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Continuing until 24th March
Guernsey Museum & Art Gallery - Exhibition Gallery.
Open daily 10am - 4pm |
Paintings
by
Charles Coker
Charles Coker (1918-2000) showed artistic talent at an
early age. For many years this found an outlet in photography which became
his profession. He maintained an interest in sketching however and eventually
he took up painting in oils. Charles Coker became a member of the States Arts
Committee, and President of the Sarnia Arts and Crafts Club, and his work
became well known throughout the Bailiwick.
This exhibition illustrates the
wide range of Charles Coker’s talents, and comprises his own favourite
pictures and those belonging to his family. This is the first time that they
have been shown in public. |
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27th March |
Castle Cornet and Fort Grey re-open for the
season
Guernsey Museum & Art Gallery changes to summer opening hours (10am -
5pm) |
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1st April - 26th May
Guernsey Museum & Art Gallery - Exhibition + Rona Cole Galleries.
Open daily 10am -
5pm |
Peindre en Normandie -
(Painting in Normandy) A
collection of paintings by artists inspired by Normandy, including Boudin,
Dubourg, Dufy, Géricault, Monet and Vuillard.
In co-operation with the Fédération
Régionale pour l’Action Culturelle en Basse-Normandie.
Guernsey, with its strong
geographical and historical links to Normandy, is very honoured to have been
invited by FERAC to show “Peindre en Normandie”. It offers a rare opportunity
to see, in Guernsey, paintings by internationally renowned French artists of
the 19th and 20th centuries.
“Peindre en Normandie” was set up
in 1992 as a joint incentive by public and private concerns in Normandy. Its
mission is to collect paintings by artists inspired by the region, and to make
them better known by the public. The collection now stands at over seventy
pictures which, when it is not touring, is based at the Musée des Beaux-Arts
at Caen. |
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28th March – 1st April
Castle Cornet-
Open daily 10am - 5pm |
Easter
Festival of Living History for Local History week
Characters in the
Castle
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Story telling and costumed drama.
Good Friday –
Easter Monday and throughout the season.
Please phone the Castle on 721657
for specific dates and times.
Performances will be drawn from the following:
- Costumed Tours
- The tale of a garrison soldier at the end of
the Civil War, 1651
- The story of General Lambert –
imprisoned in the castle by Charles II after the
death of Cromwell
- The Hatton
sisters recall the explosion which destroyed the
castle's Donjon in 1672
- The sad tale of the Cauchés
sisters burnt at the stake in 1553,
from Foxe's Book of Martyrs.
- The story of Rex
Warneford awarded the Victoria Cross in 1915 for being the first to
destroy a Zeppelin airship.
- ‘A Quiet War’ -
Reminiscences of the Occupation 1940-45
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29th March – 1st April
Castle Cornet -
Open daily 10am - 5pm |
‘Platform 4’ From the National Railway
Museum in York.
Story tellers
'Platform 4' recount the harrowing experiences of Philip Saumarez during Anson’s Round the World Voyage from 1740-44.
This culminated in the capture of a Spanish treasure ship.
Also,‘Full Steam Ahead!’ – the story of the shipwreck of the ‘Stella’
in 1899. Performances 11am and 2.30pm. Please ring the
Castle on 721657 for details |
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Latest Events Press Release (30th June - 7 July) (PDF
- 78Kb)
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Continuing until 26th May
Guernsey Museum & Art Gallery - Exhibition + Rona Cole Galleries.
Open daily 10am -
5pm |
Peindre en Normandie
- (Painting in
Normandy) A collection of
paintings by artists inspired by Normandy, including Boudin, Dubourg, Dufy,
Géricault, Monet and Vuillard.
In co-operation with the Fédération
Régionale pour l’Action Culturelle en Basse-Normandie.
Guernsey, with its strong
geographical and historical links to Normandy, is very honoured to have been
invited by FERAC to show “Peindre en Normandie”. It offers a rare opportunity
to see, in Guernsey, paintings by internationally renowned French artists of
the 19th and 20th centuries.
