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TUDOR FESTIVAL 2008
Date: 18/07/2008
More than 500 pupils from across Kent learned all about life in
Tudor times at the latest of the popular festival events at Dover
Museum.
Pupils from schools across the county visited the Museum for the
Tudor Festival on 2, 3 and 4 July. Visitors got dressed up in
period costumes and enjoyed a range of activities including drama
workshops, making a card version of the popular Tudor game Merrels,
and trying Tudor block printing. Pupils learned about everyday life
in Tudor times, and had a chance to explore Dover Museum.
For more information about festival events, please contact Kim
Norton at Dover Museum on (01304) 201066.
NOTES TO EDITORS
2008 TUDOR FESTIVAL AT DOVER MUSEUM
WEDNESDAY 2ND JULY
Charing Primary School
School Road
Charing
Ramsgate Holy Trinity Primary School
Dumpton Park Drive
Broadstairs
St Richards RCP School
Castle Avenue
Dover
THURSDAY 3rd JULY
Brookfield Jnr School
Swallow Road
Larkfield, Maidstone
Mereworth Primary School
The Street
Mereworth, Maidstone
Symbol Academy
Woodland Farm
Paddlesworth Road, Snodland
FRIDAY 4TH JULY
Castle Community College
Mill Road
Deal
East Peckham Primary School
130 Pound Lane
East Peckham, Tonbridge
MAKE YOUR MARK AT DOVER MUSEUM
Date: 16/07/2008
Visitors are invited to make their mark at Dover Museum on Monday
28 July - with a Family Day to make your own bookmarks, and the
opportunity to tell your own story about your treasured memories of
childhood to 'Museum TV'.
The Family Day runs from 10am to 4.30pm and visitors will be able
to choose from a variety of designs or create a design for their
own bookmark. Normal admission rates to the Museum apply but entry
is free to Dover District residents.
Dover Museum is also inviting visitors young and old to bring along
a toy, game or hobby and tell a story about it to 'Museum TV' in a
special studio. The results will be shown on the Museum TV internal
channel during the toy exhibition from 22 September.
Mark Frost, Assistant Museum Curator said: "As well as inviting
families to come along to enjoy the latest of the popular activity
days, we are inviting visitors to bring along a toy and tell us all
about it. Toys often have very special associations, whether it's
the thrill of opening it at Christmas or a treasured memory of
childhood, and we are inviting people to come along and share these
memories with us."
For more information, please call Dover Museum on (01304)
201066.
ROMAN FESTIVAL 2008
Date: 02/07/2008
Dover Museum helped turn back the march of time when more than
1,000 pupils from across Kent and Surrey came along to learn what
the Romans did for us, with the return of the popular Roman
Festival.
Adults and children from 18 different schools came to Dover Museum
for the festival, which ran from 17 to 20 June. Visitors had the
chance to get dressed up in robes, togas and costumes, and to have
their faces made up and hair styled Roman or Celtic fashion. The
festival also included drama workshops and the opportunity to learn
about mosaic making and life in the Roman army. There were also
talks and artifact handling sessions and the chance to explore
Dover Museum.
For more information about festivals or future events, please call
Dover Museum on (01304) 201066.
NOTES TO EDITORS:
DOVER MUSEUM -
ROMAN FESTIVAL 2008
TUESDAY 17TH JUNE
Chilton Primary School
Chilton Lane, Ramsgate
Ramsgate Holy Trinity
Dumpton Park Drive, Broadstairs
St John's CEP School
Bayham Road, Sevenoaks
WEDNESDAY 18TH JUNE
Essendene Lodge
Essendene Road, Caterham, Surrey
Hollingbourne Primary School
Hollingbourne, Maidstone
St Faiths at Ash School
5 The Street, Ash
St Richards RCP School
Castle Avenue, Dover
The Granville School
2 Bradbourne Road, Sevenoaks
The Old School
Capel Street, Capel Le Ferne
THURSDAY 19TH JUNE
Highview School
Mount Farm Road, Folkestone
Holy Trinity Lamorbey
Burnt Oak Lane, Sidcup
St Mary's CEP School
Warren Road, Folkestone
The Convent Prep School
46 Old Road East, Gravesend
Warden House Primary School
Birdwood Avenue, Deal
FRIDAY 20TH JUNE
Minster Primary School
Molieneux Road, Minster
Orchard Primary School
Oxford Road, Sidcup
St Thomas RCP School
Old Ruttington Lane, Canterbury
Sturry Primary School
Park View, Sturry
REMEMBERING CHILDHOOD PAST - AT DOVER
MUSEUM
Date: 12/06/2008

Treasured memories of childhood are being gathered for a special
new exhibition at Dover Museum. From traditional dolls and
tin-plate trains, to superhero comics and action figures, items
from childhood over the last 100 years are being gathered for a
major display for all the family opening this autumn - and your
help is sought.
Dover Museum is looking for toys, games and pastimes to complement
its collection.
It has a good collection but is looking for more items to be loaned
or donated. The exhibition aims to cover the joys of childhood with
wide-ranging displays of items from the last 100 years. More
general pastimes such as model-making and embroidery will also
feature, as well as children's clothes, from christening gowns to
school uniform.
There will also be toys and games for visitors to play with, in the
form of hands-on exhibits and working models, computer interactives
and even a film show of episodes of children's TV from the last 50
years. There will also be an opportunity for people to appear in a
Museum in-house documentary, talking about the toys, games and
pastimes they remember.
Mark Frost from Dover Museum said: "There is something magical
about seeing toys from your childhood and thinking 'I had one of
those'. We are hoping people will search their attics and cupboards
and find the toys they loved from their childhood, and bring them
to the Museum to share and put on display. We look forward to
hearing from anyone who wants to get involved and to putting on
this exhibition for all the family."
