2001 Events

DIARY OF EVENTS 2001

JANUARY - FEBRUARY

MARCH - APRIL

MAY - JUNE

JULY - AUGUST

SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER

NOVEMBER - DECEMBER

Previous Exhibitions | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2002

"What's On" in JANUARY and FEBRUARY 2001

Continuing until January 7^th 2001 - ART FOR THE MILLENNIUM ‘Future Memories’ EXHIBITION
Guernsey Museum & Art Gallery - Click here for details

From January 25^th - "Paintings from the Permanent Collection"
Guernsey Museum & Art Gallery - Rona Cole Gallery.
Open daily 10am - 4pm

January 25^th - March 7^th

Guernsey Museum & Art Gallery - Exhibition Gallery
From the New World

Limited Edition Prints of North American Natural History subjects, in association with Alecto Historical Editions.

In 1712 and 1722, the English naturalist Mark Catesby made two trips across the Atlantic to record the Flora and Fauna of the 'New World' British colonies. He drew from life and produced remarkable images which often depicted associated plants and animals - an innovation at the time. On his return to England he published his Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands, the first authoritative guide to area, with etchings derived from his watercolours. Later, his original drawings were acquired by King George III for the Royal Library and have only recently been published in facsimile by Alecto.

In addition to the Catesby prints, the exhibition includes relevant North American items from the Guille-Allès Collection, including the magnificent Birds of America by John James Audubon.

January 25^th - March 7^th

Guernsey Museum & Art Gallery -
Lukis Room
Tina McCallan 'Renoir' Project

A special showing of two participatory works devised by locally born artist Tina McCallan. The re-creation of Auguste Renoir's 'Women and Child' was painted by visitors passing Guernsey Museum & Art Gallery in July 2000 and Jan Van Eyck's 'The Arnolfini Marriage' was produced in 1999 by pupils from the Grammar School, Guernsey.

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"What’s On" in MARCH and APRIL 2001

Continuing - "Paintings from the Permanent Collection"
Guernsey Museum & Art Gallery - Rona Cole Gallery.
Open daily 10am - 4pm

Continues until March 7^th
Guernsey Museum & Art Gallery - Exhibition Gallery
From the New World

Limited Edition Prints of North American Natural History subjects, in association with Alecto Historical Editions.       Click here for details.

Continues until March 7^th

Guernsey Museum & Art Gallery - Lukis Room
Tina McCallan 'Renoir' Project

Click here for details

March 10^th - April 16^th
Guernsey Museum & Art Gallery - Exhibition Gallery
Open daily 10am - 4pm

The 2000 BG WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR EXHIBITION

The 2000 BG Wildlife Photographer of the Year Exhibition in one of its first showings outside London. One of the most prestigious international events of its type, the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Competition is now in its 17^th year. It always attracts a huge entry from amateur and professional photographers alike and the resulting exhibition promises a visual feast of natural-world images.

Visit the exhibition website for a preview - http://www.nhm.ac.uk/wildphoto

April 7^th - 9^th
Castle Cornet

The Sinking of the Stella

Gallery Interpreters "Platform 4" will be giving live performances exploring the story of ‘The Sinking of the Stella’.

April 19^th - June 17^th
Guernsey Museum & Art Gallery - Exhibition Gallery
Open daily 10am - 4pm

Exhibition by the local artist Peter Le Vasseur
Includes the newly commissioned work ‘Tree of Life’
(Educational materials available)

March 30^th
^{Opening hours change}
Fort Grey Shipwreck Museum and Castle Cornet and its Museums
- Re-open for the 2001 Summer Season.
Guernsey Museum & Art Gallery
- Change to Summer opening hours Open daily 10am - 5pm
To celebrate the Easter holidays and Bank Holidays during April and May, the staff at Fort Grey and the Guernsey Museum may be found dressed in historical Guernsey costume.

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"What’s On" in MAY and JUNE 2001

Continuing -
Guernsey Museum & Art Gallery - Rona Cole Gallery.
Open daily 10am - 5pm Paintings from the Permanent Collection

Continuing until
October 31^st
Castle Cornet, Militia Museum
Soldiers of the Queen - A touring exhibition from 'The Thin Red Line'.
An exhibition showing the development of the British army uniforms during the reign of Queen Victoria, from the Crimean War to the Boer War.

