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The Red House Museum, Christchurch.
I have been past this Museum many times. Parked outside it many times. Photographed it from outside many times. Seen it from my visits to Christchurch Priory many times. However in the many years now I have never been inside. Until on the 14th November 2018 I went inside. I was met by one of the volunteers who told me that the museum was free yet relied on donations. He went onto tell me about some of the history connected to this former Poor Work House, they do produce two pamphlets for 50 pence each, which I purchased to read up at a later date. I have to say inside was great the museum was well laid out with all kinds of artefacts from years gone by.
The Red House Museum and Gardens is a museum of local history located in Christchurch, Dorset. The red-brick Georgian building was constructed in 1764 as the parish workhouse. Early in the 20th century it was acquired by local antiquarian Herbert Druitt and his collections provided the basis for a public museum that opened in 1951. The Red House is now a Grade II listed building. In 1745 the churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor for Christchurch purchased a barn on the corner of Church Lane and Quay Road to provide "more comfortable support" for the town's numerous poor. In 1764 a purpose-built, red-brick poorhouse was constructed on the site and this remained in use as the local workhouse until it was replaced in 1881 by a larger Union Workhouse that had been newly constructed in the fields to the north of the town. The last inmates to leave the increasingly decrepit Quay Road site were the juvenile paupers, the children, who were finally relocated in 1886.
The dilapidated building was bought at auction by the Rev Thomas H Bush, the vicar of the nearby Priory Church, who named it the Red House. The Rev Bush undertook many alterations and demolished some of the buildings. He erected stables on the site of the original barn, transformed the former exercise yards into gardens, and built a stone garden wall facing Quay Road where the women's ward had previously stood. The Red House remained a family home until the death of Rev Bush in 1909. The Red House was then purchased by Matilda Druitt, the widow of solicitor James Druitt, whose home in the High Street is now Christchurch Library. After her death in 1916 the Red House passed to her solicitor son Herbert who, being a passionate local antiquarian and an outspoken champion of the town's history, used it as a storehouse for his vast collection of local documents, archaeological artefacts, and works of art. Although Herbert Druitt would open the Red House to visitors by private arrangement, his desire that it should become a permanent museum for the town remained unrealised before his death in 1943. The Red House passed to his sister Charlotte, who gifted the building to the town in 1947.
It took the trustees of the new museum three years to get the Red House and its overgrown garden to a state in which it could fulfil Charlotte's legacy and Herbert's wish. It was intended that the Red House should be more than just a museum and the executors of artist Graham Robertson donated £1,000 towards the cost of an art gallery. The opening ceremony of the Red House Museum was performed on Wednesday 30th May 1951 by Sir Donald Bailey, the inventor of the military Bailey Bridge, who lived locally. Because it was opened as part of the town's Festival of Britain celebrations, entry was free for the first two weeks, after which a sixpenny ( 6 d ) entry fee was introduced. In 1971 the running of the Museum was taken over by Hampshire County Council. Following the changes to the county boundaries in 1974, when Christchurch was transferred from Hampshire to Dorset, Hampshire County Council retained control and set up a joint management agreement with Dorset County Council and Christchurch Borough Council.
The Red House Museum is a free entry museum of local history. The ground floors features a Kitchen Gallery, Victorian Bygones Gallery, costume and fashion collections, and an exhibition of 1930's furniture by the noted Christchurch-based craftsman Arthur Romney Green. The Main Gallery in the former stables hosts regular temporary exhibitions.
On the first floor there are Archaeology Galleries covering significant local Bronze Age and Saxon burials and finds associated with Hengistbury Head. There is a Local History Resource Room with public access to several thousand historical photographs, local trade directories, electoral registers, and other research material. There is also an archive of historical documents that is viewable by appointment. The Red House Museum is presently owned by Hampshire County Council and operated by the Hampshire Cultural Trust. It receives funding from Dorset County Council and Christchurch Borough Council.
