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Friends of Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery
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The Friends of Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery was founded in 1983. Friends raise money to assist the Museum to achieve projects which, without extra financial support, it would find difficult to realise. This has mainly involved assisting the purchase of significant pictures, ceramics and other museum items for display. The Friends have also assisted with the purchase of display cases and computer equipment. Many members of the Friends are currently helping the Museum as volunteers, assisting with the auditing, photographing and packing of the collections in advance of the planned move into the refurbished Music Hall in 2013.
Members of the Friends receive a number of privileges. They have free admission to the Museum; they are invited to the opening of all special exhibitions and private views. In addition, the Friends’ Committee organises a lively programme of talks, excursions and other activities, as well as distributing two illustrated newsletters each year. Members have voting rights at the Annual General Meeting, which is normally followed by a lecture.
If you would like to join the Friends of Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery, please contact the Hon. Secretary on agregarioushermit@gmail.com.
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Friends of Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery
Registered Charity 513417
supporting our museums and preserving our heritage
President – Mr Anthony Bowen
Chairman – Mr David Waterhouse
01743 343811
Vice-Chairman – Mrs M. J. Thorpe
01743 357663
Hon. Secretary – Ms A. Belloli
Membership Secretary – Ms A. Bates
01952 463759
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Annual General Meeting
Thursday, 17 May 2012, at 6.30 p.m.
followed by a talk by Julia Ionides and Peter Howell (see below)
and drinks and nibbles
St Julian’s Centre, Shrewsbury
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PLEASE NOTE:
All meetings, except for the Darwin Memorial Lecture,
will be held at
St Julian’s Centre, High Street, Shrewsbury,
by kind permission of Mr Andrew Wright
Programme of Meetings 2011–12
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Thursday, 13 October 2011, 7.30 p.m.
Emeritus Professor Michael Rosenbaum
The Importance of Museums in the Development of Geology:
Lessons from Shropshire
Thursday, 10 November 2011, 2.30 p.m.
Margaret Williams and Jan Barnes, Museum Volunteers
The Museum’s Costume Collection: A Selection of Items
Thursday, 8 December 2011, 7.30 p.m.
Catherine Beale, Writer and Historian
Born Out of Wenlock: An Olympic Legacy
Please join us after the talk for mulled wine and mince pies.
Copies of Catherine’s book will be on sale.
Thursday, 12 January 2012, 2.30 p.m.
Annual Progress Report from Shropshire Museums Service
Sunday, 12 February 2012, 2.30 p.m., Theatre Severn
Darwin Memorial Lecture
Dr Jim Endersby, Senior Lecturer in History, University of Sussex
Sympathetic Science: Charles Darwin, Joseph Hooker and the
Passions of Victorian Naturalists
There is a charge for this lecture; please book through Theatre Severn.
Thursday, 29 March 2012, 7.30 p.m.
Dr Mark O’Neill, Director of Policy, Research and Development,
Culture and Sport
Museums, Local Identities and the Tourist Economy
Thursday, 19 April 2012, 7.30 p.m.
Mrs Sarah Kay, Researcher of Historic Interiors and
Project Curator for the National Trust
Attingham Re-discovered and Croome Re-created:
Two Very Different Historic House Restoration Projects
Thursday, 17 May 2012, 6.30 p.m.
Annual General Meeting
to be followed by
Julia Ionides and Peter Howell,
Joint Directors, Dog Rose Press and Dog Rose Trust
Heroes of Shropshire in Their 18th- and 19th-Century Contexts and
How Our House Became More Crowded When They Moved In!
Programme of Visits 2012
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Thursday, 24 May
Visit to Cardiff Castle and
Wales’s new National Museum of Art
Thursday, 13 September
Quarry Bank Mill and
Styal Estate, Cheshire (NT)
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Visits are arranged by Mrs M. J. Thorpe
(01743 357663),
from whom details and extra booking forms
may be obtained.
Members may bring guests
subject to availability of places.