Continuing until June 17^th
Guernsey Museum & Art Gallery - Exhibition Gallery.
Open daily 10am - 5pm
Exhibition by the local artist Peter Le Vasseur
Includes the newly commissioned work ‘Tree of Life’
(Educational materials available)

May 1st – 14^th
Guernsey Museum & Art Gallery - Lukis Room

Occupation Memories

May 24^th
10:00 - 15:00 & 19:00 - 20:00
Castle Cornet Brian Moses – Poet in residence

May 25^th
Fort Grey, Rocquaine
Brian Moses – Poet in residence

June 16^th
All three sites -
Guernsey Museum & Art Gallery, Castle Cornet and Fort Grey

THE QUEEN’S BIRTHDAY

Each year, on this day Guernsey Museums & Galleries offer FREE ENTRY to all its sites. A 21 gun salute is fired from Castle Cornet, accompanied by the Guernsey Concert Band and the Elizabeth College Cadets. At Fort Grey and the Guernsey Museum & Art Gallery staff dress in costume and host a number of special events. See the local Press for details.

June 22^nd - September 9^th
Guernsey Museum & Art Gallery - Exhibition Gallery
Icons of Pop Exhibition - Educational Materials available
National Portrait Gallery Touring Exhibition, celebrating the contribution made by British performers and photographers to the visual history of pop music. The photographs, spanning forty years of British pop history are shown with some of the best contemporary album covers.

June 23^rd & 24^th
Presentations at:
11:00, 13:30 & 15:00 hours

Fort Grey, Rocquaine
ECHOES FROM THE PAST - ‘The Reluctant Recruits’
It is 1807. An English Sergeant has been seconded to the West regiment of the Guernsey Militia. His duties are to instruct new recruits in musket drill and other things military. But who is in charge – the English Sergeant or the Guernsey recruits? Two recruits in particular are not quite as he expects – substitutes come in all shapes and sizes!

June 28^th, 29^th & 30^th, July 1^st
Presentations at:
11:00, 13:30 & 15:00 hours

Castle Cornet
Echoes From the Past - ‘THE CASTLE SURRENDERS 1651’
‘Echoes From The Past’ tell the story of the events at Castle Cornet on the 350^th anniversary of the surrender of Castle Cornet at the end of the English Civil War:

It is the 17^th of December 1651. Castle Cornet’s Royalist garrison prepare to surrender to the Parliamentarian forces in Guernsey on the 19^th. It is the end.

Five members of the garrison, some have been here since 1642, discuss amongst themselves the years spent in the Castle under siege.

They look back over the years to recount various events during the castle’s stand for the king - the bombardment of St Peter Port; the capture of the three prominent Parliamentarians and their subsequent escape; the problems of supplying the Castle; their associations with the Royalist garrison of Jersey and their driving off of a Parliamentarian attack in March 1651.

Regardless of their many hardships, short of food supplies and water, they have fought hard and honourably but now they ponder their fate. What is to become of them, how will they be treated?

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"What’s On" in JULY and AUGUST 2001

Continuing -
Guernsey Museum & Art Gallery - Rona Cole Gallery.
Open daily 10am - 5pm Paintings from the Permanent Collection

Continuing until September 9^th
Guernsey Museum & Art Gallery - Exhibition Gallery
Icons of Pop Exhibition - Educational Materials available
National Portrait Gallery Touring Exhibition, celebrating the contribution made by British performers and photographers to the visual history of pop music. The photographs, spanning forty years of British pop history are shown with some of the best contemporary album covers.

Continuing until
October 31^st
Castle Cornet, Militia Museum
Soldiers of the Queen - A touring exhibition from 'The Thin Red Line'.
An exhibition showing the development of the British army uniforms during the reign of Queen Victoria, from the Crimean War to the Boer War.

July 16^th - September 3^rd
Castle Cornet
Open daily 10am - 5pm
Guernsey Teddies at the Castle
supported by Nat West bank
Guernsey Teddy and his relations have been on their travels and are now safely back home on the Island. Do come and join in the fun and games within Castle Cornet & see the bears showing off their fine new outfits from their recent holidays.

