Sherborne Museum - news and events in 2008

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Two years of special events are planned at Sherborne Museum to celebrate the 40th year of foundation and continuing to 2008, the 40th year of opening. Watch out for the launch of our creative arts and literacy project in October and childrens Inspire Days during half term.
	FREE, FUN FAMILY EVENTS ! - with an Indian flavour. Sherborne Museum is delighted to be one of over 50 museums, libraries and archives to be taking part in the Festival of Storytelling - Bringing collections to life - which will be celebrated across the country to mark the start of The Cultural Olympiad on the weekend of 26 - 28 September. The four year programme of events will run right through to the end of the 2012 Olympic Games and has been funded by MLA (Museums Libraries and Archives) Council, MLA London, The British Museum Partnership UK project and Renaissance London. Full details
February Free Half Term Events for Children. Workshops repeated morning and afternoon. Monday 18th Darrell Wakelam - model making and make a collage backdrop for the museum opening window display for the new season. Tuesday 19th Nick Crump's Music Show. Wednesday 20th Caroline Hart of the Young Wriggle Valley Players - Thomas Hardy Drama Workshop.
News
Museum links with Family History Centre and rents a new store. The museum was delighted to be offered a large storage room on the top floor of the Family History Centre, next to the museum. This provides secure premises to enable the museum to continue to expand its collection almost indefinitely as well as to overhaul the storage of it's large reserve collection anhd look at ways to make it more accessible.
Sherborne Museum gains accreditation
40th Anniversary Celebrations Museum launches first calendar. Old Fosterian Brian Kerley's scale models of horse drawn transport provide images for our calendar and a museum exhibition.