Category: Leisure, culture and heritage

1790 Leisure, culture and heritage posts found.

Rare medieval gold coin donated to Shropshire Museums

28/11/2019
An image of the rare gold angel that is now on display at Shrewsbury Museum & Art Gallery

Shropshire Council’s museums service has acquired a rare gold coin that is now on display in the Medieval Gallery at Shrewsbury Museum…

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Anglo-Saxon pottery identified from Shrewsbury Castle dig

27/11/2019
An image of the team who carried out the first ever excavation at Shrewsbury Castle

As work analysing the results of last July’s excavation at Shrewsbury Castle progresses, pottery from one of the pits found by the…

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Shropshire Council to plant trees at Corbet Wood

27/11/2019
An image of the woodland at Corbet Wood where a tree planting event is to take place on 30 November.

Shropshire Council’s outdoor partnerships team are set to plant up to 50 trees at Corbet Wood on Saturday 30 November 2019 and…

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Map sale at Shropshire Archives

22/11/2019
Fulke Greville manuscript

A map sale of Ordnance Survey maps, mostly dated 1900 – 1903, is to take place at Shropshire Archives on Saturday 7…

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Shropshire Council invites you to venue accessibility workshop

14/11/2019
An image of people in the foyer at Theatre Severn. A consultation is currently open to help improve access to Theatre Severn and the Old Market Hall cinema.

Shropshire Council is inviting residents to attend a free face-to-face workshop to talk about accessibility to Theatre Severn and the Old Market…

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Shropshire Council to work with cultural sector over new Cultural Strategy

14/11/2019
Culture Offer logo

Shropshire Cultural Strategy Working Group (CSWG) are to work with the county’s cultural sector about the development of a new cultural strategy.…

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Discover town’s lost history in new exhibition at Shrewsbury Museum & Art Gallery

11/11/2019
An image of a painting of the English Bridge in Shrewsbury by CW Radclyffe in the early nineteenth Century. The painting will feature in the Lost Shrewsbury exhibition at Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery.

Discover ‘Lost Shrewsbury’ in the new exhibition at Shrewsbury Museum & Art Gallery (SM&AG) which is set to open on Saturday 23…

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Last chance to have your say on proposed changes to the Libraries Strategy

05/11/2019
An image of Shrewsbury Library.

A public consultation on updates to Shropshire Council’s libraries strategy ends this Friday, and people are being encouraged to have their say…

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Lost Shrewsbury: Book signing at Shrewsbury Museum & Art Gallery

04/11/2019
An image in black and white of Shrewsbury in 1909. The image features in the book authored by David Trumper.

Shrewsbury Museum & Art Gallery (SM&AG) are inviting you to join local author, David Trumper, for the book signing event of his…

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Shropshire Archives to close for essential behind the scenes work

01/11/2019
Shropshire Archives

Shropshire Council’s Shropshire Archives is to close from Saturday 23 November 2019 until Tuesday 3 December 2019 inclusive, for essential behind the…

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