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July - September 2019

event guide

29th June – 21st September 2019

THE MOON EXHIBITION!

Get a little closer to our nearest neighbour when The Moon Exhibition comes to the Museum of Gloucester this summer! Running from Saturday 29 June to Saturday 21 September, make sure you don’t miss this wonderful exhibition at the museum, in the 50th anniversary year of the Moon landings…

Examples of some of the stunning exhibits on display will be an inflatable 3m Moon, Moon maps and newspapers from the day of the Moon landings, Lunar rock samples, replica models of rockets, modules and computers and even a replica space suit! There is also a lot to keep the kids amused, including our fun interactive zone, space costume dress up and reading corner…

That’s not all…in addition to this; we also have a wonderful entertaining and interactive programme of events for all the family. Events will include music and dance, poetry and storytelling, art and culture, talks and lectures, Virtual Reality Moonwalk sessions, Lego workshops and kid’s crafts, quiet time at the museum and private tours. Plus watch out for our very special Moon Cinema Saturday, showing a selection of space themed films over the exhibition season this summer, for adults and kids alike!

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Interested in a private screening of the Moon exhibition for yourself or your group? Please contact the Museum on 01452 396131 or email museum@gloucester.gov.uk

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MUSIC, DANCE & EXPERIENCEMonday’s at the Museum…Events include our incredible Virtual Reality Moonwalk, Quiet time in the gallery, Dance workshops and Kids Fancy dress days...

VIRTUAL REALITY MOONWALK AND SENSORY-FRIENDLY HOUR IN THE EXHIBITION GALLERYJoin us at the museum for our interactive Moon walk. All you need is a Smartphone and an App we recommend to download...1-2pm Monday 15, 22 and 29 July, 5 and 12 August, 2, 9 and 16 September£5

KIDS MOON FANCY DRESS DAY!Wear your best spaceman, alien or ‘out of this world’ outfit when you visit the exhibition. Don’t forget to take your lunar selfie!All day!Monday 8 July and 24 AugustFREE

ART SHAPE MOON DANCE WORKSHOPThe chance to learn and participate in an interactive dance session with Art Shape. All welcome.1-2pmMonday 19 August£5

STORYTELLING, WRITING & READINGTuesday’s at the Museum…Events include incredible Storytelling sessions, Creative Writing workshops and our Quiet-time reading corner…

KIDS QUIET-TIME READING CORNERCome and join us for quiet-time reading sessions at the museum with our extensive collection of Moon related books10am-12 midday Tuesday 9 and 23 July, 6 August, 3, 10 and 17 SeptemberFREE

For an updated list of all events, pricing, date and times and themes and activities, please visit our website at www.museumofgloucester.co.uk/Moon

MOON EVENTS PROGRAMMEWith so much going on, how will you not find something of interest during the Moon season to get you ‘rocketing’ down to the museum? We are ‘launching’ different types of events on different days to help you plan your summer and so you don’t miss a single thing! Most of our confirmed events and dates are listed below, but all up-to-date prices, details and further information can be found on our publicity, Social Media and website at www.museumofgloucester.co.uk

Don’t forget to watch this ‘Space’! Events suitable for children and families are clearly labelled. You can also call 01452 396119 or email museum@gloucester.gov.uk for further details...

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KIDS MOON HISTORYTELLING WITH SHIRLEY HALSEAn interactive adventure through the history of the Moon for all the family to enjoy. From Ancient Greek goddesses to Renaissance astronomers, we’ll take a close look at what they all thought of our Moon, through games, stories and activities!15:45 - 16:45Tuesday 16 July£5

ADULT’S CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP WITH SARAH SNELL-PYM“Writing the Heavens” space-themed writing workshop for adults.10am-12 middayTuesday 30 July£5

KIDS TALES FROM THE MOON & OTHER WORLDS WITH CHLOË OF THE MIDNIGHT STORYTELLERSPerformance storytelling lifts off at the Museum of Gloucester when Chloë of the Midnight Storytellers entertains visitors with four shows of Tales from the Moon & Other Worlds. 10am-5pmTuesday 13 August£5

KIDS TIME TRAVELLING TOBY AND THE APOLLO MOON LANDING WITH GRAHAM JONESJoin children’s author, Graham Jones for this action packed session! Journey back to 1969 and find yourself helping the Americans beat the Russians to the moon in an exciting adventure…2-3.30pmTuesday 20 August£5

KIDS CHILDREN’S CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP WITH SARAH SNELL-PYM“Creative Cosmos” space-themed writing workshop for children.2-4pmTuesday 27 August£5

ART, DESIGN & CULTUREWednesday’s at the Museum…Events include arts and design, painting sessions and craft and culture…