“Peindre en Normandie” was set up
in 1992 as a joint incentive by public and private concerns in Normandy. Its
mission is to collect paintings by artists inspired by the region, and to make
them better known by the public. The collection now stands at over seventy
pictures which, when it is not touring, is based at the Musée des Beaux-Arts
at Caen. |
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15th June All three sites
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Guernsey Museum & Art Gallery, Castle Cornet and Fort Grey
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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 military music and the Elizabeth College Cadets. At Fort
Grey and Guernsey Museum & Art Gallery staff dress in costume and host
a number of special events. See the local Press for details.
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4th & 5th June
Guernsey Museum & Art Gallery - Lukis Room
11.00am & 2.00pm
& 3.00pm
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Summer Festival of Living History -
‘Victorian
Voices’
by re-enactment group
ECHOES FROM THE PAST
Join the Rat catcher, Market Trader, Gardener, &
Shipwright, as they tell their stories.. |
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7th June – 9th June
Fort Grey
Open daily 10am - 5 pm |
Summer Festival of Living History
‘People from the Past’
by re-enactment group
ECHOES FROM THE PAST
- A Guernsey militiaman from around 1808 tells
his story.
Also throughout the season - please phone 265036 for other dates and times.
- Echoes From the Past - Tales from by-gone days, including:
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The LOSS OF HMS BOREAS shipwrecked off the coast of Guernsey in 1807
Performances 10.30am, 1.30 & 3.00pm
- please phone 265036 for specific performance details
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| 11th
June - 14th June
Castle Cornet
10.30am 1.30pm |
Summer Festival of Living History -
‘Life in the Tudor Castle’
by re-enactment group
ECHOES FROM THE PAST
This year, those setting up
camp in the Castle will include:
an apothecary, a cook/washerwoman, a longbowman and gunners with their cannon.
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20th June - 6th October Guernsey Museum & Art Gallery -
Exhibition
Gallery
Open daily 10am -
5pm
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Dig in Time
A ‘Dig in Time’ is an exciting new temporary exhibition for summer 2002 to
show the most recent archaeological discoveries in Guernsey. Over the last ten
years excavations all over the island have provided new information and finds
which will help to piece together the story of Guernsey’s ancient past. Come
and see the Lihou intaglio, the tools of the first settlers, and evidence of
the first financiers in St Peter Port! Try your hand at ancient crafts and
touch the past! Did you know the St Peter Port market is built on a Roman
site? Visit us and find out more!
There is a program of informal talks, demonstrations and educational events linked to the
exhibition. Please
click here
for details in Acrobat .PDF format (72 Kb). |
| 20th June - 6th October Guernsey Museum & Art Gallery - Rona Cole Gallery
Open daily 10am -
5pm
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Watercolours by
Joshua Gosselin (1739 -
1812)
Eighteenth century watercolours by notable Guernsey artist
and antiquarian, Joshua Gosselin.
The exhibition includes archaeological subjects, chosen to complement
the concurrent 'Dig in Time' exhibition. |
Illyria present
'The Reluctant Dragon' by Kenneth Graeme
Castle Cornet (Open Air Theatre)
Performances start 7pm (doors open 6.15pm); Matinee : Saturday
July 27th 2pm
Tickets: available from
Guernsey Museum & Art Gallery
telephone booking line for all theatrical events
712240 (May 15th - August 31st 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
Oddsocks Productions present
'The Hunchback of Notre Dame' by Victor
Hugo
Castle Cornet (Open Air Theatre)
Evening performances start 7.30pm (doors open 6.45pm)
with a matinee on Saturday 10th
at 2pm
Note there is no performance on Sunday 11th
August
Tickets: available from
Guernsey Museum & Art Gallery
telephone booking line for all theatrical events
712240 (May 15th - August 31st 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