The exhibition opens on 22 September and will run for a year. For
more information, please contact Mark Frost at Dover Museum on
(01304) 201066.
DOVER MUSEUM 'INSIDE OUT' PROJECT
Date: 09/06/2008
An exciting new project to engage with young people and encourage
their creative input into local museums has led to a new
multi-media display at Dover Museum - which will be running from 11
June to 17 August.
The Inside Out Project aims to create new audiences for museums
within the Kent and Medway area by encouraging young people aged
15-18 to discover their own priorities and interests. Their input
will be used to help create new displays and activities, to appeal
more directly to young people and encourage them to visit more
museums.
At Dover Museum, a group of seven young people from Astor College
of the Arts and Dover Grammar School for Boys met on a Wednesday
afternoon after school. They were asked to look over the Museum's
existing displays, and develop ideas on how to adapt them to be
more 'youth friendly'. Using a video camera, the group also asked
local residents of all ages for their views on the Museum.
The group has put together a special corridor exhibition at Dover
Museum. The exhibition reflects their preference for 'high tech'
presentations, and includes multi-media interaction with a touch
screen and videos. This is combined with more traditional methods
of museum information such as information boards, with new
designs.
For more information, please contact Kim Norton at Dover Museum on
(01304) 201066 or email museumeducation@dover.gov.uk
DOVER IN 50S AND 60S - EXHIBITION AT DOVER
MUSEUM
Date: 01/05/2008
People and places of Dover's past, from images of everyday
community life, to pictures of war damage and new building in the
town, can be seen in a special new stairwell exhibition at Dover
Museum. The exhibition features some of the reserve collection of
photographs of the town in the Fifties and Sixties and runs until
20 August.
The 1950s and 1960s were important times for Dover. German bombs
and shells had destroyed or damaged two thirds of the old town by
1945. The Council began to clear damaged buildings, and new housing
estates and 'pre-fab' buildings were built on the outskirts of
town. New projects were begun in the Fifties, including the Gateway
Flats on the seafront, with new public gardens, and the Dover Stage
Hotel. The Sixties saw work begin on buildings such at Burlington
House and Centurion House.
Cllr Mrs Sue Nicholas, DDC Cabinet Member for Community, said:
"This new exhibition is a fascinating insight into the history of
Dover, its people and its places."
VICTORIAN FESTIVAL 2007
Date: 21/11/2007
Chamber maids, chimney sweeps, Victorian ladies and gentlemen and
Queen Victoria herself were among the colourful characters at Dover
Town Hall when more than 350 children from all over Kent came along
for the return of the popular Victorian Festival.
The festival was organised by Dover Museum and took place on Monday
and Tuesday 5 and 6 November. Pupils from all over Kent took part
in the event, including pupils from Deal, Dover, Folkestone, Isle
of Sheppey, Tunbridge Wells, West Malling, and
Westgate-on-Sea.
Children and adults came dressed in Victorian costume, and
activities included learning about stained glass window design,
drawing artefacts and making Victorian decoupage boxes. Pupils also
took part in a practical drama workshop on life as a Victorian
child. Students from South Kent College were on hand to help with
Victorian hairstyles and make-up, and the days were rounded off
with sing-a-longs of songs from the time.
Cllr Mrs Sue Nicholas, DDC Cabinet Member for Community, said: "It
is always a pleasure to attend these events. The festival days were
great fun and the range of colourful costumes and activities really
brought the past to life in an exciting and informative way. It is
great fun and an enjoyable way to learn about history."
NOTES TO EDITORS:
DOVER MUSEUM
VICTORIAN FESTIVAL 2007
AT DOVER TOWN HALL
MONDAY 5TH NOVEMBER
HARBOUR SCHOOL, DOVER
CHARTFIELD, WESTGATE ON SEA
CHERITON PRIMARY, FOLKESTONE
LYMINGE, FOLKESTONE
ROSE HILL, TUNBRIDGE WELLS
ST RICHARDS, DOVER
TUESDAY 6TH NOVEMBER
ELLIOT PARK, MINSTER, ISLE OF SHEPPEY
KINGSDOWN & RINGWOULD, DEAL
KING'S HILL, WEST MALLING
RIVER PRIMARY, DOVER
COALFIELD HERITAGE PROJECT BOOK LAUNCH
Date: 29/08/2007
A major initiative to preserve and record the heritage of the Kent
Coalfield is welcoming the beginning of a new chapter in its
important work - with the launch a new book packed with information
about the local area.
Dover District Council (DDC) launched the Coalfield Heritage
Initiative Kent (CHIK) in 2001 to record and celebrate our mining
heritage. The project was funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund, the
Single Regeneration Budget, DDC and other funding bodies, and has
been led by Dover Museum and the White Cliffs Countryside Project
(WCCP). The CHIK project has worked closely with local communities
to produce a digital archive, which can be viewed at the 'virtual
museum' at www.kentcoal.co.uk . A second phase of this work was the
Miners Way, led by WCCP, which has created a coalfield country
trail focusing on old coalfield sites and the surrounding
countryside.
This important work has led CHIK and WCCP to produce The Companion
To The Miner's Trail, written by Paul Haddaway. The book is being
launched with CHIK community groups at the Betteshanger Social Club
on Tuesday 11 September from 2pm-5pm. The CHIK exhibition on the
history of mining in Kent will be on display and there will be a
chance for visitors to bring their own photographs for inclusion on
the CHIK website, which will remain a live archive.
For more information, please contact the CHIK project at Dover
Museum on (01304) 201066 or log onto the website at
www.kentcoal.co.uk. The Companion To The Miner's Trail book is
available from the Dover Museum shop.
New press releases will be posted regularly. For further
information or pictures, please contact Mark Frost at Dover Museum
on 01304 201066.