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Royston Museum @roystonmuseum.bsky.social · 7h

Just going to leave this photo of the Roysia Stone here....

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Royston Museum @roystonmuseum.bsky.social · 1d

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Royston Museum @roystonmuseum.bsky.social · 1d

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Royston Museum @roystonmuseum.bsky.social · 1d

What's happening in November at the Museum?
❄ Museum Tots are going on a winter adventure
🌟 Our Spark young artists are discovering another creative skill
💬 Discover Remarkable women in Hertfordshire's History in next month's talk
🎶Get creative with Crafted Connections onThursday afternoons

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Royston Museum @roystonmuseum.bsky.social · 2d

Discover the Royston Printmakers and the amazing artwork they create using the Museum's very own printing press in our latest exhibition. These are just some of the amazing prints on display!

Gavin - Columbian Press
Jala - These Wild Anemones
Lesley - Hoo Helmet
Liz - Kingfisher

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Royston Museum @roystonmuseum.bsky.social · 2d

So far, we’ve secured £10,000 in grants, with another application being considered, but we need your help to raise another £10,000 towards the total cost.

✨ Every donation counts, and with match funding your impact is doubled!
💻 Please share and donate now: buff.ly/sYd2puc

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Royston Museum Goes Green

#StrongerCommunities 💛 Royston Museum is going green and we want to change how we operate in order to minimise our impact on the planet.

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Royston Museum @roystonmuseum.bsky.social · 2d

🚨 We need your help! 🌿

Today, we're launching a fundraiser as part of our Royston Museum Goes Green Project. Our aim: to replace our ageing boiler with air source heat pumps and more efficient heating for the Museum, whilst also reducing our carbon emissions.

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Royston Museum @roystonmuseum.bsky.social · 3d

👻 Whooooo’s that in the museum? Discover ghostly tales from the past, get hands-on with eerie objects, and create spook-tacular crafts to take home. Perfect for little monsters and curious spirits alike.

📆 Saturday 25 October – Sunday 2 November
🕖 Thursday to Sunday, 10am to 4pm
🎟 £3 per child

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Royston Museum @roystonmuseum.bsky.social · 4d

Crafted Connections are running a brilliant series of workshops at the Museum! There's a different workshop each Thursday in November. No experience is needed and all materials are provided, you just need to bring yourself and your creative curiosity.

💻 Full details and book online: buff.ly/6QkBxkU

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Royston Museum @roystonmuseum.bsky.social · 5d

There's 2 things the Friends of Royston Museum are great at...
1) supporting the Museum
2) organising music evenings
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Royston Museum @roystonmuseum.bsky.social · 5d

Join us for another brilliant night of Music at the Museum! We'll have a pleasing blend of folk, jazz, with little bit of country and pop mixed in, from local bands Backyard Bonfires and Two of a Kind.

📆 Next Friday, October 17
🕖 Doors open at 7.00pm
🎟 £15 per person
💻 buff.ly/uMTEltg

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Royston Museum @roystonmuseum.bsky.social · 5d

This feedback from one of the class teachers made our week!

"The visit was fantastic. It engaged the children well and promoted lots of opportunities for curiosity and exploration." 🥰

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Royston Museum @roystonmuseum.bsky.social · 5d

This week, we've explored toys through history with pupils from Meldreth Primary School and travelled back in time to prehistoric Britian with pupils from St Mary's Primary School where we made our own Stone Age tools from soap!

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Royston Museum @roystonmuseum.bsky.social · 5d

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Merchant Adventurers’ Hall @merchantshallyork.org · 5d

It is #worldmentalhealthday today (we'd argue that's every day).

We love you all very much so this is for you...

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Royston Museum @roystonmuseum.bsky.social · 6d

Our Spark! young artists had a great time exploring symbolism this afternoon and created their own pictures thinking about objects, colours and what they represent.

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Royston Museum @roystonmuseum.bsky.social · 6d

There's such an amazing creativity and vision to them! Some of the sketches, like this one, have fabric swatches attached.

Royston Museum @roystonmuseum.bsky.social · 6d

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Royston Museum @roystonmuseum.bsky.social · 6d

Today’s #OnlineArtExchange is glamour. 💃

Our collection includes sketches by costume designer Richard Croft, who worked on a range of shows including Dr Who and Blackadder.

These are just 3 of his many glamorous designs. We believe the red dress was for the 1986 Blankety Blank Christmas Special!

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Royston Museum @roystonmuseum.bsky.social · 7d

From unruly medieval monks to rival Victorian police officers, our October talk draws on objects and records from the Museum's collection to explore crime and punishment in Royston.

🗓️Next Wednesday, 15 October, at 7:15pm
🎟️ £5 per person
💻 Book online: buff.ly/5j5Zc3F

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Royston Museum @roystonmuseum.bsky.social · 7d

Shocking update from our Curator! 😱

Queen Anne accidentally shot and killed Jowler whilst hunting. 😭

Royston Museum @roystonmuseum.bsky.social · 11d

It's #WorldAnimalDay.

Jowler was King James VI & I's favourite hunting dog and a constant presence at his court in Royston.

However, one day in December 1604 he went missing! (Jowler, not James)

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Scene of King James and Jowler from the Royston Tapestry (its actually an embroidery)

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Royston Museum @roystonmuseum.bsky.social · 8d

Our Playtime! school workshop looks at toys through history and the kids are always amazed at how some toys they recognise and play with today, have been played with for hundreds of years!

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Royston Museum @roystonmuseum.bsky.social · 8d

The first of our new loan boxes is heading to a school today! We really hope the class enjoy exploring our Changes in Living Memory (Leisure) box. 😁

We have 8 loan boxes, filled with objects, photographs and documents, which are designed to support history in school. Find out more: buff.ly/Z9Wicrw

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Royston Museum @roystonmuseum.bsky.social · 9d

Join us for a FREE workshop and discover quick and easy way to reduce heat loss and cut heating bills in the winter, and keep your home cooler and comfier throughout the summer months.

🗓️ Wednesday 22 October, 2pm-4:30pm and 6pm-8:30pm
🎟️ FREE
💻 Book here: buff.ly/PIaxzgS

Royston Museum @roystonmuseum.bsky.social · 10d

Join us for a free performance of a lively mummers’ play by the Strolling Mummers on Saturday 18 October at 10:15am.

Expect colourful characters and a performance full of rhythm and rhyme, which has been passed down through the centuries.

📸 Claire-Shauna Saunders

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