As part of the Peregrini Lindisfarne project, two free Clay Workshops are being held in Berwick Museum and Art Gallery on Wednesday 30th and Thursday 31st August 2017, 10.00am to 12.30pm. Suitable for all, they offer an opportunity to learn simple clay techniques in workshops led by Graham Taylor.

Booking essential:  Search EventBrite for “Peregrini Fragments Ceramic Sessions” – or call Sarah on 07557 326797.

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Berwick Museum & Art Gallery re-opens for the new season on Saturday 1st April 2017. There has been a re-display of the Medieval Gallery, and there is now to be a continuing display about Flodden. There is also an impressive model castle under siege tranferred from Alnwick Castle.

Opening hours are:

Wednesday – Saturday  11.00am – 5.00pm

Sunday  11.00am – 4.00pm

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Berwick Museum & Art Gallery will be open during the schools’ autumn half-term.

Saturday 22 October – Sunday 30 October 2016   11.00am – 4.00pm each day.

The exhibition of nearly all of the Burrell Collection paintings will still be on display, and there will be children’s activities arranged during the week.  On Saturday 22 October, The Big Draw comes to Berwick and there will be arts and crafts activities on that day.

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On Tuesday 16 August 2016 there will be free entry to  Berwick Museum from 7.00pm to 8.00pm, to view the Flodden exhibition.  The Flodden archer, Rusty Bodkins, will be there to demonstrate the use of the longbow and the billhook at the Battle of Flodden, and to talk about the different types of arrowhead and armour used by archers in the 16th century.  Younger visitors will have the chance to dress up as an archer.

For more information contact Berwick Museum, 01289 309538.

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To mark the end of the Flodden 500 project, Berwick Museum is hosting an exhibition to show some of the material which has been discovered – archaeological finds alongside 16th century documents, and lots of hand-on activities.  It will be on show at the Museum between 18th June and 29th August 2016.  For visiting details, see this link:

http://www.berwickmuseum.org.uk/planning-a-visit

After its display in Berwick the exhibition will move to Coldstream.

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