Exhibitions at the Museum

So, a lot has been happening at the museum recently. Currently the Puzzle Tree Painters exhibition is on display at the museum. This is only running for a short amount of time, the 5th July to the 16th July, so make sure you don't miss it. It displays a wonderful range of paintings, which were inspired by the imagination, other artists and Simmons Park. Puzzle Tree is a day service for people with learning disabilities and is a worthwhile cause. For more details on Puzzle Tree paintings visit http://www.artannageorghiou.info/ or see Tom French's review of the exhibition at http://www.okehampton-today.co.uk/news.cfm?id=24309&searchword=museum of dartmoor .


The museum is also busy creating the People's Record Exhibition, which will run from the 23rd of July until the end of August. The exhibition focuses on the Olympics and looks at the Britain during previous British Olympic host years,1908 and 1948. The exhibition has been given the 'London 2012 Inspire Mark' by the organisers of the games, LOCOG. Things have changed a lot since then and now. There will be much to see here, with scoreboards, Olympic records and lots of Olympic themed games and activities. Any one fancy making your own medal or seeing if you could break some Olympic records? We also need your help with this one. Any pictures you have of the Olympic torch relay passing through Okehampton would be very much appreciated and we'll show them in the museum as part of our display. You can either hand them into the museum or email them to paul@dartmoormuseum.co.uk.

The People's Record - Olympic Exhibition is to be officially opened by Andy Vallance, who was a touch runner this year. Andy carried the flame through Torquay on the 20th May. You can read about Andy's story at www.london2012.com/torch-relay/torchbearers/torchbearers=andrew-vallance-1299/index.html


Summer activities at the museum are also be designed and finalised. So if the kids are bored, you want to learn something about the local area or you're looking for something to do on a typical rainy summers day, come and visit us at the museum!