Schedule of Events
updates 14th February 2010
Nominations for Committee
The Friends of The Bowes Museum are seeking new committee members with appropriate expertise and enthusiasm to join the team in May. If you are interested and have been a Friend of The Bowes Museum for at least one year please write to the Friends Office, The Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, Co. Durham DL12 8NP or email friends@thebowesmuseum.org.uk by 14 March 2010. In the meantime if you would like to know more about committee work then please call the office on 01833 690606 ext 233 (voicemail). The office is usually staffed on Friday mornings.
Newsletter alteration
There is a small error in the current Friends' newsletter (Issue 38) at the top of page 14 for which we apologise. This is the article by Elizabeth Conran, where the first line on that page should read 'In March 'A Miracle of the Sacrament' will go on loan to an exhibition in Siena' rather than 'In February ....'
When this painting returns in July it will probably be re-exhibited at The Bowes Museum with the same accompanying material as is on display now - so for anyone disappointed to miss it over the next few weeks, there will be a later opportunity to see it.
FRIENDS' EVENTS - SPRING 2010
Snowdrop Stroll at Kiplin Hall
Scorton, North Yorkshire 1.30pm Tuesday 16th February
£6.00 including hot chocolate at 3.00pm
You are invited to stroll through the grounds to admire carpets of snowdrops of
many different varieties, as well as those other charming early plants, winter
aconites. We shall also see the newly created woodland area. Hot chocolate will be served in the Hall’s main entrance after the walk.
Numbers are limited to 30 on this occasion. Please arrange your own transport.
For those who would like to meet for lunch beforehand, we suggest the Lakeside
Farm Shop & Country Café at the nearby village of Ellerton.
Lecture and Lunch 10.30am Tuesday 23rd March
Helen Clifford of the Swaledale Museum £16.00
(Guests £17.50)
Cost includes: Coffee 10.30 Lecture 11.00am Lunch 12.30pm
A member of The Museum staff will introduce us to the Hub Archaeology Project. Funding has been acquired until 31 March 2011 to raise awareness of the collection and to allow volunteers to be involved in this exciting addition to The Museum’s activities.
Note: this event may require walking down to the Gate Lodges and back.
Cost includes: Tea and Scones after the presentation.
Numbers are restricted to 25.
Outing to Markenfield Hall, Ripon Wednesday 12th May
The day includes: Tour of the Hall (stout shoes are advised as this is a moated house), Lunch at the nearby Cascade Bistro and an afternoon visit to either Littlethorpe Potteries or local Gardens. When booking please state preference, as numbers are limited for Potteries. The coach will leave The Bowes Museum at 9.00am and pick up at Scotch Corner Hotel approx 9.15am. We need a minimum of 35 to cover the cost of the coach, so please reply by 28th February in order to confirm outing.
There is a feature about the Festival on page 15. Please consult their website at www.swaledale-festival.org.uk if you would like an early look at what is on offer before receiving a Festival brochure.
Please let the Friends’ Office know if you would be interested in attending one of the Festival’s folk music or similar events, as we would like to arrange a block booking to support their special year.
Over 130 people visited the new Library and Archives Reading Room during the two Open Days at the end of November. We couldn’t accommodate all who wanted to come, but are now providing two more opportunities. These offer another chance to see the spectacular views, learn about current and future work, and enjoy a small display of documents and books. Numbers have to be limited and (though first notified here) are not restricted to Friends, so you need to book in advance.
Contact Judith Phillips on Tel: 01833 690606 ext 208 or email:
judith.phillips@thebowesmuseum.org.uk
2010 Concert Programme
To assist The Museum and as a special effort for the Anniversary year, the
Friends Committee have agreed that the Music Group can spend money raised
from their 2009/2010 Concerts to help with the restoration of selected early
keyboard instruments in The Museum’s collection. This project has already
started and it is anticipated that the first of the restored instruments will be ready
for Concert Royale to use at their concert next March here at The Bowes
Museum, preceded by a weekend residency by this group.
Next year we shall be asking for donations for this project; details will be available
in each Newsletter, and we hope that you will agree that this is a suitable way for
the Friends to assist The Museum to provide enjoyment for all, now and in the
future, and will give generously.
Finally, The Music Group would like to offer you the opportunity to enjoy four
concerts for the price of three, for the Concerts to be held in March, April, May
and September. Details of this offer and booking form will be in the
2010 Concert Programme which will be included with the Spring Newsletter.
Shelagh Turner
Chairman, Music Group
Concert Royal
“Blow the Wind Southerly”
Saturday, 13th March 2010 7:30pm
Vacation Chamber Orchestra
Friday, 9th April 7:30pm
Barnard Castle School Choral Society
Saturday, 22nd May 7:30pm
GALA CONCERT
Young Sinfonia
Music Through the Decades
Saturday 19th July, 7:30pm
Catherine Leonard
Saturday, 25th September 7:30pm
Christmas Carol Concert
Friday, 10th December 7:30pm
Booking Procedure;
To book a place on any of these concerts please send details of which events you wish to attend and the number of tickets required -include a stamped addressed envelope and a cheque payable to; “ The Friends of The Bowes Museum ” (As the Friends office is staffed on a voluntary basis please allow at least a week for a response.)
The Friends’ Office (Music Event), The Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, County Durham, DL12 8NP
Late bookings can be made by leaving a message on 01833 690606 ex 233(voicemail)