From the WMDC Press and Communications Office
MINI MUSEUMS AT WAKEFIELD LIBRARIES
28 FEBRUARY 2006
Visitors
to some of the district's libraries can enjoy a new season of Mini Museum
displays from Wednesday March 1.
At
Airedale library visitors can enjoy Home Sweet Home, a locally made 1940s
style dolls house - there are also free related activities for the under
5s.
A
100-year-old handmade wooden Noah's Ark will be at Kinsley library and
visitors can have fun spotting the animals queuing up two by two. There
are also activities aimed at younger visitors.
At
Featherstone a new display of objects associated with rites of passage
will be launched. A silver christening spoon, lucky horseshoes and jet
mourning jewellery will help tell the story of birth, marriage and death
in Britain from the 1800s to the present day. English students from all
over the world have given insights into traditions from their own
cultures.
Whether
fashion-conscious or just plain curious, visitors to Knottingley library
can see how local people used to step out in style in Best Foot Forward, a
display of shoes from Roman sandals to 1970s platforms.
Write
On at Normanton shows how events have been recorded in different cultures
and at different times. Exhibits include an Egyptian grave figure, a
fragment of a Roman wax writing tablet excavated in Castleford and some
quill pens.
Havercroft
library has a new display called A Carbolic Collection - a local
collection of sculpted soaps from animals to cars and cartoon characters
including the Muppets, Noddy and the Flintstones.
Mini
Museums is a project designed to get some of Wakefield's museum
collections into community venues. Outreach Curator Erica Ramsay said:
"All the Mini Museum exhibitions have objects to stir people's
curiosity and imagination. They provide a great opportunity for people
living in these towns and villages to see some of the objects that we're
not often able to show, and also to get involved with activities to do
with local history."
The
Mini Museum project is funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund, Wakefield
Council and SureStart.
Ref:
PR727
Date: 28/02/06
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