Weekends in July & August
Fort Grey, Rocquaine
Open daily 10am - 5pm Visitors to Fort Grey can meet staff dressed in traditional Guernsey costume.

July 28^th
Fort Grey
As part of the ROCQUAINE REGATTA, Fort Grey has FREE ENTRY with traditional dancing and music.
Check local press for details.

Outdoor Theatre Castle Cornet

July 10^th - 14^th
Castle Cornet (Open Air Theatre)
Evening performances start 8pm (doors open 6.45pm)

HENRY V by William Shakespeare, performed by The Festival Players Theatre Company.

'God for Harry, England and St George!...' The Festival Players Theatre Company bring their own version of this famous play to Castle Cornet. Don't miss this chance to see a rare stage production of the nation's favourite Shakespeare.

Tickets: available from Guernsey Museum & Art Gallery
    telephone booking line for all theatrical events 712240 (May 15^th - August 31^st 10am - 5pm daily)
    Refunds only issued more than 10 days before any performance
    In the event of bad weather telephone the Museum Information line 8039 on the day

July 25^th - Help a Guernsey Child
July 26^th - 28^th
Castle Cornet (Open Air Theatre)
Performances start 8pm (doors open 6.45pm); Matinee : Saturday July 28^th 2pm

Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carrol, performed by "Illyria"

Illyria return to give Guernsey audiences another chance to see their brilliant adaptation of Lewis Carroll's famous children's classic.

Tickets: available from Guernsey Museum & Art Gallery
    telephone booking line for all theatrical events 712240 (May 15^th - August 31^st 10am - 5pm daily)
    Refunds only issued more than 10 days before any performance
    In the event of bad weather telephone the Museum Information line 8039 on the day

August 11^th; 13^th - 18^th
Castle Cornet (Open Air Theatre)
Performances start 8pm (doors open 6.45pm)

Othello by William Shakespeare performed by Oddsocks productions.

The travelling troupe of minstrels mix their usual brand of magic and mayhem with the bitter intrigue of Shakespeare's romantic masterpiece to bring us this powerful tale of Mediterranean murder and jealousy.

Tickets: available from Guernsey Museum & Art Gallery
    telephone booking line for all theatrical events 712240 (May 15^th - August 31^st 10am - 5pm daily)
    Refunds only issued more than 10 days before any performance
    In the event of bad weather telephone the Museum Information line 8039 on the day

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"What’s On" in SEPTEMBER and OCTOBER 2001

Continuing -
Guernsey Museum & Art Gallery - Rona Cole Gallery.
Open daily 10am - 5pm Paintings from the Permanent Collection

Until September 9^th
Guernsey Museum & Art Gallery - Exhibition Gallery
Icons of Pop Exhibition - Educational Materials available
National Portrait Gallery Touring Exhibition, celebrating the contribution made by British performers and photographers to the visual history of pop music. The photographs, spanning forty years of British pop history are shown with some of the best contemporary album covers.

Continuing until
October 31^st
Castle Cornet, Militia Museum
Soldiers of the Queen - A touring exhibition from 'The Thin Red Line'.
An exhibition showing the development of the British army uniforms during the reign of Queen Victoria, from the Crimean War to the Boer War.

October 19^th 2001 - Jan. 2002
Guernsey Museum & Art Gallery - Exhibition Gallery.
Open daily 10am - 5pm
Then & Now
Photographs of selected places in Guernsey, taken at three points in time. The original photos were taken during the late 19^th or early 20th Centuries. The same places were then photographed in 1978 and 2000.
(Educational materials available)

October 31^st 2001 - Castle Cornet & Fort Grey close for the winter

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"What’s On" in NOVEMBER and DECEMBER 2001

Until January 2002
Guernsey Museum & Art Gallery -
Rona Cole Gallery.
Open daily 10am - 5pm Landscapes and Coastal Views
Watercolours by William John Caparne (1856-1940)
An exhibition of paintings from the permanent collection

