Museum Musings: Collecting Along with many museums, Royston Museum are seeing the importance of recording what we’re all going through. The collecting will happen when we open so if you […]
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Well, we didn’t expect this! We’re sad to have to be closed, but we fully support doing so. While you’re at home, check out our Twitter @RoystonMuseum and Facebook page
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DUE TO THE OUTBREAK OF CORONAVIRUS, ROYSTON MUSEUM WILL BE SHUT FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE. What would a museum be without people? The people who visit, who donate items, who
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We’ve been working with the wonderful team at BEEE Creative who run dance workshops in the Museum. One group they run is designed for adults who want a gentle physical
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Local drama group CADS have been busy putting together a cabaret-style evening of entertainment for the Royston & District Museum & Art Gallery. Organised by CADS regular Kathy Young, the
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Royston Museum relies on its team of volunteers. Without them, the museum would not be open. We want to encourage more people to join in and are looking at ways
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Bronze is a metal made using tin and copper. People in Eastern Europe started making bronze about 5000 years ago and they shared their knowledge and technology for this as
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In a true tapestry, scenes and images are woven into the cloth as it is made. In the Royston Tapestry, the scenes are stitched onto pre-finished linen. When Jane Vincent
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Tapestry Unveiling After 30 years, we are so excited to be unveiling the completed Royston Tapestry in July. So many people have volunteered their time, expertise, knowledge and skills to
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Flint… stones Early people started using stone tools around 2.5 million years ago. This most likely started in Africa and as people travelled, they brought their tools with them. Others
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Museum Musings – Royston Tapestry Once upon a time, 300 million years ago to be more precise, there was a particle of sand called Sandie who was surrounded by millions
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Royston Tapestry Scene Two The Ice Age This month we’re taking a closer look at the second scene of the Royston Tapestry. Our first scene took us back 64 million
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