Weston Museum

Wildlife Photographer of the Year world-renowned exhibition
2023-01-16 10:00 - 16:00, 2023-01-17 10:00 - 16:00, 2023-01-17 10:00 - 2023-01-21 16:00, 2023-01-18 10:00 - 16:00, 2023-01-19 10:00 - 16:00, 2023-01-20 10:00 - 16:00, 2023-01-21 10:00 - 16:00, 2023-01-22 10:00 - 16:00 UTC and 16 more dates | Somerset
Stunning images unveiled as Wildlife Photographer of the Year arrives in Weston Museum
Exhibition information:
Dates: 26 November to 8 February
The world-renowned exhibition, on loan from the Natural History Museum in London, will open at Weston Museum on 26 November 2022, featuring exceptional images which capture fascinating animal behaviour, spectacular species and the breathtaking diversity of the natural world. Using photography’s unique emotive power to engage and inspire audiences, the images shine a light on stories and species around the world and encourage a future of advocating for the planet.
Wildlife Photographer of the Year is the most prestigious photography event of its kind, providing a global platform that showcases some of the best photography talent from around the world for over 55 years. Launching in 1965, today the competition receives entries from over 90 countries all over the world, highlighting its enduring appeal. This year’s award-winning images will embark on an international tour that will allow them to be seen by well over a million people.
The Wildlife Photographer of the Year 59 competition opens for entries on 17 October and closes on 8 December 2022.
The judges of the fifty-eighth Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition had an extremely difficult task. Every entry was judged anonymously on its creativity, originality, and technical excellence by an international panel of industry experts.
The winning images, including the prestigious Grand Title Award winners, were announced on 11 October 2022 during a glittering awards show hosted by wildlife presenter and conservationist Chris Packham.
Dr Doug Gurr, Director of the Natural History Museum says, ‘Captured by some of the best photography talent from around the world, the 100 photographs encourage curiosity, connection and wonder. These inspiring images convey human impact on the natural world in a way that words cannot – from the urgency of declining biodiversity to the inspiring bounce back of a protected species.’

Wild Escape Session for home educating families
2023-01-18 10:30 - 14:00 (Europe/London) | Weston Museum, Burlington Street, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, BS23 1PR, United Kingdom
This is a special one-off creative session for home educating families as part of the Wild Escape project (funded by the Art Fund). The session is free and is separate from our monthly Amazing Artefacts sessions; it will take place on Wednesday 18th January (10:30-11:30 Juniors, 12-1 Seniors).
The Wild Escape project aims to connect children with the wildlife in museum collections and we will be exploring specimens and creative artefacts inspired by our urban wildlife to create some artwork of our own. We will also be discussing bug hotels with the aim of some of the children going on to take part in a further session led by Louise from Play Wild (date to be confirmed), where they will assist with the practical building of a bug hotel in Ellenborough Park East. Due to the health and safety considerations of tool use etc, places for this second session will be offered firstly to the children in the Seniors group, with any remaining places being offered to Juniors with the stipulation that they will be strongly supported by accompanying adults.
Sessions are designed to be active and accessible for a mix of ages and abilities with 2 separate sessions for younger or older children. The morning session will be aimed at slightly younger children aged approximately 5-8, nicknamed our Juniors, and the afternoon session will be aimed at the slightly older children aged approximately 9+, nicknamed our Seniors. If you would like to attend as a family group with mixed ages, then just pick whichever session you feel would be most suitable for the group as a whole. If you would like to let us know about any specific considerations for your children then we would welcome this, just get in touch.
Spaces need to be booked for each child attending, but grown ups do not need to book a separate place. It usually works best for the younger or less confident children if grown ups stay and join in with activities. Whereas for older or more confident children it is usually fine for grown ups to not stay in the session, although they will need to stay within the museum building whilst the session is taking place.
Tickets are free for this one-off session and can be booked via Ticketsource or by popping into or phoning the museum directly. In order to give fair access to all families to this free session, I have limited tickets to a maximum of 3 per booker. I’m fairly sure that there aren’t any home educating families in the local area that have 4 or more children that might want to attend these sessions, but please do let me know if this is incorrect.
The Wild Escape is made possible by lead support from Arts Council England’s National Lottery Project Grants, with additional support from Art Fund.

