Culture Clubs and the Sewing Circle

Feed your mind at lunchtime. Once a month there is a free lecture in the City Museum. Lasting less then an hour (from 1.10 until 1.50pm) they are ideal for a break from work, shopping or just a visit to town.

Every month it's a different topic by an expert in that field. Everything has been discussed from interesting aspects of Gloucester's history and collections to the origins of chess and quilting. So,there is bound to be something for you don't forget your packed lunch!

Culture Club dates 2008 - 2009    

• 5 May 2010 - Simon Brown - 'Waste and Recycling". 5th May Simon Brown ‘Waste and Recycling’.

  Ever wondered what happens to your waste once it has been collected? Want some tips hon how to be the best recycler on your street. Then come along and meet Simon from Gloucestershire County Council who will reveal all and answer all of your waster related questions.

• Wednesday 2 ^nd June - Karmen Waldron - 'Exploring the paranormal at the Folk Museum’

  Gloucester Folk Museum is housed in a Tudor timber framed building on Westgate Street. The building has certainly been home and workplace to many people, being a Merchants house, to a chemist's shop to reportedly the house that Bishop Hooper spent his last night in before his execution. By day it’s a lively bustling Museum packed with visitors, but what about by night? Do the floors creak of their own accord and are their visitors of a different kind. Karmen Waldron, part of the Tricorn Paranormal group that spent a night in the Museum last Autumn, will be sharing their findings with us.

• Wednesday 7 ^th July - Anthony Pugh-Thomas - "The Art Fund - rescuing works of art nationally and in Gloucestershire"

  The Art Fund is an independent charity that exists to save Art for everyone to enjoy. Since its creation in 1903 it has saved over 860,000 works of Art for the public to enjoy. Its most recent high profile campaign is to try and keep the Staffordshire Hoard of Anglo Saxon treasure, containing some of the finest worked gold and metal ever seen, in the Midlands where it was discovered. Through grants the Art Fund has also helped Gloucester City Museum Service acquire and restore objects, from our Medieval bronze door knocker to Joseph Farington's drawing of Westgate Bridge

     Sewing Circle 

Sewing Circle takes place after Culture Club in the Wheatstone Hall from 2 – 4pm on the first Wednesday of every month except January and August. Whether your passion is for sewing, knitting, embroidery, crochet or anything textile, bring your latest project and have a coffee and chat while you create. Whether you are an expert in your field or a novice come along and share your expertise, questions and all those tricky bits with like-minded people. Everyone is welcome and it’s absolutely free to attend.

Wednesday 2 ^nd June, 2 – 4pm  

Wednesday 7 ^th July, 2 – 4pm

Wednesday 1st September, 2 – 4pm

Gloucester City Museum and Art Gallery is open Tuesday to Saturday 10.00-17.00. Free Admission. If you require more information please contact us on 01452 396131 or email us by clicking here.|