Continues until January 2002
Guernsey Museum & Art Gallery -
Exhibition Gallery.
Open daily 10am - 4pm
Guernsey Then & Now
Photographs of selected places in Guernsey, taken at three points in time. The original photos were taken during the late 19^th or early 20^th Centuries. The same places were then photographed in 1978 and 2000.
(Educational materials available)

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This page was last updated: 30-Jul-2004

JANUARY - FEBRUARY	MARCH - APRIL	MAY - JUNE
JULY - AUGUST	SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER	NOVEMBER - DECEMBER

Continues until March 7^th Guernsey Museum & Art Gallery - Exhibition Gallery	From the New World Limited Edition Prints of North American Natural History subjects, in association with Alecto Historical Editions. Click here for details.
Continues until March 7^th Guernsey Museum & Art Gallery - Lukis Room	Tina McCallan 'Renoir' Project Click here for details
March 10^th - April 16^th Guernsey Museum & Art Gallery - Exhibition Gallery Open daily 10am - 4pm	The 2000 BG WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR EXHIBITION The 2000 BG Wildlife Photographer of the Year Exhibition in one of its first showings outside London. One of the most prestigious international events of its type, the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Competition is now in its 17^th year. It always attracts a huge entry from amateur and professional photographers alike and the resulting exhibition promises a visual feast of natural-world images. Visit the exhibition website for a preview - http://www.nhm.ac.uk/wildphoto
April 7^th - 9^th Castle Cornet	The Sinking of the Stella Gallery Interpreters "Platform 4" will be giving live performances exploring the story of ‘The Sinking of the Stella’.
April 19^th - June 17^th Guernsey Museum & Art Gallery - Exhibition Gallery Open daily 10am - 4pm	Exhibition by the local artist Peter Le Vasseur Includes the newly commissioned work ‘Tree of Life’ (Educational materials available)
March 30^th ^{Opening hours change}	Fort Grey Shipwreck Museum and Castle Cornet and its Museums - Re-open for the 2001 Summer Season. Guernsey Museum & Art Gallery - Change to Summer opening hours Open daily 10am - 5pm To celebrate the Easter holidays and Bank Holidays during April and May, the staff at Fort Grey and the Guernsey Museum may be found dressed in historical Guernsey costume.

Continuing - Guernsey Museum & Art Gallery - Rona Cole Gallery. Open daily 10am - 5pm	Paintings from the Permanent Collection
Continuing until October 31^st Castle Cornet, Militia Museum	Soldiers of the Queen - A touring exhibition from 'The Thin Red Line'. An exhibition showing the development of the British army uniforms during the reign of Queen Victoria, from the Crimean War to the Boer War.
Continuing until June 17^th Guernsey Museum & Art Gallery - Exhibition Gallery. Open daily 10am - 5pm	Exhibition by the local artist Peter Le Vasseur Includes the newly commissioned work ‘Tree of Life’ (Educational materials available)

