MINI MUSEUMS AT
WAKEFIELD'S LIBRARIES
28 FEBRUARY 2006
From the WMDC Press and Communications Office
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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