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Monday, April 16, 2012

The Higgins Art Gallery & Museum, Bedford

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We are very pleased to be able to unveil our new name and brand, The Higgins Art Gallery & Museum, Bedford.The new name and brand f...
Thursday, April 5, 2012

Our Mystery Mog fends off witchcraft in Lancashire

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During our packing project, a dried, ‘dessicated’, cat was re-discovered in the collection and nicknamed Mystery Mog. Unexpectedly, this un...
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Friday, March 30, 2012

Frank Wild's Final Journey

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Shackleton’s right hand man, Antarctic Explorer Frank Wild has recently been re-discovered and his memoirs, after years in obscurity, h...
Thursday, March 8, 2012

Celebrating International Women's Day: Miss Elizabeth Brooks, a Woman of the Home Guard

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Today is International Women’s Day, so I thought both an object of the week and a celebration of a young woman, who was one of the first w...
Thursday, March 1, 2012

Conversations in Lace Event and the Lester Lace Collection

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Last weekend, on Saturday 25th February, the Art Gallery and Museum staff were invited to join Bedford Creative Arts artist Arabel Rosil...
Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Valentines Greetings

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Being Valentine's Day I thought I would pick some of my favourite Valentine's Cards from the collection to entertain - and perhaps i...
Wednesday, January 25, 2012

From the Belgian Congo to Bedford - Tracking Down Donors of African Artefacts

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The core of the Bedford Museum collection originally came from Bedford Modern School. They had their own museum when the school was still ba...