AN historic car event will take place at Nuffield Place on Sunday (September 1) from 10am to 4pm. The event has been organised to ...
Wednesday, 18 September 2019
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Flamingoes and dormice were meat and drink to Pompeians
Last Supper in Pompeii | Ashmolean Museum, Oxford | Until January 12 THE paradox of Pompeii is that the destruction of the town caused ...
Museum staff put their teds on show
REMEMBER how you couldn’t bear to be parted from your favourite cuddly toy as a child? That’s the sacrifice that staff at the River & ...
Snowy owl chick is being hand-reared
KEEPERS at Beale Wildlife Park were faced with a dilemma when the resident snowy owls hatched out two chicks. Owl chicks have big ...
Teenagers make boat sculpture from discarded waste
TEENAGERS unveiled a boat sculpture made from litter at the River & Rowing Museum. They were raising awareness about the problem of ...
THERE are going to be bears everywhere at the River & Rowing Museum this summer. A new exhibition titled “Bears!” opens next Saturday ...
Maps real and not are a reflection of their makers
Talking Maps | Weston Library, Oxford | Until March 8, 2020 AT the entrance to Talking Maps, a new and mind-expanding exhibition at ...
Museum steps up talks, walks and workshops
HENLEY’S River and Rowing Museum has announced it will be expanding its programme of adult events this summer — with a series of tours,...
Photography competition is a chance to shine
CALLING all budding photographers! The River and Rowing Museum is inviting children and young peole to help celebrate the natural ...
THE number of volunteers at the River & Rowing Museum has more than doubled to 80 in the past two years. More were recruited because ...
Family friendly museum is getting set to welcome its two-millionth visitor!
THIS year the River & Rowing Museum is celebrating its 21st anniversary — 21 years at the heart of the local community, celebrating ...
Museum’s half-term activities have a William Morris theme
A SERIES of family events are being held over half-term at the River and Rowing Museum in Mill Meadows next week. Themed around the ...
Children’s art display at museum
THE River & Rowing Museum in Henley has put on display work by children inspired by its William Morris exhibition. Pupils at ...
Library exhibition helps put things in perspective
Thinking 3D: Leonardo to the present | Weston Library, Oxford | Until February 9, 2020 THE recent picture of a black hole in a galaxy ...
’Babel’ of many languages is more a blessing than a curse
Babel: Adventures in Translation | Weston Library, Oxford YOU have a problem with your disposal of nuclear waste. Not how to dispose ...
A NEW exhibition charting the history of Wallingford will also explore the archaeology of the market town. “Once Upon a Time — the ...
THE River & Rowing Museum in Henley has been honoured by Visit England. It received the Quality Rose Marque, a symbol of excellence ...
Museum’s breaking silence on women
HENLEY’S River and Rowing Museum will mark International Women’s Day with a special lecture next Saturday (March 9). “Breaking ...
A SERIES of one-off events in support of the William Morris exhibition at the River & Rowing Museum are taking place over the coming ...
Museum lifts the lid on world’s oldest boat race
A “HIDDEN Histories” event at the River & Rowing Museum that was postponed from October is taking place next Saturday (February 23). ...
