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 are Friends, who work and volunteer, who comment online. We want a museum that celebrates the stories of people in Royston and the surrounding villages. […]
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This year sees us joining up with Royston Cave to work together to promote Royston’s history. We’ve been working hard behind the scenes to bring something new to the museum and this year will see the reveal. We will have a whole section about the Cave and its history. We’ll have objects on display about
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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 and mental workout. Each session takes place in the museum. It’s a totally different experience than a gym as your exercising surrounded by Royston’s local
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Welcome to 2020! We’ve been busy changing some of our displays – come and see for yourself! We want to highlight some different things from our brilliant collection and give the things that have been on display for a few years, a little rest. We’ve teamed up with Royston Cave to show more objects found
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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 evening is entitled ‘A Christmas Miscellany’ and all proceeds will go to the Friends of the Museum. The show features a mixture of poems, songs
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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 to make it easier for you to volunteer with us. If you would like to volunteer your skills, expertise, to run a one-off event or
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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 they travelled across Europe and to the UK. As a general guide, this time period is called the (you’ve guessed it) Bronze Age. During the
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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 dreamt up our masterpiece, she wanted to create an artwork that was directly comparable to the Bayeux Tapestry. Where the Bayeux shows grand national events,
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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 bring this work of art to life. Head along to Royston Town Hall from Saturday 6th to Thursday 11th July from 10am – 5pm 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 would have seen how useful these new-fangled gadgets were and would have got on board. A flint arrow to fire at your dinner instead of
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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 of other sand particles. One day, Sandie became trapped by sand building up overhead. Being sand, there wasn’t much Sandie could do about this, except
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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 years. Now, take a massive jump forwards to just 2 million years ago! From then to around 11,000 years ago, the world was in an
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