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MUSEUM WORKSHOP NEWS
The Workshop led by Vera Selby on 16th September [Tie-Dye Silk Scarves] was a great success.
Vera will be holding several other workshops on a variety of topics in the 2012 season. Details will be published on this website, the Museum's Facebook page, the RichmondOnLine website and in the local press.
Several other workshops will be held by well-known local people during the 2012 season - details to follow.
NEW FOR 2011
A major update of the Cruck House Gallery has been carried out during the Museum closed period over the winter. This gallery is contained in a reconstructed cruck house sited originally in the village of Ravensworth, north of Richmond. The display in this gallery now includes a bedroom on a reconstructed section of upper floor built into the 15th century oak trusses. Improved lighting aims to emphasise the ancient timber-framed construction.
A popular exhibit in the Transport Gallery has being given a new lease of life. The Cyclists’ Meet display, which contains photographs, programmes and Meet badges from as far back as the 1860s, and a penny-farthing bicycle, has being renewed. Included next to this display is an important new acquisition to the Transport Gallery, the 1830 toll board from Blackwell bridge on the Darlington to Barton Lane Ends turnpike road.
In the Barker’s Chemist exhibit, a state of the art electronic display is installed to help visitors explore and understand this reconstructed 1950s chemists shop.