Heritage Talk - Archaeological Pottery
2023-01-19 11:00 - 12:00 UTC | Weston Museum, Burlington Street, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, BS23 1PR, United Kingdom
A free talk by museum volunteer Lorraine Stanley and an opportunity to handle and learn about archaeological pottery.

Book a Brac
2023-01-21 10:00 - 15:30 UTC | Weston Museum, Burlington Street, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, BS23 1PR, United Kingdom
Since the refurbishment of Weston Museum, a dedicated volunteer team has been working hard to catalogue all of the local history books in our possession.

Now, we would love to offer people the chance to visit our Learning Space to explore our range of books and take any relevant books / books of interest and give them a good home.

Time:
10:00 – 15:30
Cost:
The event is free to attend, and there is no price attached to any book. However, there will be a few donation buckets in the room and if you wish to make a small donation to the Museum, it would be greatly appreciated.
Guest Information:
Please note that the free / small donation books are only in the Learning Space and are not the books on sale in the Museum Shop.

Holocaust Memorial Day Ceremony 2023 - 'Ordinary People'
2023-01-28 19:30 - 21:00 (Europe/London) | Somerset
Holocaust Memorial Day Ceremony 2023
A FREE EVENT Theme ‘Ordinary People’
DATE: 28TH JANUARY 2023 AT 7.30PM
Weston Museum Speaker: Alex Raikes, CEO of SARI, Bristol.
Jennifer Duke, the High Sheriff of Somerset, will open the event.
The Holocaust Memorial Day event will also include songs/poems, video of a Genocide Survivor, and the announcement of the ‘Don’t Forget Me’ Youth Photography Competition winner.
This is a FREE event but booking is advised. Go to Eventbrite
This event is hosted by HMD North Somerset and supported by North Somerset Council, Weston Town Council and RENS

Wildlife Photographer of the Year world-renowned exhibition
2023-01-31 10:00 - 2023-02-04 16:00 UTC | Somerset
Stunning images unveiled as Wildlife Photographer of the Year arrives in Weston Museum
Exhibition information:
Dates: 26 November to 18 February
The world-renowned exhibition, on loan from the Natural History Museum in London, will open at Weston Museum on 26 November 2022, featuring exceptional images which capture fascinating animal behaviour, spectacular species and the breathtaking diversity of the natural world. Using photography’s unique emotive power to engage and inspire audiences, the images shine a light on stories and species around the world and encourage a future of advocating for the planet.
Wildlife Photographer of the Year is the most prestigious photography event of its kind, providing a global platform that showcases some of the best photography talent from around the world for over 55 years. Launching in 1965, today the competition receives entries from over 90 countries all over the world, highlighting its enduring appeal. This year’s award-winning images will embark on an international tour that will allow them to be seen by well over a million people.
The Wildlife Photographer of the Year 59 competition opens for entries on 17 October and closes on 8 December 2022.
The judges of the fifty-eighth Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition had an extremely difficult task. Every entry was judged anonymously on its creativity, originality, and technical excellence by an international panel of industry experts.
The winning images, including the prestigious Grand Title Award winners, were announced on 11 October 2022 during a glittering awards show hosted by wildlife presenter and conservationist Chris Packham.
Dr Doug Gurr, Director of the Natural History Museum says, ‘Captured by some of the best photography talent from around the world, the 100 photographs encourage curiosity, connection and wonder. These inspiring images convey human impact on the natural world in a way that words cannot – from the urgency of declining biodiversity to the inspiring bounce back of a protected species.’

Heritage Talk - Prehistoric and Roman Food and Cooking
2023-02-02 11:00 - 12:00 (Europe/London) | Weston Museum, Burlington Street, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, BS23 1PR, United Kingdom
A free talk about Prehistoric and Roman food and cooking by Jane Hill, Heritage & Community Officer