May 1st – 14^th Guernsey Museum & Art Gallery - Lukis Room	Occupation Memories
May 24^th 10:00 - 15:00 & 19:00 - 20:00 Castle Cornet	Brian Moses – Poet in residence
May 25^th Fort Grey, Rocquaine	Brian Moses – Poet in residence
June 16^th All three sites - Guernsey Museum & Art Gallery, Castle Cornet and Fort Grey	THE QUEEN’S BIRTHDAY Each year, on this day Guernsey Museums & Galleries offer FREE ENTRY to all its sites. A 21 gun salute is fired from Castle Cornet, accompanied by the Guernsey Concert Band and the Elizabeth College Cadets. At Fort Grey and the Guernsey Museum & Art Gallery staff dress in costume and host a number of special events. See the local Press for details.
June 22^nd - September 9^th Guernsey Museum & Art Gallery - Exhibition Gallery	Icons of Pop Exhibition - Educational Materials available National Portrait Gallery Touring Exhibition, celebrating the contribution made by British performers and photographers to the visual history of pop music. The photographs, spanning forty years of British pop history are shown with some of the best contemporary album covers.
June 23^rd & 24^th Presentations at: 11:00, 13:30 & 15:00 hours Fort Grey, Rocquaine	ECHOES FROM THE PAST - ‘The Reluctant Recruits’ It is 1807. An English Sergeant has been seconded to the West regiment of the Guernsey Militia. His duties are to instruct new recruits in musket drill and other things military. But who is in charge – the English Sergeant or the Guernsey recruits? Two recruits in particular are not quite as he expects – substitutes come in all shapes and sizes!
June 28^th, 29^th & 30^th, July 1^st Presentations at: 11:00, 13:30 & 15:00 hours Castle Cornet	Echoes From the Past - ‘THE CASTLE SURRENDERS 1651’ ‘Echoes From The Past’ tell the story of the events at Castle Cornet on the 350^th anniversary of the surrender of Castle Cornet at the end of the English Civil War: It is the 17^th of December 1651. Castle Cornet’s Royalist garrison prepare to surrender to the Parliamentarian forces in Guernsey on the 19^th. It is the end. Five members of the garrison, some have been here since 1642, discuss amongst themselves the years spent in the Castle under siege. They look back over the years to recount various events during the castle’s stand for the king - the bombardment of St Peter Port; the capture of the three prominent Parliamentarians and their subsequent escape; the problems of supplying the Castle; their associations with the Royalist garrison of Jersey and their driving off of a Parliamentarian attack in March 1651. Regardless of their many hardships, short of food supplies and water, they have fought hard and honourably but now they ponder their fate. What is to become of them, how will they be treated?

Continuing - Guernsey Museum & Art Gallery - Rona Cole Gallery. Open daily 10am - 5pm	Paintings from the Permanent Collection
Continuing until September 9^th Guernsey Museum & Art Gallery - Exhibition Gallery	Icons of Pop Exhibition - Educational Materials available National Portrait Gallery Touring Exhibition, celebrating the contribution made by British performers and photographers to the visual history of pop music. The photographs, spanning forty years of British pop history are shown with some of the best contemporary album covers.

Continuing until October 31^st Castle Cornet, Militia Museum	Soldiers of the Queen - A touring exhibition from 'The Thin Red Line'. An exhibition showing the development of the British army uniforms during the reign of Queen Victoria, from the Crimean War to the Boer War.

July 16^th - September 3^rd Castle Cornet Open daily 10am - 5pm	Guernsey Teddies at the Castle supported by Nat West bank Guernsey Teddy and his relations have been on their travels and are now safely back home on the Island. Do come and join in the fun and games within Castle Cornet & see the bears showing off their fine new outfits from their recent holidays.
Weekends in July & August Fort Grey, Rocquaine Open daily 10am - 5pm	Visitors to Fort Grey can meet staff dressed in traditional Guernsey costume.
July 28^th Fort Grey	As part of the ROCQUAINE REGATTA, Fort Grey has FREE ENTRY with traditional dancing and music. Check local press for details.

Continuing - Guernsey Museum & Art Gallery - Rona Cole Gallery. Open daily 10am - 5pm	Paintings from the Permanent Collection
Until September 9^th Guernsey Museum & Art Gallery - Exhibition Gallery	Icons of Pop Exhibition - Educational Materials available National Portrait Gallery Touring Exhibition, celebrating the contribution made by British performers and photographers to the visual history of pop music. The photographs, spanning forty years of British pop history are shown with some of the best contemporary album covers.
Continuing until October 31^st Castle Cornet, Militia Museum	Soldiers of the Queen - A touring exhibition from 'The Thin Red Line'. An exhibition showing the development of the British army uniforms during the reign of Queen Victoria, from the Crimean War to the Boer War.
October 19^th 2001 - Jan. 2002 Guernsey Museum & Art Gallery - Exhibition Gallery. Open daily 10am - 5pm	Then & Now Photographs of selected places in Guernsey, taken at three points in time. The original photos were taken during the late 19^th or early 20th Centuries. The same places were then photographed in 1978 and 2000. (Educational materials available)

Continues until January 2002 Guernsey Museum & Art Gallery - Exhibition Gallery. Open daily 10am - 4pm	Guernsey Then & Now Photographs of selected places in Guernsey, taken at three points in time. The original photos were taken during the late 19^th or early 20^th Centuries. The same places were then photographed in 1978 and 2000. (Educational materials available)