 Regular readers will know that Museum is closed over the winter whilst we upgrade our main Collections Store and smaller Art Store thanks to generous funding from the North Herts Prosperity Fund and the Brian Leslie Racher Trust. December has focused on clearing the stores and carrying out maintenance work. Over three days […]
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The year 2025 will hopefully be a time of exciting developments at Royston Cave. As you read this, reports and recommendations are being made by Historic England, detailing the best way forward to help preserve the cave and its carvings. Once these have been finalised, the process of applying for a National Lottery Heritage Fund
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 If you read my article in last month’s edition, then you’ll know I’ve been nervously waiting for the outcome of some funding applications. Well, I am thrilled to share that those applications have been successful. Thanks to generous funding from the North Herts Prosperity Fund and the Brian Leslie Racher Trust we’re going
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Conservation and preservation of the Cave and its carvings are always our priority, and because of this, we have been visited several times this autumn by Historic England. They are assisting us with surveys and providing recommendations so we can ensure that this unique Grade 1 Listed Monument is protected from issues such as water
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On the western side of Royston Cave stands Saint side of Royston Cave stands Saint Catherine, holding the infamous spiked wheel associated with her martyrdom. At the age of 14, Catherine experienced a vision of the Virgin Mary and the Child Jesus, who placed a ring on her finger. She subsequently converted to Christianity and
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 As I write this month’s article, I’m nervously waiting for the outcome of a funding application we submitted back at the end of August. If we’re successful, then we’ll be undertaking an exciting project to upgrade the Museum’s two stores (rooms) which hold 95% of the collection not currently on public display! The
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The Cave has now completed its public tours for 2024. Preservation of the cave is always our top priority, which is why we need to limit the number of visitors we have during the year. We have had several visits from Historic England, who have been helping us assess how we can survey the cave
 At the start of September, I received an exciting email into my inbox. Sophie, Rhian and I are now all certified Carbon Literate! But what does this mean? Well, we’re taking responsibility for how our decisions affect the environment and are making conscientious changes to minimise our impact on the planet. You may have
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 As part of the Royston Arts Festival this year we are very excited to be offering our visitors something a little bit different. There will be a rare opportunity to attend an art workshop within the unique cave itself. But how will the artists who attend encapsulate this year’s theme of Arts in Motion?
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 What a summer! We have been time travelling throughout history stopping off in a different era each week, including Romans, Medieval and the 20th Century. Time travellers who joined us on our adventures each earnt a special badge on which they could collect a different ribbon for every week. Well done to those who
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You may remember from last month we were keeping our fingers crossed for blue skies and sunshine for our Summer Fayre. Well, we ended up with a wet day. Thank you to everyone who grabbed their brollies and ventured out to visit us. It was great to see so many people at the Museum. Our
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We are continually amazed, here at Royston Cave, by the distances that some of our visitors travel, just to visit our town and its unique little cave. We are even more amazed that so many residents of Royston have never been! To try and remedy this, the last couple of years we have invited locals
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