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08 Oct 2012 Comments Off

Local Giving – match funding available!

Renew your membership or make a donation to The Friends by using Local Giving and up to £10 will be matched!

Localgiving.com lets you find and give to local charities and community groups. Each charity or community group has been validated before registering with Localgiving.com, so you can be confident that your donations are going to bona fide charitable organisations.

This is the website you will need:

https://localgiving.com/friendsofnewarkandsherwoodmuseumservice

by kevin_rookes in Uncategorized

08 Oct 2012 Comments Off

Charity Christmas Craft Fair – Saturday 1st December 2012

There will be a Christmas Fair on Saturday 1st December from 10am to 4pm.

The event will be at the Barnby Gate Methodist Church Hall.

Entrance – £1.00 for adults (including entry to £500 prize draw)

Refreshments available

Proceeds are in aid of the Friends of Newark & Sherwood Museum Service

Registered Charity No: 1146475

Download the poster:Christmas_Craft_Fair_Poster

by kevin_rookes in Uncategorized

02 Jul 2012 Comments Off

Next AGM is at 6.30pm on Tuesday 17th July 2012

AGM Poster

The AGM will be at the Millgate Museum. We hope you are able to join us and hear about Carolyn Drury’s creative project that focussed on the print collection.

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08 Apr 2012 Comments Off

Trent Vale Challenge – This years major funding project npowers out the starting blocks.

In the year of the London Olympics, this year’s major Funding Raising event for the Friends of Newark and Sherwood Museum Service npowers out of the starting blocks like Usain Bolt without any false starts.

RWE npower at Staythorpe has kindly agreed to give the Friends the £400 towards the cost of the Trent Vale Challenge.

Trent Vale Landscape Partnership (TVLP) is our other major sponsor and they have covered the remaining costs amounting to £1017 in total.

As all costs are covered anything we raise will go towards our funding target.

More details on the  walk and it’s associated events can be found in the Events section.

You can also contact the event organizer, Anne Coyne on the following email address: vcoyne@btinternet.com

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08 Apr 2012 Comments Off

Trent Vale Challenge – The Big Fund Raising Event! Sunday 17th June to Thursday 21st June

A team of us will be walking along the Trent Vale between East Bridgford and Gainsborough over 4 days.  Anyone can join the team for shorter walks along the route, or for a days walk.

Sunday 17^th June – Pub Quiz, Royal Oak, East Bridgford from 7pm

Bring a quiz to a quiz.  The Museum Team and Friends are joining the pub quiz at the Royal Oak, East Bridgford.  Help to answer the Civil War questions and see some of the Civil War related objects.

Monday 18^th June – East Bridgford to Southwell  11 miles

9am Leave from Royal Oak, East Bridgford.

Civil War Pub Quiz and Meet the Objects at Saracens Head, Southwell 7-9pm

Tuesday 19^th June – Southwell to Newark 10miles

Kelham Hall 1pm – 2pm. Talk about King Charles I surrender to the Scots and lunch stop/publicity/fundraising opportunity?

Civil War Pub Quiz by the Friends and meet the objects at Prince Rupert Newark, 7pm – 9pm

Wednesday 20^th June – Newark to Dunham on Trent 18 miles

Thursday 21^st June – Dunham to Gainsborough 15 miles

Talk on Gainsborough in the Civil War by Paul Howitt-Cowan, Chair of Friends of Gainsborough Old Hall.  Gainsborough Old Hall 7.30-9pm Tea, Coffee and light snacks.

For more details contact the event organizer, Anne Coyne on the following email address: vcoyne@btinternet.com

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08 Apr 2012 Comments Off

Invite to a very special talk in Lincoln – Moneta Romanorum (the coinage of the Romans)

The Royal Society for the Arts (www.thersa.org ) are pleased to invite the Friends of Newark and Sherwood Museum Service to join the Fellows and their guests on Tuesday, June 12, 2012 for the following presentation:

Location: The Collection, Danes Terrace, Lincoln LN2 1LP

1.30 pm for 2.00 pm Welcome

2.00 – 3.15 pm Presentation by Antony Lee

3.15 – 4.00 pm Refreshments

Price: £12.00 per person (includes refreshments)

‘As one of the ancient world’s grandest and most intriguing cultures, the Romans have left behind many traces of their existence. Among their many great achievements, their coinage stands as a testament to their organisation, efficiency and artistic creativity. This illustrated talk will discuss the broad developments of Roman coinage from the earliest days to the fall of the western Empire, with a specific focus on the coinage found in Lincolnshire and in the collections of The Collection: Art and Archaeology in Lincolnshire, and on the imagery to be found on the coinage.’

Please contact the team at the Milgate Mueum to register your interest in this exciting talk. The numbe ris 01636 655730. 

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08 Apr 2012 Comments Off

Vintage Tea Party and tour of the Old Magnus Buildings – 26th May 2012

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03 Nov 2011 Comments Off

Launch Event – Adopt an Object Thursday 15th December

Launch event for the Friends of Newark and Sherwood Museum Service and  a new and exciting fund raising initiative; Adopt an Object.
6pm to 9pm on Thursday 15th December 2011, Millgate Museum

Come and enjoy an historical evening with mulled wine and mince pies, as we launch The Friends of Newark and Sherwood Museum Service and the new and exciting fund raising initiative ‘Adopt an Object’. The date for your diary is Thursday 15th December 2011 from 6- 9pm at the Millgate Museum. Spend some time browsing through the interesting displays at the museum and take the opportunity to see some of the exciting objects that are not on regular display at Millgate. These will include a one pound Newark banknote, a post-medieval gold pendant from Kirklington, a copper cheek piece from a Roman Cavalry Helmet, the ships bell from H.M.S Newark and a Roman silver ear-pick.

The friends group exists to educate, promote, support, assist and improve the Newark and Sherwood Museum Service. If you’d like to support the group you’d be very welcome to join us and reap the many benefits of membership, including  regular newsletters, events, free tea and coffee with gift shop purchases at Millgate Museum, a free Active card which provides discounts on museum activities, film shows at the Palace and activities in the local leisure centres.

The Adopt an Object project is a fun way to support and help care for your favourite collections, preserve local and national heritage and inspire people every year. Objects can be adopted for a minimum donation of £10 per year. As a thank you for your donation, you will receive a variety of benefits including a certificate of adoption, an information sheet on your adopted object and a text credit on the website for the duration of the adoption.

Whether your passion is for Art, Archaeology or History in general, we hope you will get involved and Adopt an Object for yourself or as a unique gift for your friends and family. Come and enjoy an interesting evening and get truly involved in being part of your local history.

by jill_campbell in Uncategorized

11 Oct 2011 Comments Off

Museum : Stage Two Gallery & Meeting Room

Until Sunday 27th November Landscapes, Layers and Lace
This is an eclectic exhibition by local landscape oil and watercolour artist Maria Bassett and ceramic artist Sarah Burton.
Introducing a new range of Nottingham Lace inspired contemporary ceramic jugs and vases alongside layered ceramic vases and bowls by Sarah Burton.  Maria Bassett presents a backdrop of landscape oil and watercolour paintings of scenes around the world.

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11 Oct 2011 Comments Off

Gilstrap Gallery

Until Sunday 27th November – People, Plants and Places by Margareta Padgett
This is an exhibition of paintings in watercolours and oils.
Margareta takes inspiration from family members, gardens and holiday travels.
Her accomplished works show depth of colour, a great translation of reflected light and a fine quality of line.

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