March is here and signs of spring are all around us—from daffodils emerging to the exciting new exhibitions opening at Museum & Art Swindon!
The Swindon Stegosaur has returned!
That’s right—you read that correctly! The Museum is thrilled to announce a new acquisition at Museum & Art Swindon: a vertebra from a stegosaur found right here in Swindon.
With the help of Dr Neville and Sally Hollingworth, we have identified this vertebra (or backbone) as belonging to Dacentrurus, a stegosaur that lived during the Jurassic era, approximately 154 million years ago.
You can now see this incredible piece of Swindon’s Jurassic past on display in our Swindon Rocks gallery.
A Very British Art Revolution
Opening 11th March 2025 The museums new exhibition drawing from the art collection of Museum & Art Swindon opens on the 11th March. Looking at how artists in Britain, responded to the turbulent changes of the 20th century, and how the new creative ideas were shifting how people made and experienced art across the whole of Europe. A Very British Art Revolution includes work from the Bloomsbury Group, including Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant; pioneers of abstraction Ivon Hitchens and Ben Nicholson; and radical responses to British land and townscapes by artists such as John Piper, Graham Sutherland, and Julian Trevelyan. This exhibition is FREE to view and is open Tuesday to Saturday 10:30am to 4:30pm.
‘Seriously’
Open now! The Friends of Museum & Art Swindon have co curated a new art exhibition, featuring works from the Museum & Art Swindon Collection. Taking inspiration from the Arts Council’s 1950s Chairman Sir Kenneth Clark quote “They take art seriously in Swindon”, and in this exhibition the Friends of Museum & Art Swindon are proud to present a selection of works from the collection which illustrates his point. This exhibition is FREE to view and is open Tuesday to Saturday 10:30am to 4:30pm.
Art on Our Doorstep
Open now! Co-curated as part of our Arts Council England-funded Unlocking Collections project, this exhibition reveals research produced by a team of volunteers. Through art made primarily by local people, they tell stories of Swindon, the places that define it, and the people who have lived here. Art on Our Doorstep: Unlocking Scenes of Wellbeing, Industry and Creativity in Swindon explores the ways in which themes of health, industry and creativity appear in artworks that have been in storage, or not previously displayed. These include new acquisitions by significant Swindon artists Harold Dearden and Paul Rudall. This exhibition is FREE to view and is open Tuesday to Saturday 10:30am to 4:30pm.
The Museum offers lots of fun things for Swindon families to do!
- Trail sheets from Reception – earn a sticker by discovering fascinating stories and objects around the Museum. Trails change regularly. Free!
- Activity resources from Reception – try our ’30 things to do at Museum & Art Swindon’ or our fiendishly difficult ‘Challenge Cards’!
- Interactive galleries – build a Roman mosaic from Lego, grind grain like an Anglo-Saxon, dress up as a historical character!
- Activity Space Drop-Ins – free activities linked to the Museum collections – most Saturdays
Family workshops during school holidaysVisit the Museum website for more information.
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