Category: Glasgow Museums
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This Friday – Sunday (6-8 Dec) at the Riverside Museum: ‘Behind the Scenes at the Fair!’ – A traditional family funfair, and more..!
Enjoy a traditional family funfair and equipment display with lots of fun activities for all the family! Come along to the Riverside Museum, G3 8RS Map: here. FREE Entry & Rides. Open Sat 10 – 5, Fri & Sun 11 – 5. Attractions Include a Steam Traction Engine, a Carousel, Chair-o-Planes, Swing Boats, Games Stalls…
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Notes from GMRC. Showman’s wagon – second group
Revisiting Collections: 24th October 2013 Notes from second session held in Pod 9. Showman’s living wagon. c.1920s. Show People live in their wagons all year with their families. In summer they travel weekly, taking the funfair around the country. In winter time the wagon would be brought to a yard and the show family would…
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Notes taken from audio recording of our discussion about the showman’s wagon
Showman’s living van. Horse drawn. It’s been modernised in order to be used as much as possible. It came to Glasgow Museums in the 70s and it was donated by Hugh Smith and he was from Eaglesham. Donor’s son claimed it had come from the Alexander family. He also mentioned the names Mr and Mrs…
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Schools Workshop
Great news! This advert is going out to Glasgow schools. Please feel free to pass this information on / contact me for a copy. BEHIND THE SCENES AT THE FAIR! Where do Fun Fairs come from and where do they go? Use museum displays, objects and role-play to learn about the life and work of…
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Handling Objects
Working with schools in the museum, Learning & Access use displays to bring history to life and to start conversations about all sorts of topics. As we are not allowed to touch most of the objects in the museum, we use ‘handling objects’ to make the experience as true to real life as possible. We…
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