Henry Butt the first Charter Mayor of Weston has been voted the next person to receive one of Weston Town Council’s blue plaques. Henry Butt was a self-made businessman, born in 1861 and had interests in quarrying and property conversions. He helped pay for the Winter and Italian Gardens and raised all the capital necessary ..read more »
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The museum outreach team recently played host to a work experience student, Eleanor, who supported a variety of tasks in the office. Eleanor was a brilliant student and a great help to us, she has written her thoughts on her time with the museum, which we have share below. ‘I have thoroughly enjoyed my work ..read more »
Weston Museum is currently going through a major refurbishment to reopen in August 2017. As part of the Heritage Lottery Funded project, there is an aim to create digital engagement opportunities aimed at specific audiences. Companies are being invited to submit tenders for this digital engagement project, based on the design brief below. Weston Museum ..read more »
Easter is important in the Christian Calendar as it remembers the crucifixion of Jesus Christ on Good Friday, (an odd name you may think for the day of crucifixion, but it is thought to be a corruption of God’s Day) and we remember this by eating currant buns with a cross on the top. On ..read more »
Weston-super-Mare Town Council has launched a blue plaque scheme to recognise past residents or visitors who have made significant contributions to local, national or international life. Though a few commemorative plaques already exist in Weston the first Town Council sponsored blue plaque was unveiled on 30th March at the Imperial Pub where four times gold ..read more »
Weston-super-Mare Town Council are launching a blue plaque scheme for the town, to recognise those from the past who have made significant contributions to local life, or whose presence has some how enriched the home story. The first of the blue plaques is honouring Olympian Paulo Radmilovic and will be unveiled at the Imperial on ..read more »
We recently had another hard hat day for our volunteers and similar groups to see the building in its current phase; here are a few of the pictures for you to see too! The interior is starting to take shape, the glass roof has been replaced with a lovely new one (that hopefully won’t leak ..read more »
Red roses, chocolates and the promise of spring, when a “young man’s fancey turns to thoughts of love”, or so it is said. St. Valentine’s Day and romance is in the air. This day is thought to owe its origins to a Roman pagan festival of fertility around this date, but who was Valentine? Well, ..read more »
Weston Town Council has recently secured funding through Arts Council England’s Museum Resilience Fund grant to undertake a project to develop new business models for its museum. The project is being undertaken as three separately-commissioned assignments. 1. Audience Development 2. Improve the retail offer 3. Improve the catering offer Please note these last two are ..read more »
Following the popularity of our ‘Fossils and Dinosaurs’ session specially designed for home educator families, we will be running a series of 3 workshops focusing on learning about our ‘Ancient Ancestors’. These will cover: the Stone Age and Bronze Age the Iron Age the Romans All sessions are very hands-on and interactive, with a mixture ..read more »