Join us for hot freshly served African cuisine at Lowewood Museum on Saturday 18 February 2023. The food is cooked by our friends at Khaya Kitchen
Meals cost £7.50 with all proceeds going to the museum.
Food at the Museum
Author: stevewhitlam
Egyptology Days
Lowewood Museum is hosting two family Egyptlogy days during the February 2023 half-term.
They are on Wednesday 15 February and Thursday 16 February from 10:30am to 4pm (3pm-4pm on Wednesday is a quiet hour by reservation only)
There will be craft activities. Children can bring their favourite soft toy to be mummified and can learn more about hieroglyphics.
Entrance and activities are free (but donations are welcome)
Lowewood Museum Trust Annual Report
The Lowewood Museum Trust CIO has published its annual report for the year commencing 1 April 2021.
Lowewood Museum Trust CIO – Annual General Meeting
The first Annual General Meeting of the Lowewood Museum Trust CIO will be held on Wednesday 21 September 2022 at the museum. Doors will open at 6:45pm for a 7pm start.
Please keep an eye on the website for copies of the Trust’s Annual Report for the year 1 April 2021 to 31 March 2022.
If you would like to attend the AGM, please contact the Trust’s Secretary Steve Whitlam on steve.whitlam@broxbourne.gov.uk by Thursday 16 September so that the Trust can plan for catering and seating arrangements.
Community Engagement Officer
Lowewood Museum Trust CIO are seeking to appoint an energetic and experienced project officer with a track record of success to help deliver the Your Heritage, Your Museum project’; a three year project due to conclude in March 2025.
This is a part time post and is being offered on a fixed term contract to 31 March 2025, although with the possibility of extension. It is funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund (NLHF) and local partners through the Your Heritage – Your Museum project. Working closely with the Museum Project Manager you will have a pivotal role in implementing and delivering community outreach activity across the Borough that enables people to explore and celebrate their heritage.
The Your Heritage, Your Museum project focuses on local heritage across the Borough, positioning the Museum as a community, cultural and heritage hub through a three -year programme of outreach activity that aims to engage the diverse range of communities from Waltham Cross in the south to Hoddesdon at the northern end of the Borough discovering and celebrating their local heritage. It will be taken forward through development of a series of locally generated exhibitions and pop -up events, virtual trails, way marking for example, from which we aim to recruit a team of ‘Community Curators’ to redefine the Museum galleries to tell local stories, past and present as a dynamic offering, replacing the dated static displays, with greater relevancy to today.
Please see below Job description and recruitment pack for details of how to apply.
Closing date for applications is 12 noon on Wednesday 24 August 2022
Interviews will be held at Lowewood Museum in the week commencing 12 September 2022
Friends of Lowewood publications
Lowewood Museum’s shop currently sells the following publications produced by the Friends of Lowewood Museum:
‘Lowewood’
‘The Rawdon Family’
‘The Warner Family’
‘The Star’
‘The Hoddesdon Brewery’
‘The Story of Hoddesdon’s Inns & Pubs’
‘The Railway History of Broxbourne Borough’
‘The Grange’
‘A Little Learning’
‘From Easter Jones’ to St Catherine’s’
‘Tankards, Tales & Taverns’
Future publications include:
‘Rawdon House’
‘Broxbourne’s Admirals’
‘William and Sarah Ellis of Rosehill.’
The museum shop also sells ‘Robert Barclay and Barclay Park’ produced by the Friends of Barclay Park.
Jubilations and Coronations extended
Due to popular demand, we are extending our current Jubilations and Coronations exhibition until 2nd of July. Open Fridays and Saturdays 10.00 till 4.30 . Admission is free. We look forward to seeing you.
70 Sewn Stories
On Saturday 28th May, come and add your story to 70 Sewn Stories our creative community project! . Bring your jubilee artifacts and stories to share, or pick up one of our tapestry packs to sew your own story from the last 70 years.
Timing: 11-3pm. Admission FREE.
70 Sewn Stories is delivered in partnership with The Gifted.
All contributions will form part of a large multimedia tapestry to be displayed at the Lowewood Museum later in the year. SEE YOU THERE!
Jubilations and Coronations
To mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, Lowewood Museum is hosting an exhibition called Jubilations and Coronations. It draws upon both the museum’s collection and the contributions of the community to display royal celebrations from the past. The exhibition runs from Saturday 30 April to Saturday 2 July. There will be activities for all ages, especially during the jubilee weekend at the beginning of June. The exhibition is on the ground floor. Admission is free.
If you have images or memories of previous jubilee celebrations, please email them to the museum’s Community Engagement Officer at naomi@lowewoodmuseum.org.uk
Do you have a working typewriter that needs a home? The museum is hoping to find a couple of typewriters which we can use for this exhibition and in future, to be left out as part of the exhibitions and for visitors to use. Please contact the museum with details. It can be of any era it just needs to be in working condition and relatively robust.
Fossil Fun
On Friday 8th April 2022, Lowewood Museum will be holding a Fossil Fun day in partnership with Rockwatch, the UK’s Nationwide Geology Club for Children.
Activities will include:
– Make a Jurassic landscape;
– Have a go at making your own plaster cast fossils;
– Dino hunt around the museum.
– Bring your fossils to have them identified and see other fossils on display!
Admission is free but donations are appreciated. Lowewood Museum is open between 10am and 4:30pm. The event is on the ground floor so is accessible for those in wheelchairs.
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