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    February 2026: Shamisen

    This month our volunteers introduce a fascinating and recently restored item from our world culture collections. ( Read more
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    Museum & Art Swindon - Item of the month
    19 Feb 2026

    February 2026: Shamisen

    This month our volunteers introduce a fascinating and recently restored item from our world culture collections. (
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    Museum & Art Swindon - Item of the month
    19 Jan 2026

    January 2026: Gastropod Fossil

    Explore a beautiful gastropod fossil on display in 'Fossil Hunters'.
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    03 Dec 2025

    December 2025: 'Sightseers (Greece)', by John Maltby

    Escape the dark December days with John Maltby’s ‘Sightseers (Greece)’, currently on display in the Origins Galleries
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    18 Nov 2025

    November 2025: Mondex Promotional Material, 1995

    Discover the history of the first cashless payment in Swindon in November’s ‘Item of the Month’.
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    23 Sep 2025

    October 2025: 'Eggs Unhatched on the Sun' by Henry Orlik

    This October, Museum & Art Swindon celebrates a new acquisition by an extraordinary Swindon-trained surrealist artist.
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    23 Sep 2025

    September 2025: 'The Proposed Wyvern Theatre' by Joyce Conwy-Evans

    Discover an atmospheric sketch by Joyce Conwy-Evans, on display in 'Out on the Town: Entertainment in Swindon' until 18 October.
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    18 Aug 2025

    August 2025: 'Seated Figure' by Leslie Cole

    August’s ‘Item of the Month’ explores a portrait of Leslie Cole’s wife, Brenda, currently on display in ‘Leslie Cole: Recording Conflict in the Second World War’.
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    23 Jul 2025

    July 2025: Tabard and Cap from the Savoy cinema

    This July, take an in-depth look at a tabard and cap from the historic Savoy Cinema, currently on display in our exhibition ‘Out on the Town’.
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    A bold, stylised landscape painting titled Studland Bay(1911) by Roger Fry. The scene features dramatic rocky cliffs and windswept trees overlooking a vibrant red-orange sea. In the foreground, tall, twisted trees with red-brown trunks rise from a patchy, ochre-toned ground scattered with grey rocks. To the left, a jagged green cliff descends into the sea, contrasting with the deep blue water and the warm tones of the sky and sea. The sky is painted in soft shades of yellow, orange, and grey, suggesting a dramatic sunset or sunrise.
    16 Jun 2025

    June 2025: Studland Bay, 1911

    Explore June 2025's Item of the Month, Studland Bay 1911 by Roger Fry. Learn more about this fascinating painting and the artist behind it.
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    01 Apr 2025

    April 2025: The Potteries by Julian Trevelyan

    In April's item of the month discover Julian Trevelyan’s striking 1930s view of Stoke-on-Trent, on display in A Very British Art Revolution, at Museum & Art Swindon. Explore how Mass-Observation and life in the Potteries shaped his raw, expressive artworks during Britain’s economic depression.

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    03 Mar 2025

    March 2025: Edward Bawden's Essex Housing Estate

    Discover Essex Housing Estate (1954) by Edward Bawden in Seriously…, an exhibition selected by the Friends of Museum & Art Swindon. In this post, selection committee member Linda Kasmaty reflects on Bawden’s watercolour, exploring its subtle commentary on post-war change and everyday life in Essex.
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    05 Feb 2025

    February 2025: Alfred Williams by Carleton Attwood

    Explore February 2025's Object of the Month, from the Museum & Art Swindon Collection, the sculpture of Alfred Williams by Carleton Attwood.
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