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Museums Journal

January 8, 2012 » Permalink: Museums Journal

The Museum of British Folklore has been given a four page profile in this months edition of the Museums Journal. It looks at how Simon Costin and the team have gone about establishing the museum to date and looks to future plans and forthcoming exhibitions.

The Fireballs of Stonehaven

January 8, 2012 » Permalink: The Fireballs of Stonehaven

As part of his research for the forthcoming book, The Wheel of the Year; Some British Seasonal Customs, the museum's director spent New Year in the historic town of Stonehaven in the county of Kincardineshire and the Mearns, now known as Aberdeenshire. Apart from being a special place to visit at any time of the year, Stonehaven has its own unique way of welcoming in the New Year.

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Spitalfields Life reports on the Dickens Diorama

December 8, 2011 » Permalink: Spitalfields Life reports on the Dickens Diorama

The Gentle Author has written a piece about the Dickens Diorama created by Simon Costin and his multi-talented team.

http://spitalfieldslife.com/2011/12/08/simon-costins-dickens-diorama

Museum director creates a Dickens Diorama for the Museum of London

November 27, 2011 » Permalink: Museum director creates a Dickens Diorama for the Museum of London

Simon Costin has been asked by the team at the Museum of London to create an installation as part of their Dickens exhibition. Based on the series of essays Dickens wrote as he wandered the streets of London at night, the entire set of windows onto the street will be filled with a lost city of London made entirely out of corrugated cardboard.
The exhibition opens on the 8th December.

Museum London Pop-up Shop

November 27, 2011 » Permalink: Museum London Pop-up Shop

The museum has opened a temporary pop-up shop running until Dec 21st in South Kensington. Selling all manner of folklore related material, specially commissioned artists works, woven corn pieces, Christmas decorations and books. There is also a mini cinema where archive material is screened. Various members of the museum team will mostly be manning it so visitors will gain the opportunity to ask more about the project. We hope to raise funds for our forthcoming exhibition at the Museum of East Anglian Life, which will highlight the importance of the Doc Rowe Archive

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Creative Review Monograph

November 1, 2011 » Permalink: Creative Review Monograph

We are delighted to be featured in the Monograph supplement which is available to all Creative Review subscribers. There is an entry on their blog which shows some of the wonderful posters which feature in 'Remember, Remember: A history of fireworks in Britain'.