I'm Trowbridge Museum's Curator and with HLF support I'm working to expand our great Museum and tell Trowbridge's rich textile story. Its not pretty but gritty.
And equally enjoyable evening with people passionate about communicating the heritage of the Town Hall - thanks to all who came, especially team from @TrowMuseum - experienced partners in delivering heritage activity
Trowbridge Museum celebrates its 30th anniversary next year when our amazing re-development and expansion will be completed we will re-open. We are halfway through our wonderful transformation.
Thanks to the #nationallottery25 .
Wiltshire Mind is proud to announce that we will be starting a young people's counselling service 13+ in the New Year. We want to help to bridge the massive gaps in support for yp in Wiltshire. Watch this space for more info … @Wiltshire_Mind
We are very excited about our new campus for the Bath School of Art and Design! We’re transforming the former @HermanMillerLtd furniture factory with @GrimshawArch and @WillmottDixon - and from September 2019 @artdesignbsu@BathSpaUni will be here and at Sion Hill! #BathSpaMakes
The UK’s creative industries made a record contribution to the economy in 2017 - smashing through the £100 billion mark. Film, TV, radio, photography, music, advertising, museums, galleries, digital creative industries are all part of this thriving sector. https://t.co/gwAsfAL0Iz
.@WendyPMitchell "I never dwell on what I've lost, I embrace the new me and my life now."
A fascinating, informative and amusing speech from Wendy at #SWDemCare
We're in pieces at Trowbridge Museum, well our Dobcross Loom is. Amazing machine designed in the 19th Century and hardly altered for use in the 21st century. Will form part of new displays in the upper floor of our expanded Museum. Onwards and Upwards.
@JosephineCorc @PoetryAldeburgh Which highlights the connection with Trowbridge's poet, George Crabbe and creator of Peter Grimes. A potential joint creative venture with the Aldeburgh Festival post our Museum expansion #trowmuseproject
#OTD in 1888, Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman was born. The pioneering physicist was most known for his work on light scattering. Raman was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics - the first Asian and first non-white person to receive any Nobel Prize in the sciences.
So much fun to be had in the playground this morning. Year 5 particpated in a Victorian workshop, dressed the part, and brought in typical Victorian games to try out, many of which are still played today #lifebeforescreens @TrowMuseum @FamiliesInBath@bathmagazine@Bath_Wilt_P
A massive thank you to @properjobstores in Trowbridge for donating much needed paint supplies for our community project! Renovations are well underway and are looking fab! #communityproject#princestrust
Buy a cup for life and not landfill and support a great cause. Our sustainably sourced cups are supported by Leykers coffee Central and the Friends of Trowbridge Museum. Only £11.95 and proceeds go towards Onwards + Upwards...
Nearly 30,000 Museum objects have been safely removed, undergone pest
treatment and been placed within a secure and acclimatized
storage facility. All on schedule. Huge thanks to staff and volunteers. Onwards and Upwards.
To celebrate #BlackHistoryMonth, we’re sharing inspirational figures in science all this week. Mary Seacole, a British-Jamaican nurse, travelled to the Crimea during the peak of the war to nurse soldiers & was known by the troops as Mother Seacole because of her extensive care.
Thanks to @wildcourtpoetry and @RESelby for publishing my essay on Sean O’Brien today. It takes a closer look at the idea of the underworld in Sean’s work.