Small but perfectly formed ‘micro museum’ in @LetchworthGC explores social history of #Letchworth with objects from @GC_Collection *FREE. OPEN Mon-Sat 10am-5pm*
Letchworth, England
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Vote for us! 🗳️ in the Hertfordshire Association of Museums ‘Object of the Year’ Award for 2024!
We’ve nominated our gorgeous dusky oil painting of Broadway, by Sylvia Molloy, which was one of the most popular pieces in our ‘Letchworth: Lives & Landscapes’ show at @BroadwayLGC – at Letchworth, England
We love the pinky hues and the wonderful trees… what do you think?!
Will it get your vote? 🗳️
We are two time@past winners of the Object of the Year Award and we’ve presumptively cleared a little space for another trophy next to the other two… don’t let us down! 🏆
#hooty – at Letchworth, England
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Exciting News...
We have a brand new exhibition opening at the Museum at One Garden City
Forging A Family is a project that's been all year in the making - working with Letchworth Caribbean Harmony Group to explore their stories and help uncover their hidden creative talents. – at East, England
We are marking Pride Month here at @MuseumOne with a display in our Corridor Gallery, put together by one of our Young Curators, Elise, as part of our ‘Hidden Histories’ project last year (funded by @HeritageFundUK).
Come explore @LetchworthGC LGBQT+ history throughout June 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ – at Letchworth, England
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Brilliant FREE Black History & Culture Talk arranged by @nhacc_uk and hosted here @MuseumOne *this coming Saturday* book tickets at linktr.ee/nhacc - running alongside our @Aimuseums @HeritageFundUK funded project ‘Forging A Family’ with Letchworth Caribbean Harmony Group
LAST DAY - BOND BUG RALLY
This Saturday 22nd is the last day of our amazing, popular, award-winning exhibition, Tom Karen: Creations at The Museum at One Garden City
Come and celebrate the extraordinary life & work of this local hero, iconic designer, artist & inventive genius. – at Letchworth, England
One of our visitors to the #TomKarenCreations Exhib today rocked up in STYLE 👌 in this #BondBug
The Exhib closes next Saturday 22nd April, with a mini Bug Rally
Last chance to see it - one week left 🗓️ ⏰
Looking for something to do with the family this half term?
Well, on Valentines Day (or Tuesday, as those of a less romantic disposition refer to it!) why not come and fall in love with your local museum?!… here at @MuseumOne – at Letchworth, England
Join us and the @BroadwayLGC team here at The Museum at One Garden City for our amazing Tom Karen exhib, kids fun, special family arts activities, free food & drink, and have your say about what we’re up to and what you’d like to see us do in the future….
10am-2pm on Tuesday ❤️ – at Letchworth, England
We’ve been nominated in the Little Ankle Biters Herts awards in the ‘Best Museum’ category!…
We’re thrilled to have been nominated but we’d love to WIN!! 🏆
Please follow the link and vote for us! 🗳️ 🙏
herts.ankle-biters.co.uk/lit… – at East, England
Have you voted yet? 🗳️
Still time to help us bag the trophy in the Herts Museums Object of the Year Award with our amazing #animalrights poster ✊🐾 #stopanimalcruelty
You can see the poster itself on display here at the Museum at One Garden City open Mon-Sat 10-5 – at Letchworth, England
This entry for Herts Museum Object of the Year, from @GC_Collection, is a Boycott the Circus Fly Poster from 1948. Part of Letchworth’s proud history of activism. Find out about all the entries and vote at hertfordshiremuseums.org.uk/… #hertsooty @hertscc
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Any early risers on Saturday can catch our Curator, Josh on the wireless… on the BBC Radio 5 Live breakfast show at 6.50am
Photo is a Bush TR130 Radio, designed by Tom Karen at Ogle Design in Letchworth - one of the best-selling radios of the 1960s 📻 💥
#ogledesign #tomkaren
Nice little feature on Tom Karen OBE and our exhibition on BBC Look East today
The segment is at 15m35s
Celebrating an extraordinary man, and his wonderful achievements - RIP Tom 🙏
bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0…
Tom Karen - 1926-2022 - Rest in Peace
We're saddened to hear the news that Tom Karen passed away at the end of 2022.
letchworth.com/tom-karen-192…
Our exhibition here at the museum is open until March and is a fitting tribute to a wonderful man and his extraordinary work & art – at Letchworth, England
We have launched a website to gather feedback from Letchworth residents and visitors about what they’d like to see or do at the Museum, or in the Gallery or out in the community.
Please do it, and share it…
projectletchworth.commonplac… – at Letchworth, England
Opens this Saturday!…. Young Curators’ Exhibition: ‘Home Is Where…’ over at The International Garden Cities Exhibition (@garden_cities)
Come and see this exploration of unusual & interesting aspects of @LetchworthGC’s past & present, put together by our team of Young Curators – at Letchworth, England
Free Admission.
Open this Saturday 10am-5pm (then Tues 1-5pm, Thurs 1-5pm and Sat 29th 10am-5pm)
Made possible by generous funding from @HeritageFundUK (National Lottery Heritage Fund) – at Letchworth, England
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SPECIAL OFFER!
20% OFF EVERYTHING in our Online Shop - until the end of September!
Simply pop along to museumshops.uk/shop/garden-c… and enter offer code SEPT22 at the checkout…
Every penny of profit goes directly towards our Museum Service 🏛 – at Letchworth, England
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Our current exhibition, ‘Tom Karen: Creations’ celebrates the life and extraordinary work of one of the UK’s most iconic designers - more in this excellent @MuseumCrush article - good news it’s been *extended* to Spring 2023!! 👍 – at Hitchin, England
Tom Karen, former Managing Director at Ogle Design Ltd in Letchworth, was responsible for some of the most well-loved and popular designs of the 60s. The exhibition at @MuseumOne explores Karen’s most iconic inventions including The Bond Bug ⤵
👀➡bit.ly/3bhuGv5
ALT The Bond Bug a red three wheeled car.
Still some spaces left for our illustrated talk next Tuesday 26th all about Tom Karen and Ogle Design, by long-time friend of Tom, and seasoned and entertaining speaker, Brent Smith. Tickets here eventbrite.co.uk/e/illustrat… #tomkaren #ogle #ogledesign #bondbug #scimitar #design – at Letchworth, England