Events and Exhibitions

  

2009

6th June to 29th August 

Central Museum

Breaking Barriers

    

Breaking Barriers: Looking at Women’s Suffrage in Essex will tour throughout Essex.  In the age of the cult of celebrity with girls aspiring to be footballers wives, Parliamentary Outreach has worked with local community groups in Essex to discover how the work of the suffrage movement is still relevant to lives today.

 

Rachel Gadsden, the award winning artist, worked as part of the Breaking Barriers project, with groups from Rethink, a national charity that works with people who have and who are recovering from severe mental illness. Workshops were held in Southend and the groups were encouraged to create their own works of art to reflect and interpret their discoveries about suffrage. 

 

With these images Rachel then created an original work that looks at both the story of past and present.  It expresses the community voices in Essex and their relationship with the women’s suffrage movement. This artwork will be on display as part of the exhibition at Central Museum, Southend on Sea from 6 June.

   

Admission free 

    

Special events are associated with this exhibition - see below...

    

Opening Saturday 27th June to Saturday 5th September

Please contact us for performance times.

Southend Planetarium

Searching for Other Earths

   

A special Planetarium show that examines astronomers search for Earth-like planets in space. Find out about the latest research, and the solar systems that you can see from your back garden!

 

Recommended for older children and adults.

 

Part of the International Year of Astronomy

Opening Saturday 27th June

Central Museum

Historic Telescopes

   

A display of historical telescopes that show the beauty and craftsmanship involved in the construction and development of these important instruments.

 

Part of the International Year of Astronomy

 

11th July to 5th September 

Beecroft Art Gallery

51st Essex Open Exhibition

If you are an artist living or working in Essex and are over 18 this the annual opportunity to enter the prestigious Essex Open Exhibition. Selection is by prominent people in the art world and there are generous sponsored awards for various categories.

 

A maximum of 3 works per artist is allowed. Fees are; £6 one entry, £10 two entries and £12 three entries. Entry forms and rules are available for download here:

 

 
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16th July to 30th August

All Branches

Clued Up!

The Annual Museum quiz returns with new prizes for 2009. 

 

Free fun for the entire family visit all the Museum venues follow the clues, answer the questions correctly and chose from one of the exciting prizes include pocket kites, gliders, Kimono purses, marbles and beaded bracelets.  

 

Pick up the Clued Up quiz from any of the following locations the Central Museum, The Priory, Southchurch Hall, Beecroft Art Gallery and local libraries.

18th July to 1st August

Prittlewell Priory

Archaeology Fortnight

    

21st to 24th July

Discovering Archaeology

10.00am to 3.00pm

Talks by Laura McLean the Finds Liaison Officer for Essex including handling sessions and items of interest discovered by the public from around the region.

Hands on activities including woad design face painting, Saxon helmet, shield and necklace making, mini digs and daily tours of the Priory’s archaeology.

£1 to take part in activities.

   

25th July

Archaeology Family Fun Day

10.00am to 3.00pm

Hands on fun a chance to make and decorate a thumb pot to take home, practise your excavation techniques, quizzes, woad design face painting, handling sessions, display of prized local archaeology, regular tours of The Priory’s archaeology.  £1 to take part in activities.

   

29th July

Knap Happy – Flint-knapping Demonstration - British Festival of Archaeology

10.00am to 3.00pm

Final day of the festival, all day demonstrations of flint-knapping, mini digs, handling sessions, find out more about local archaeology, make your own Saxon King helmet, shield and necklace, have your face painted with woad designs, take tour of the Priory’s grounds. £1 to take part in activities.

Tuesday 28th July   2.00am - 3.00pm

Central Museum

Your Voice - Engaging with Parliament

   

Join the Parlimentary Outreach team and find out how you can get involved with Parliament today. 

 

Find out some interesting facts and figures discover the best ways to engage with MP’s Select Committees and Peers.

   

Admission is free, but places are limited. To book please call Celia O’Connor on 0207 219 1650 or e-mail oconnorcc@parliament.uk

  

Wednesday 8th July   7.00pm - 8.15pm

Central Museum

Discovering the Suffragettes

   

The Women’s Library, London Metropolitan  University houses the most extensive collection of women’s history in the UK.  Its archive and museum collections of artefacts from the women’s suffrage movement are particularly signficant, and include banners, badges, prison diaries, hunger strike medals and a teapot!

 

This hands-on object handling session will bring you face to face with fascinating items from the Women’s Library and give you the chance to discuss them with a member of the Library team.

   

Admission is free, but places are limited. To book please call Celia O’Connor on 0207 219 1650 or e-mail oconnorcc@parliament.uk

  

Sunday 2nd August 2009 - 11am to 4pm    

Southchurch Hall Museum

Tudor Day

 

Southchurch Hall Museum in Southchurch Hall Close, Southend, will be hosting their annual Tudor Day, giving residents and visitors a taste of Tudor times.

Throughout the day Southchurch Hall will be playing host to Tudor jesters, musicians woodturners, herbalists, merchants, mummers, even Henry VIII himself.

Admission Free

15th August 2009

Southchurch Hall Museum

Music Day

 

Monday 24th August  9.30am to 12.30pm

Central Museum

Space Explorers


The return of our popular session for children 8 - 14 years, giving them the chance to explore the Universe in the Planetarium, make and launch a water powered rocket, land a lunar module, and take part in arts activities with a space theme!

Tickets are on sale from the Central Museum.
Price £8.50, with reductions for Advantage Card holders.

   

13th September

Southchurch Hall Museum

Heritage Open Day

 

Southchurch Hall will open on a Sunday to part take in the national celebration of our heritage. There will be tours of this wonderful Tudor farmhouse as well as an opportunity to see butter churning demonstrations and other aspects of Tudor farm life.
 

Saturday 24th October - 6.30pm to 8.00pm

Hadleigh Country Park

Astronomy Open Night

 

The last of our very popular astronomy open nights for 2009.

 

This is our autumn Moonwatch, and visitors will be able to view the Moon and other celestial objects through the powerful telescopes of the Castle Point Astronomy Club.

 

More details at www.cpac.org.uk

 

Admission Free 

27th to 31st October 2009

Southchurch Hall Museum

Taste of History

 

28th November

Southchurch Hall Museum

Christmas Fair

 

 

 

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