In Sheep’s Clothing
Saturday
21 November - May 2010
Showcasing in the Fashion Gallery's
Changing
Room,
the work created by second year Fashion students of Nottingham Trent University during the
‘Woven in Time’ project, supported by Australian Wool Innovation and Leicestershire Museums.
Thirty
outfits including the overall winners in the Menswear and Womenswear categories of the competition will
show how high quality traditional wool fabrics can be transformed into cutting edge contemporary fashion.
Usual
museum entry fee, see our
Prices for more details.
From Shed to Stadium - 125 Years of Leicester City Football Club
Exhibition
Saturday
16 January - Sunday 21 March 2010Snibston is working in partnership with Leicester City Football Club (LCFC) to celebrate
125 years of the club.
The two-month exhibition, From Shed to Stadium - 125 years of Leicester City Football
Club, will run from 16th January until 21st March 2010.
To be held in the free-to-view
Community Gallery, it will showcase
football strips, iconic objects and photographs reflecting the history of the club which was founded
in 1884.
Fans who wish to get involved and have memorabilia to share, or stories
to tell,
can e-mail
football@leics.gov.uk.
Admission is
East
Midlands Oral History Archive
Hear football clips and compilations including
memories of some of the 1948/9 squad who famously beat the all conquering Portsmouth team in the semi-final
of the FA Cup.
East Midlands Oral History ArchiveLCFC
Exhibition in the News
Auster Light Aircrafts
Sunday
21st February - Onwards
A new display of the locally madeand internationally
popularlight aircraft will become part of the permanent exhibitions at Snibston.
Usual museum extry fee applies, see our
Prices
for details.
King Edward VII Art Show Exhibition
Wednesday
24th March - Monday 26th April
For the 10th year at Snibston, an inspiring
exhibition of post 16 Art, Graphics, Textiles, Photography and 3D Design by students of King Edward
VII Sports and Science College, Coalville.
Admission is
STARSTRUCK Exhibition
Monday
29th March - Sunday 27th June
A dazzling exhibition of costumes from
stage and screen including theoriginal finery worn by the stars in Oscar-winning
films and spectacular theatre.
The
exhibition will be held in the new Temporary Exhibitions Gallery with a small element appearing in the
Fashion Gallery cases.
Usual museum extry fee applies, see our
Prices
for details.
Taking
to the Road Exhibition
Saturday
1st May - Sunday 27th June
A family friendly
exhibition charting the history of the County’s roads and transport from
pre-historical times to present day.
Admission is
The Second Turning Textile Group Exhibition
Sunday
30th May - Sunday 7th November
The Group has been using Snibston and
the museum’s archaeology, natural history and historic fashion collections to inspire new textile pieces.
Exhibited for the first time in this new exhibition in the Fashion
Gallery's
Changing Room.
Usual museum entry charges apply,
see
Prices
for details.
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