A new museum display at the Treasure House, Beverley, opening next week, will focus on local heroine Amy Johnson, the first woman to fly solo from England to Australia. Hull-born Amy features in a four-month long exhibition, with new artefacts donated or loaned by various people and items borrowed from the permanent Amy Johnson collection at Sewerby Hall Museum near Bridlington. To coincide with the display, the museum service has…
What do a Tudor mayor of London, the confiscation of royalist lands during the English Civil War, 50 years incarceration in an asylum, a five month journey to New Zealand, the Treaty of Waitangi and Buffalo Bill have in common? The answer is in a collection held by East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s archives and local studies service, which is pleased to announce a new cataloguing project listing the family…
The Beverley Art Gallery is to feature a collection of puppets from all over the world. The gallery in the Treasure House, Champney Road, is holding the exhibition from 26 June to 18 July as part of the Beverley Puppet Festival taking place from 16-18 July. Sally Hayes, gallery curator, said: “The puppets are spectacular. Some are very old while others are quite new but equally colourful – and some…
The Treasure House gift shop has now been open a year and has been extremely successful in that time. The shop offers a wide range of gifts, including toys, family and local history books, greeting cards and jewellery. It is located on the first floor of the Treasure House in Beverley, which provides combined museum, library and archives services, along with a cafe. Jane Bielby, the shop manager, said: “We…
Anyone interested in their family history could find the help they need to learn more as the archives and local studies service is hosting more Family History Society advice sessions on designated Saturdays throughout the year. During these sessions, in The Treasure House, Champney Road, Beverley, volunteers from the East Yorkshire Family History Society are on hand to give members of the public free advice on family history matters. Sessions…
The racing season at Beverley is now well under way. Horse racing has always been a sophisticated affair, and if anything it has become more so with the passage of time. It is a chance for people to dress up in all their finery and enjoy the thrilling atmosphere of the race. Documents held at the Treasure House, Beverley, show that the spirit of horse racing generally remains the same,…
The Barnes Wallis Trust, together with the Royal Society and East Riding of Yorkshire Council, will be celebrating the 80th anniversary of the R.100 airship’s first transatlantic flight with a touring exhibition called ‘Barnes Wallis – The Yorkshire Connection and Beyond.’ The exhibition forms part of the Royal Society’s 350th anniversary celebrations with a national programme of events celebrating ‘Local Heroes.’ Sir Barnes Wallis was based at the Howden Airship…
The latest archaeological finds acquired by East Riding Museums Service will go on display at the Treasure House in Champney Road, Beverley, on Wednesday 5th May. The finds include a rare Bronze Age axe head found on the beach at Mappleton and on loan from the finder, Alison Lloyd, who discovered the artefact whilst walking her dogs. Other items have come in as purchases via the Treasure process, including a…
Now is your chance to get involved in shaping the future development of the East Riding – as the council prepares a blueprint known as the Local Development Framework (LDF). The LDF will form part of the development plan for the East Riding and will be used to determine where and how we should build new places for people to live and work in. It will set out planning policies…
It is nearly three years since major flooding devastated parts of the East Riding and Hull. For those who were affected, it will never be forgotten. One of the towns which appeared to be relatively unaffected was Driffield, but history shows that the ‘Capital of the Wolds’ has not always been so lucky. One hundred years ago this month, the town of Driffield suffered the effects of a devastating torrent…
The museum on the first floor at the Treasure House in Beverley will be open on Good Friday this year (2nd April) from 9.30 – 5pm, offering a range of exhibitions, as well as a gift shop for those last minute Easter gifts. Current displays include the unique South Cave weapons cache and a replica of one of the Iron Age swords. In Gallery 2, “Silver a beautiful metal” is…
Two students from East Riding College have taken part in a competition to turn discarded clothing into high fashion. Zoe Oakes and Faye Theabould, who are both first year students on the National Certificate in Fashion and Clothing at the College’s Bridlington campus, designed and created dresses using pre-worn and charity shop garments as part of the contest organised by East Riding of Yorkshire Council. The competition aimed to highlight…
Inspiration at the Old Granary was packed full of women who were there to enjoy a performance of the ‘Vaginal Monologues’ and help raise money for Hull Women’s Aid. Sue Kirkman mother of Annie the lady behind the fund raisers said; “We have had such a good response it’s been unbelievable, we had no idea some many people would want to come and see it and we are really looking…
From Friday, 12 February, a free digital film and sound archive with access to footage which brings the region’s past to life will open to all. People using the award-winning new archive will be able to see the region after the blitz, local industry, life in the towns and villages of the East Riding and even the wreckage of the Howden R38 Airship crash in 1921. Sound archives including interviews…
Although by no means a defunct practice, having tailor-made clothes is less common than it used to be. Thankfully, the memory of an East Riding tailor’s shop, Brown’s of Beverley, will now be preserved. A collection of documents relating to this family business has been deposited with the East Riding Archives and Local Studies Service, based at the Treasure House in Beverley. Collections Officer Sam Bartle said: “This is an…
While it might be difficult to ever really know who has been on Father Christmas’ naughty list, documents held by the archives and local studies service can give us a good idea. Evidence that not everyone has behaved themselves during Christmases past can be found at the Beverley Treasure House where records from the Christmas Quarter Sessions for the East Riding of Yorkshire, dating back more than 300 years, reveal…
As we once more salute the heroes of today and yesteryear, a collection of letters on show at The East Riding Treasure House, Beverley, we are reminded of countless tales of bravery, endurance, and sacrifice in the face of war. These letters were written as part of a series of correspondence from Lieutenant Edwin Oliver of the 4th East Yorkshire Territorials was one of those heroes, amongst millions of other…
The new building in Beverley provides a service for the East Riding of Yorkshire’s heritage, there is a permanent exhibition on the first floor relating to heritage of the area and also regular tempory exhibitions. Within the Treausure House you will also find the East Riding Archives and Local Studies, East Riding Museums Collections and a libary service all of which operate from this building in Beverley. Computer with internet…