We are creating an Art Float for Social Change at Tam Makers, to inspire more people to participate in democracy. Our parade float will reach out to youth and people of color through art, music and technology. We will present this art show on Earth Day, Memorial Day and Fourth of July parades in Marin -- and throughout California this fall, to encourage people to vote in the next election.
This unique art float celebrates mother earth with a carousel of waving hands, pulled by a giant feathered serpent. Performers will tell stories of hope on a stage decorated with scenes of a better world. Large signs will invite people to speak up and vote! You can pitch ideas for social change on the podium, or have them scroll on the news ticker.
This community art project is created by a growing team of 60+ students and makers, led by Fabrice Florin and Geo Monley, co-founders of Tam Makers in Mill Valley. We are grateful to Tam High School for hosting this project and to all our wonderful volunteers and art, civic and educational partners, for helping create this float and present it to a diverse community.
We are building this project from February to April 2018, on Thursday evenings from 4 to 9pm -- or Saturday mornings from 10am to 1pm. If you would like to volunteer, please email us at float@tammakers.org.
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A segunda edição da Colônia de Férias Clube dos Pequenos Inventores aconteceu em janeiro de 2016 no IED Rio. Durante 10 dias, 90 crianças de 8 a 12 anos foram estimuladas a criar soluções para os problemas do mundo a partir do uso de novas e velhas tecnologias. Teve corte e costura, pintar e colar, batalha de robôs, impressão 3D, eletrônica, serigrafia, programação e muito mais. A Colônia dos Pequenos Inventores foi realizada pelo Olabi em parceria com Adoro Robótica, ZMorph 3D printer e Lamo 3D.
Fotos: Nina Pennick e Andre Hawk (Meduzza.co)
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Kane Kramer se pasea por la zona de expositores hablando con los inventores, ayudado por la traductora Nadine de www.mistraducciones.com
Photo: Aïda Mejía
Black History was celebrated grandiosely at Joseph Battin School # 4 with the presentation of ” A Legacy of Greatness”. In this musical, Oprah Winfrey played by Briannah Treath, took the audience on a journey through the timeline of African American history to explore the great achievements of a people, against tremendous odds, hoping to inspire them to discover the greatness in themselves. The very talented students of School 4 brought to life various époques from slavery, through the March on Washington to the present, highlighting the greatness in people like Phillys Weathly, Dr. Edward A Bouchet, 1st black Yale Graduate, Dr. Martin Luther King Junior and Dr. Patricia Bath inventor of the eye surgery, laser. Each time period was introduced by amazing student performances of the appropriate genre of music such as blues, Jazz, Motown, Pop and Hip hop, demonstrating the great musical contributions of African Americans. Elizabeth Board of Education President Charlene Bathelus and EBOE’s commissioner Stan Neron who were both in the audience were impressed by the production. They both congratulated the students on their talents and charged them to live their legacy of greatness.
He is explaining his inventions, all neatly drawn, but never constructed to the rich girl who is interested in spending daddy's money. Mostly convenient inventions for builders to use, special paint tin designs and so on. She is also trying to sell a house, keeps having to make phone calls.
Grant patented a golf tee which raised the golf ball (made of rubber at that time) slightly off of the ground, enabling the player greater control with his wooden club and therefore of the direction and speed of the drive. promoting longer drives.
A segunda edição da Colônia de Férias Clube dos Pequenos Inventores aconteceu em janeiro de 2016 no IED Rio. Durante 10 dias, 90 crianças de 8 a 12 anos foram estimuladas a criar soluções para os problemas do mundo a partir do uso de novas e velhas tecnologias. Teve corte e costura, pintar e colar, batalha de robôs, impressão 3D, eletrônica, serigrafia, programação e muito mais. A Colônia dos Pequenos Inventores foi realizada pelo Olabi em parceria com Adoro Robótica, ZMorph 3D printer e Lamo 3D.
Fotos: Nina Pennick e Andre Hawk (Meduzza.co)