: Chiddingstone Hoath and Markbeech
. April: Cowden
. May: Marsh Green

Your museum needs you!
We are always pleased to hear from potential volunteers. If you have a few hours to spare and you are interested in local history and learning about what we do, we’d love to hear from you. Please call the Curator on 01732 868102 or contact her by email: curator@evmt.org.uk or call into the museum when you are passing.