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MUS-C-2-31_Cardiff_WelshFolkMuseumanditsDevelopmentBooklet.pdf
A booklet detailing the development of the museum. Says that ’Wales can claim to have been for many years a pioneer British country in fostering the collection of folk material and in folk life research’ and how they have understood the importance of…

MUS-L-2-35_Leicester_IntroductiontotheMuseum.pdf
A booklet which begins by talking about the history of museums and how they have developed in the UK. There is also a diagram (which no title) which shows, possibly, various subjects or jobs that a museum does. Talks about collecting and how it is…

MUS-L-2-10_Leicester_LeicesterHuntingPictures.pdf
Exhibition booklet 26th May – 29th July 1951 on ‘Leicestershire Hunting Pictures’ – an exhibition talking about the tradition of hunting within Leicestershire. Images (black and white). Foreword by Colin D. B. Ellis talking about this exhibition’s…

MUS-L-3-22_Leicester_LinkNewletterOct-Nov1983.pdf
Exhibitions include Divali (in depth details included on further on), The National Exhibition of Children’s Art and Hats by David Shilling. Open evening and lunchtime concerts. Association Activities and fine arts news.

MUS-L-3-22_Leicester_LinkNewletterApril-May1984.pdf
Exhibitions include the Choir Boy, Down to Earth and Vasna: inside an Indian Village. Permanent galleries and what is permanently on display. Gallery talks and association activities. Details on some of the exhibitions including Vasna.

MUS-L-3-22_Leicester_LinkNewletterDec-Jan83-84.pdf
Exhibitions include craft for Christmas and Victorian Painting Workshop. Lunchtime concerts and lectures. Association Activities. An LMA gift to Leicester Museum (shadow puppets for Diwali exhibit). Collection divided between the V&A and Leicester…

MUS-L-3-22_Leicester_LinkNewletterJune-July1988.pdf
Exhibitions include the artists view of Leicestershire and Traditional Indian Arts of Gujurat. Association activities, annual general meeting and LMA visit to the age of chivalry exhibition. Details of new exhibitions and galleries. Section onf…

MUS-L-3-35_Leicetser_PressInformationSheet1988.pdf
25th June to 11th December 1988 – India comes alive at Leicester Museums. Arts of Gujarat. Crafts but also everyday life in Gujarat. Talk of how the collection was acquired and the significance of this collection within Britain. The different themes…

PER 069-L3344_Leicester_Bulletin1942.pdf
An article talking about how museums need to keep up with the pace of the world. Discusses how the museum, during the war, put on exhibitions about digging and growing to help those people in the community know what to do. The idea of the museum…

MUS-L-2-53_Leicester_LeicesterMuseumandtheSchools.pdf
A small booklet detailing the loan collections that are available to schools during this time. Talks about the museum wanting to increase the size of their child audience and so has built up ‘portable exhibits’ specifically for the schools to use.…
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