Inspire Weekend 2023

What a fabulous weekend we had with over 2,500 visitors enjoying a packed programme of live music, crafts, storytelling, drawing, community artwork, exhibition insights +++ all FREE! Thank you to our lovely volunteers for helping make the weekend a success. Click on the image to see some more photos from the weekend…

St Barbe is delighted to announce the winner of ‘The Chalk’s Gallery People’s Choice Award’ – Jill Fry with ‘My Secret Garden’ – a intricate textile piece with beading, embroidery and tiny stitches depicting Jill working in her own beautiful garden. The award is voted for by the visitors to our Open 2023 who selected …

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To mark the passing of Jude James, leading historian of Lymington and the region, we are reflecting on his contributions to both the Museum and the local community. As a lover of history, Jude wrote many books about the New Forest past, having started his writing career creating promotional material for Wellworthy which he joined …

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St Barbe Museum + Art Gallery has been awarded £150,000 per annum for the next 3 years as a National Portfolio Organisation (NPO) as part of Arts Council England’s 2023-26 Investment Programme. St Barbe Museum + Art Gallery, which is less than 25 years old, represents the history of the New Forest coast and produces …

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Two of the coin designs have never been seen by historians before! The Celtic Hoard was found locally in 2018 by three metal detectorists who describe it as ‘the find of a lifetime.’ Following the required protocol, the coins were taken to the staff at the British Museum who cleaned and catalogued them. St Barbe …

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Friday 21 October, 4.30pm-5.30pm | SORRY SOLD OUT Contemporary artist Kurt Jackson and Clive Chatters from Hampshire and IOW Wildlife Trust are very aware of what an amazingly biodiverse world we live in and how this is changing. With that in mind they went to Gibbet Wood in the New Forest, the last place the …

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Our annual Inspire Weekend was a great success with over 2,500 people through the door, nearly half of which hadn’t been before. Visitors enjoyed free entry with a packed programme including a live music, crafts and activities, storytelling and pantomime PLUS the new ‘Small Wonders’ exhibition. Small Wonders is a unique contemporary art exhibition that …

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If you’re a Lymington Library user, you may have spotted an exhibition called Wellworthy & Our Town. This is the result of a recent project with young people. Local History Detectives was a 6-week after school project for youngsters in Years 6 and 7. Working with both the Library and the Museum, they learned about …

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Great news! We have been awarded funding to run the Summer Healthy Food and Holiday Activities (HAF). Now open to everyone… One child £10 / Two children £15 / Three + children £20 – including lunch! But FREE to those who meet the criteria below, The HAF programme is open to school aged children that …

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The Young Artists exhibition in Gallery 3 has become an integral part of the Open. It provides a platform to encourage younger people to get creative with an incentive, not only to have their artwork on display in a ‘real’ gallery but also be in with a chance to win a prize! The prizes are …

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