Exhibition Archive: TREEN (of a tree)
Last year I met with our volunteer gallery managers Rosalind Barker and Sue Evans (Sevenoaks Visual Arts Forum) to initiate a collaborative exhibition involving museum objects and creative responses from artists. Our intention was to open the dividing wall between the gallery and the museum during this time, inviting visitors from either side to move […]
Evacuee embroidery
/ The Collection / Featured Objects / K2020 Section of embroidery panel made by children in 1939, illustrating their journey from Camberwell to Underriver in Sevenoaks K2020 Another section of the evacuee embroidery
Soldier’s quilt
/ The Collection / Featured Objects / K1792 Patchwork quilt thought to have been made by Crimean War soldiers, with central panel made by Jane Amherst in the 1700s. It might have been hung at Montreal House for a visit of King George III in 1778. It is likely that the central piece was made […]
Magic lantern
/ The Collection / Featured Objects / K99 Magic lantern, used with slides and a flame to project images, made by William Knight, 1800s See Art for more from William Knight