2025 marks the 80th anniversary of the end of World War 2, and our exhibition looks back at Abingdon in war and peace in 1945. Learn how the war impacted the lives of local people through food shortages, the threat of air raids, war work in the industries, and the influx of evacuees and armed […]
Oswald Jennings Couldrey is Abingdon’s best-known twentieth-century artist. He was born into a local family of seed merchants and agricultural suppliers which for several generations had included musicians, scholars and teachers, especially at Abingdon School, then Roysse’s School. Oswald went up to Pembroke College, Oxford as an Abingdon Scholar, then gained a teaching qualification and […]
This six-week course inspired by Oswald Couldrey - arguably Abingdon's most famous artist and poet of the 20th century - offers a journey through drawing, poetry, photography and contemporary painting techniques. Running every Friday from 20 February to 27 March, 10am to 12pm in the Museum Kempster Room, there are 10 places available for this […]
This six-week course inspired by Oswald Couldrey - arguably Abingdon's most famous artist and poet of the 20th century - offers a journey through drawing, poetry, photography and contemporary painting techniques. Running every Friday from 20 February to 27 March, 10am to 12pm in the Museum Kempster Room, there are 10 places available for this […]
This six-week course inspired by Oswald Couldrey - arguably Abingdon's most famous artist and poet of the 20th century - offers a journey through drawing, poetry, photography and contemporary painting techniques. Running every Friday from 20 February to 27 March, 10am to 12pm in the Museum Kempster Room, there are 10 places available for this […]
This six-week course inspired by Oswald Couldrey - arguably Abingdon's most famous artist and poet of the 20th century - offers a journey through drawing, poetry, photography and contemporary painting techniques. Running every Friday from 20 February to 27 March, 10am to 12pm in the Museum Kempster Room, there are 10 places available for this […]
This six-week course inspired by Oswald Couldrey - arguably Abingdon's most famous artist and poet of the 20th century - offers a journey through drawing, poetry, photography and contemporary painting techniques. Running every Friday from 20 February to 27 March, 10am to 12pm in the Museum Kempster Room, there are 10 places available for this […]
This six-week course inspired by Oswald Couldrey - arguably Abingdon's most famous artist and poet of the 20th century - offers a journey through drawing, poetry, photography and contemporary painting techniques. Running every Friday from 20 February to 27 March, 10am to 12pm in the Museum Kempster Room, there are 10 places available for this […]
Celebrating the 70th Anniversary of the MGA, one of the most successful MG models, this exhibition looks at the development of the design, the influence of speed-record breakers and experimental prototypes, and it shines a spotlight on Syd Enever, the ‘father’ of the MGA. With memories of the MG factory still present in the town, […]
Paint Abingdon Pink Raising Awareness (2009–Present) This exhibition charts the evolution of the event from its beginnings in October 2009 through to the present day. News cuttings and imagery follow moments such as its expansion in scale, the adaptation to a virtual format in 2020, and its renaming in 2025 to Paint Abingdon Pink. Working […]
Join us in making string and foil pictures with jewel like colours and create your own framed picture of a Summery scene. Time: 10:30am to 12:30pm & 1:30pm to 3:30pm Drop in session, booking not required. FREE entry (suggested donation £1 per child). Location: Museum Basement Our volunteer-run family activities are a great way to […]
Join me for free, drop-in children’s clay workshops filled with creativity and fun! In this activity young makers can learn how to create a pinch pot and use a range of tools to design a beautiful summer-themed pot. Clay is included with the workshop, and you can take your pot home at the end of […]
