Happy #MayDay ! 🌸
Celebrate spring with a piece of #SwindonHistory from our collection. Check out this stunning 1849 watercolour by Edward Snell showcasing New Swindon, complete with a lively May Day scene featuring maypole dancing. Can you spot the dancers? Swipe see them.

Calling all music lovers in #Swindon ! We are seeking items from the post-war #music scene to add to our collections. If you have something to donate, email [email protected]
Let's preserve Swindon's musical history together!

📸 courtesy of Local Studies

Do you have a flair for fashion? Then take a look at our range of #ClariceCliff jewellery!

These unique pieces are the perfect fashion statement and enable you to support Museum & Art Swindon until we reopen.
Browse the full range on our online store: l8r.it/svQg

Next week is the Swindon Festival of Literature presents... & we are really excited about the talk by Director of the@NGIreland, Caroline Campbell
The Power of Art talk is to accompany her new book of the same name.
Definitely a talk not to be missed, find out more & book here:
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Artist call!
Poole Museum seeks a #sculptor with a proven track record & experience in socially engaged #art to create a permanent, site-specific piece for their new galleries.

Further info: bit.ly/signature-artw…

Closing 10 May 2024

#ArtistOpportunity #PublicArt

Guest Announcement - TREVOR BUTTERFIELD 💥 Stars of Time Comic Con, Saturday 22nd June 2024, STEAM, Swindon STEAM Museum visitswindon #comiccon #cosplay MKGarrison Jedi News #starwars #jedi Star Wars Autograph News

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'Lest We Forget' is a reflective exploration of Black history, telling individual stories of servicemen from the Caribbean & America during the World Wars. Part of a larger project developed by Wiltshire Museum with funding from the AIM & The National Lottery Heritage Fund.

Look who is coming to SWINDON!
Stars of Time Comic Con, Saturday 22nd June 2024, STEAM, Swindon STEAM Museum visitswindon #comiccon #cosplay BBC Wiltshire #sesamestreet #bigbird #slimer #ghostbusters #fun #cosplay er

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#OnThisDay 100 years ago, King George V & Queen Mary visited Swindon Works. Locomotive No 4082, became iconic in GWR's history, hauling express trains & even King George V's funeral train in 1936. What a remarkable piece of history! 🚂👑 #history #Royals #BritishRoyality

So glad you enjoyed the exhibition!

Stars of Time Comic Con, Saturday 22nd June 2024, STEAM, Swindon STEAM Museum visitswindon #comiccon #cosplay MKGarrison BBC Wiltshire #shopping #fun #StarWars

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TARDIS IDRIS is materialising @starsoftime SWINDON 💥 SATURDAY 22nd June! STEAM Museum #doctorwho #whovians #comiccon #drwho Whovian Leap @KrynoidPodCast Doctor Who Cover Story UK Comic Cons Classic Doctor Who Dr Who News Classic Doctor Who 24/7 #tardis

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🚂 Don't miss your last chance to experience 'Locomotives Through the Lens'! 📸

This intriguing exhibition will be closing in less than a month, so don't miss the opportunity to see this exhibition!

More info:
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Calling all #SuperMario fans!
Did you know that this year at the STARS OF TIME Comic Con at STEAM we have Mario Kart prop display & a meet and greet with the man himself Mario!

Don't miss out get your tickets now!

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It's #NationalParkWeek ! The Museum & Art Swindon collections include these vintage #postcards of Coate Water, Queen’s Park and Town Gardens. #Swindon truly does have lots of green spaces to explore! What park will you explore this week?

Get your creative hats on, in celebration of World Creativity & Innovation Day! We set pupils at Bridlewood Primary School a creative challenge, to incorporate an everyday object into a figurative drawing.
These are just some of their creative ideas!

It's #NationalParkWeek ! What better way to celebrate than to visit #GWR Park, shown here in this beautiful vintage #postcard from the Museum & Art Swindon collection. GWR Park is Swindon’s oldest dedicated public park and is a part of Swindon Borough Council Heritage Action Zone.

A great GWR find in the Local Studies collection!

The DALEKS are returning to @starsoftime Swindon 💥 SATURDAY 22nd June! STEAM Museum visitswindon #doctorwho #whovians #comiccon #drwho Whovian Leap @KrynoidPodCast Doctor Who Cover Story UK Comic Cons Classic Doctor Who Dr Who News Classic Doctor Who 24/7

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ONE MONTH!

A project talk, with Friends of STEAM Museum:

Working & dying on Britain’s railways 1900-1939
Mon 20 May, 7pm

Come & find out more - will have a GWR-specific slant, not least using some of the excellent records in STEAM's archives!

steam-museum.org.uk/event/talk-wor…