Visitors vote for their favourite artwork at St Barbe

At the recent Open exhibition at St Barbe Museum and Art Gallery visitors were asked to vote for their favourite artwork to take part in ‘Chalk’s Gallery People’s Choice Award’. This award generated a huge debate amongst families who enjoyed exploring the different styles of artwork and discussing their varied opinions. Overall, we had almost …

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St Barbe has been very active over the last 8 weeks supporting our Ukrainian guests. Our original aim was to lead a support hub in Lymington and Pennington and surrounding areas. We are working closely with New Forest District Council, Lymington & Pennington Town Council, Lymington Library, New Forest Basics Bank, Citizens Advice, the Baptist …

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Friday 1st April | 10am-3pm Hosted by BBC TV experts Tim Weeks and Izzie Balmer Bring along your items for FREE valuation Jewellery, Toys, Watches, Medals & Militaria, Silver, Coins, Ceramics, Vinyl Records, Clocks, Sporting Memorabilia, or any other items you wish to have appraised. No need to book – look forward to seeing you!

To say thank you to everyone that buys a lottery ticket and therefore contributes to our funding, anyone wanting to visit this Saturday 26 April can come in for FREE… when they show their lottery ticket to our volunteer on the Welcome Desk #ThankstoYou

The Museums Association supports the International Council of Museums’ (ICOM) condemnation of the invasion of Ukraine by Russian Federation military forces and echoes its concern about the risks faced by museum professionals on the ground in Ukraine. The Museum Association statement can be found HERE

Open Gardens is a major fundraiser for the museum and great fun, attracting 750+ visitors and raising nearly £6,000 for the museum. Thanks to a brilliant response from our Garden Owners we will be running Lymington Open Gardens on Sunday 29 May 2022.  We need help from stewards, cake makers and other volunteers.  We also …

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We are delighted to say that once again we are working in partnership with Lymington Community Centre to bring our ‘Festive Bash’ from 20 to 23 December. If you are receipt of Benefit related Free School Meals, SEND or have Children with additional needs* you are invited to join us at our HAF Festive Bash …

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Last night Historian Dan Snow came to St Barbe to support the Celtic Countdown by recording a live stream and podcast with our Trustee Professor Tony King. They discussed the designs on the coins which really are striking examples including images of horses, boars and even three men in a boat – amazing detail considering …

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In 2018 there was an exciting discovery: a hoard of nearly 300 coins from the late Iron Age were found buried in the muddy ground, not too far from St Barbe.

Help us secure the Celtic Hoard for everyone to see

We are delighted to once again be part of the Empty Bowls Fundraiser supporting the Food Bank and the BH1 project. What is Empty Bowls? Local potters create beautiful handmade bowls, each with their own style and they donate them to raise money for people in need. St Barbe is hosting an event on Saturday …

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