POTTER ROOM ART SESSIONS A different theme each session! Join artist Wendy Golding to create a beautiful Hare and Moon painting in a variety of mediums plus an acrylic pouring session to make your very own Moon!10am-1pmWednesday 10 July and 14 August Gloucester Guildhall£30

KIDS LEGO® SESSIONS WITH BRICK2LEARNJoin Bricks2Learn to play, build and learn with genuine LEGO® bricks at the museum this summer! LEGO® building sessions are Fly to the Moon and Alien Adventures… 10am-11amWednesday 24 July and 28 August£10

WRITING OF THE MOON - WEA TASTERTranslate your dreams into words on a page, and shape your ideas into a story, poem or song by sharing in a selection of lunar writing exercises. 2-4pmWednesday 31 JulyFREE

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KIDS LUNAR ROCK HANDLINGEver seen or held Lunar Rock or Solar System samples? Or looked through an Antique telescope… Come and handle these incredible objects, unique to the museum this summer…2-3pmWednesday 21 AugustFREE

COMMUNITY GALLERY PREVIEW DAYAs well as our fabulous exhibition, come and see the great art produced by local artists in the Potter Room Art sessions2-4pmWednesday 11 SeptemberFREE

TALKS & LECTURESThursday’s at the Museum… We have an incredible array of speakers lined up for you to talk about all things Moon and space-related! Talks, lectures and workshops include:

KIDS FIRST STEPS TO APOLLO WITH SARAH SNELL-PYMJoin Sarah for a whirlwind tour of the Moon landings, how it nearly all went wrong and the tale of how we almost never went to the Moon..1-2pmThursday 11 July 2019

KIDS “JOURNEY INTO SPACE AND MORE” WITH SIRIUS ASTRONOMYJoin Paul Hill for three interactive sessions covering how rockets and spacesuits work, a history of the solar system, why the Moon is cratered, how astronauts are trained and much, much more…10am-5pmThursday 01 Aug 2019

“THE MIGHTY SEVERN BORE”Join Severn Bore expert Chris Witts to discover more about how the Moon impacts one of this county’s most famous and important phenomenon’s…1-2pmThursday 8 August

“LUNAR LORE AND MORE” WITH KATHERINE KEARJoin local BBC Gloucestershire radio presenter Katherine Kear as we seek to discover the more spiritual and mythical side of the Moon…1-2pmThursday 15 August

JET AGE MUSEUM - “THE JET AGE”Before the Space age, there was the Jet Age. Join Tony Sangwine OBE, Trustee of the Jet Age Museum to discover how Moon and space travel was shaped.1-2pmThursday 22 August

“JO DURRANT’S BEAUTIFUL UNIVERSE”Join BBC Radio Gloucestershire presenter Jo Durrant to hear about her passion for space, celebrating arts and science as well as some of the ‘out-of-this world’ characters she has come across along the way…7-8pmThursday 29 August

“AGRICULTURE, BED-BUGS, CARAVANS, DOCTORS…” | WHAT SPACE IS DOING FOR YOU IN YOUR DAY-TO-DAY LIFE…”Join Emily Gravestock, Head of Applications Strategy at UK Space Agency, for the story from the first satellite, Sputnik to today (including a personal experience of a rocket launch…).7.30-9pmThursday 5 September

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KIDS CHILDREN’S CRAFTY CORNER AND TRAILSDaily at the Museum…FREE Children’s crafts are available at the museum every day from July to September. Only £1 per child Topics are subject to change but include:

• Alien book marks, mask making and stick puppets

• Animals in space• Asteroid’s + astronauts game• Comets• Design a planet, space ship and

space suit• Moon mazes, monsters and

Moon station• Paper Death star• Paper rockets• The planets…

Children’s fun trails will also be available at the museum every day from July to September. Our two trails over the Moon exhibition are:

• Hare Trail Saturday 29 June to

Saturday 10 August £1 per child• The return of the Space Trail! Monday 12 August to

Saturday 21 September £1 per child

MOON CINEMA SATURDAYSaturday’s at the Guildhall…Family cinema sponsored by the Museum of Gloucester’s Moon Exhibition. Film titles already confirmed include: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, Rocketman, Apollo 11, Toy Story 4, An American Werewolf in London, 2001 Space Odyssey with many more still to be announced…

For an updated list of films featured in the Moon season, please visit the museum website www.museumofgloucester.co.uk or visit the Guildhall website at www.gloucesterguildhall.co.uk/live-events?category=FILM

COMING SOON...

MIGRATIONS: MASTERWORKS FROM THE BEN URI COLLECTIONAn iconic national art exhibition with works by migrant and refugees artists from the end of the 19th Century to the present day…

2 October 2019 - 25 January 2020