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The Swindon Museum & Art Gallery, Apsley House, Swindon, Wiltshire


Art Gallery     and    Apsley House (outside)


We are very grateful to the Swindon Museum and Art Gallery (SMAG) for allowing these photographs to be taken and shown here.

Although some exhibits are on permanent display, many of them are in storage due to lack of space.  This means they change what is on view regularly, giving us a change to see more of what they have.  Often they follow a theme and there are some regular lunch time talks by the curator about specific collections.  We found particularly interesting was the Musical Instruments and a fascinating glimpse at some lovely photographs mostly taken by the Museum's first curator Charles Herbert Henry Gore (1866-1951).  Charles had a particular interest in fossils - he even had one named after him - and had a large geological collection which eventually started the idea of creating a museum.  We have a rather tenuous link to Charles - his daughter married one of Duncan's Tydeman family.

The building itself has some lovely features, but our photographs are mainly of the exhibits inside - some items on permanent display while others are shown in rotation; and then there are the themed displays.  We have mostly grouped our photographs by time they were taken so it will appear we jump from one room to another and then back again.  We start with the first we photographed and we would like to thank Mark Sutton and Mike Pringle for their dedication in sourcing material and setting up the 'Swindon in the Great War' display (September 2014 to January 2015).  We understand this is the first time that a community group has produced a display in the Museum, and an excellent job Mark, Mike and their team did.

See the museum's own website at:  SMAG

Inside the Museum
Apsley House, Bath Road, Old Town, SN1 4BA
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Above the entrance door
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Ceiling near front door
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Tiles in the front entrance
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The reception and gift shop
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The corridor between the museum
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Part of the 'Swindon in the Great War' exhibition, by Mark Sutton
and Mike Pringle.
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Details of Flag Days in Swindon to raise money for the war efforts.
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Fundraising - includes a mention of a sewing class led by Mrs Elsie Ball
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Mrs Elsie Sarah Ball (nee Tydeman)
1893 ~ 1964
Duncan's grandmother
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Roll of Honour and War Memorial of
Trinity Presbyterian Church
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Trinity Presbyterian Church’s
Roll of Honour
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Trinity Presbyterian Church’s
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Roll of Honour
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Raleigh Cycle Co. Ltd.
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Some of the geology collection
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The great granddaughter of Charles Gore visits some his collection and the amonite named after him
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The amonite 'Glaucolithites gorei (salfield) named after Charles Gore
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Information about Charles Gore
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In the Egyptian room - there are plenty of activities around the museum to keep children amused as our grandson will testify
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A glimpse of an actual mummy
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More things to do and play with
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Perhaps the most frightening thing in the museum - a gharial (a crocodilian in the family Gavialidae) which has scared and delighted children for many years
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The sharp end!
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An exhibition in November 2018 by the Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry, as part of the 1st World War 100-year commemorations
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A very dark painting of war
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More exhibits and a Roll of Honour (1st World War)
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Roll of Honour (2nd World War)
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A drum and caps
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Various uniforms
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Exhibition by Swindon Stitch and Bitch in the area between the museum and the art gallery
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Information about the installation - "celebrate and commemorate the RAF Centenary and for the British Legion Poppy appeal"
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Our photographs do not do this installation justice ...
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... a spitfire flies through the air with a jetstream of poppies
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RAF 100 on the spitfire
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