Garden City Collection
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ACE-Accredited home of the archive of Letchworth Garden City and the Garden City Movement. See our objects on display @MuseumOne! Part of @LetchworthGC
Letchworth Garden City
Joined January 2014
We were at the 2024 Hertfordshire Association of Museums Awards yesterday and… we’re thrilled to report that our project/exhibition, ‘Forging A Family’, working with Letchworth Caribbean Harmony Group, *WON* the ‘Engagement Award’. 1/
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Vote for us in this year’s Hertfordshire Museums Object of the Year Awards… we have a wonderful cooking pan, which we recently acquired as part of our fantastic @HeriFundUK funded ‘Uncovering Letchworth’ project Vote now 🗳️
We are delighted to launch Herts Museums Object of the Year 2025. This year 22 museums are competing for the trophy. Check out all the entries and vote for your favourite object here: https://t.co/jQXflIoe1S
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@hertscc
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*******IMPORTANT ****** If you intend to vote but you're away, below is the link to register for a postal vote. If you're home from Uni, register at your home address. https://t.co/xuvDPO3CRY
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Use this service to apply to vote by post so you can take part in elections in the UK. You must be registered to vote in the UK before you can apply.
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Please note that the museum is leading a double life as a polling station for local elections today - so will be closed for normal museum enjoyment… Photo shows St Francis College being used as a Polling Station in 1962. Do please go and vote today 🗳️ 7am-10pm
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@MuseumOne We worked with brilliant artists like @sgresswellart @dewamusic @byleighart and Lorraine Henry King and of course, the members of the Letchworth Caribbean Harmony Group all became artists themselves!
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The exhibition is OPEN at @MuseumOne (The Museum at One Garden City) until mid-March… Thanks to #associationofindependentmuseums #nationallotteryheritagefund #thankstoplayers and all the artists involved (tagged below) for their brilliant help, input and support.
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Here are artist facilitator, Kava Johnson (Avz) and Heritage Manager, Josh, celebrating with the award. The project was funded by @Aimuseums and @HeritageFundUK as part of their ‘New Stories New Audiences’ programme
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Garden City Collection won the Engagement Award for Forging A Family – Caribbean Harmony in Letchworth Garden City
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Will we get your vote? It’s a strong field as ever but we know we can count on you 👊 Vote Now! 🗳️ Vote Often! 🗳️ 😉 Vote for @gardencitycollection 🗳️ Vote here: https://t.co/i4enfywefj
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#HertsMuseums #ObjectoftheYear2024
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Vote for us! 🗳️ in the Hertfordshire Association of Museums ‘Object of the Year’ Award for 2024! We’ve nominated our gorgeous dusky oil painting of Broadway by Sylvia Molloy, which was one of the most popular pieces in our ‘@LetchworthGC Lives & Landscapes’ show at @BroadwayLGC
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A joyous recent purchase, portraying Letchworth’s Broadway, this painting, by local artist Sylvia Molloy, is Garden City Collection’s entry for the Herts Museum Object of the Year. See all the entries and vote at https://t.co/XJ69taHi1N
#hertsooty #LovelyLetchworth
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Voting has opened in this years Hertfordshire Museums Object of the Year Awards We’ve picked one of the gems of our fine art collection, and a highlight of our recent exhibition at @BroadwayLGC but it’s a strong field…. Please get voting ASAP 🗳️
We are delighted to launch Herts Museums' Object of the Year 2024. This year 20 museums are competing for the trophy. Check out all the entries and vote for your favourite object here: https://t.co/E0nrpiB9cD
@HertsArchives @hertscc #hertsooty
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Absolutely loved the #Letchworth: Lives and Landscapes exhibition at the Broadway Gallery!🖼 It brings together artwork about our town's unique heritage and the amazing stories of some of the people that lived in and shaped the town.❤️
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We have a new exhibition opening - and it’s at the @BroadwayLGC Gallery (in The Arcade). It features much of our art collection and looks at @LetchworthGC history by exploring some of its famous and lesser-known people & places FREE. Family-friendly. Open every Weds-Sat 10-5
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We’re Hiring! We are looking for a Collections Officer to engage with Letchworth’s range of communities and help make the Garden City Collection more diverse, accessible and representative… 1/ Find out more here: https://t.co/2DLjLkjxEL
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We’re hiring a Collections Officer for our @HeritageFundUK funded Dynamic Collections project. £25k pa, 18mth contract. Deadline this coming Mon 23rd (5pm)
Job vacancy - @LetchworthGC is recruiting a Collections Officer to help make their @HeritageFundUK funded Uncovering Letchworth project happen. 18 month contract, up to 35 hours a week, closing date 23 October: https://t.co/rEwdijt7aZ
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Any chance of a RT @MuseumAsMuck ?
We’re Hiring! We are looking for a Collections Officer to engage with Letchworth’s range of communities and help make the Garden City Collection more diverse, accessible and representative… 1/ Find out more here: https://t.co/2DLjLkjxEL
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Please RT @MusDevEM @LondonMusDev @ace_national @ace__london @gem_heritage @culturetrustuk @SHCG1 @museum_detox @plus_culture @SEmuseumD
We’re Hiring! We are looking for a Collections Officer to engage with Letchworth’s range of communities and help make the Garden City Collection more diverse, accessible and representative… 1/ Find out more here: https://t.co/2DLjLkjxEL
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Job vacancy - @LetchworthGC is recruiting a Collections Officer to help make their @HeritageFundUK funded Uncovering Letchworth project happen. 18 month contract, up to 35 hours a week, closing date 23 October: https://t.co/rEwdijt7aZ
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