Thursday 30th December 2010
A Tudor Christmas
3.30 & 5.30pm
This Christmas make a visit to the Merchant's House part of your family's celebrations and join us for an exciting one-off event designed to open the house up to new visitors and provide a Christmas treat for our regular guests.
Step back in time as we invite you to join us for a candle lit tour of this unique timber framed building, brought to life by traditional Tudor food and decorations.
Children can enjoy a festive trail, make a pomander, explore our new character boxes and find out how families celebrated Christmas in the house in the 16th century.
Later in the evening adults can enjoy an informal talk and tour of the house as we reveal more about traditional Tudor customs, followed by a complimentary glass of mulled wine. You can even pick up some Tudor recipes to take home and try for yourself.
Wrap up warm and come and join us on Thursday 30th December from 3.30pm (for families) and 5.30pm (adults only). Tickets are available from the John Moore Countryside Museum or by contacting us on: 01684 297174
Admission – Adults: £2.50, Concessions: £2.25, Children: Under 5s FREE, Over 5 £1.50, Family: (2 adults, 2 children) £6.50
Thursday, 25 November 2010
Friday, 5 November 2010
Project Launch Brings Back Old Memories
On 30th October we opened the doors of the Merchant’s House for one final time before we begin installing the new interpretation. For one day only we invited visitors to explore the house free of charge and to let us know what we could do to improve their visit.
For the team, this was an invaluable exercise as we were able to meet our visitors and share our enthusiasm for the project for the first time by showcasing our plans for the new interpretation.
A record 98 visitors took us up on our invitation and we were thrilled to find that 6 of these were former residents of the Merchant’s Row. Together they had a wealth of fascinating memories and have each kindly agreed to share their stories as part of our new Oral History Archive (available to the public from April 2011).
The project is beginning to gather momentum with objects for the character boxes arriving daily and the Oral History team poised and raring to go. Undoubtedly the most exciting development to date has been finding out, first hand, what it is like to live in such unique timber framed buildings, but we still have plenty to discover.
This project brings new and exciting challenges each day so please keep visiting our blog for regular updates from the team.
For the team, this was an invaluable exercise as we were able to meet our visitors and share our enthusiasm for the project for the first time by showcasing our plans for the new interpretation.
A record 98 visitors took us up on our invitation and we were thrilled to find that 6 of these were former residents of the Merchant’s Row. Together they had a wealth of fascinating memories and have each kindly agreed to share their stories as part of our new Oral History Archive (available to the public from April 2011).
The project is beginning to gather momentum with objects for the character boxes arriving daily and the Oral History team poised and raring to go. Undoubtedly the most exciting development to date has been finding out, first hand, what it is like to live in such unique timber framed buildings, but we still have plenty to discover.
This project brings new and exciting challenges each day so please keep visiting our blog for regular updates from the team.
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