- PROGRAMME OF EXHBITIONS - 2010 - 

Transport of Delights  

27 March - 26 June

How do you get f  rom place to place? How did your Grandparents? Will generations to come do it in a totally different way? 

This exhibition uses the Folk Museum collections to look at public and personal transport from Gloucester’s past. From push bikes to motorcycles, trams to trains, animal power to cars and obviously our feet, transport has never been just one way. It will look at the practical side of transport, the opportunities that developments like the railway brought to Gloucester and the emotional attachments that people develop to their first cars / bikes.

Gloucester’s Musical Connections

10 ^th July – 11 ^th September

From the Three Choirs festival, to gigs at the Guildhall, Gloucester has long had a rich and diverse musical heritage. 

Timetabled to tie in with Gloucester’s Three Choirs festival and the long school holidays this exhibition will use the Folk Museum’s collections to give visitors a taste of Gloucester’s musical past and future. It will also tie in with the Fabulous Sound Machines exhibition on at the City Museum exploring Music from a more scientific and experimental perspective.

75 ^th Anniversary exhibition

25 ^th September – 13 ^th November

2010 sees the Folk Museum celebrate its 75 ^th anniversary, definitely an achievement worth celebrating. 

This exhibition will look back over the last 75 years at the Folk Museum and also forward to the next 75. It will look back at the Museums founding collections and highlight some of the objects that were on display, and the ways they were displayed on the very first day it opened. The exhibition will also give a background of why the Museum was set up and what issues were concerning the Museum and wider world at that time. The exhibition is about looking forward too and provides an opportunity for the Museum to highlight the projects and developments that will ensure that its next 75 years are as successful as the last.

Bright Lights, Dark Night

27 ^th November – 25 ^th December

As the nights draw in and the days get shorter, many cultures and religions hold their brightest and most cheerful of festivals and celebrations. Even the earliest civilization understood the emotional needs of people to light up the darker nights of Winter. Gloucester’s diverse communities mean that our winter time is not just punctuated by one kind of celebration, but many.

This exhibition will look at the different kinds of winter festivals and traditions that have been and are being celebrated in Gloucester this winter; from Diwali, Christmas, Hanukah, Eid to lights in the window for travellers, to first footing and other ways to welcome the New Year, It is intended that as well as using Folk Museum collections the local community will be asked to loan objects and explain customs and tell stories associated with their traditions.

Free admissions, Open Tuesday to Saturday 10.00-17.00. Hearing loop, wheelchair access ground floor only.