1 October – 22 April 2012: Museum of St Albans
Admission Free
Do you remember the days when summers were long, skirts were short and the BBC started Radio 1 just for you? A time long before home computers and mobile phones, yet when space travel seemed like it might be just around the corner? A time when you could play out on the streets without a care? You could even play conkers at school!
Take a step back through the beaded curtains to the colourful world of 1960s St Albans. Explore this fascinating decade; from fashion and interior design, pop music and the folk revival, to the world politics and new technology that influenced everything. Sit in a 1960s living room, and watch an early episode of Dr Who. Find out what children kept in their school desk and which toys were on their Christmas lists. See how St Albans has changed over the last 50 years through cine film footage and old photographs.
And if you’re too young to remember…come along and try on the clothes, play the games, listen to the music and find out about the events and the people that made this a remarkable decade.
A fun and interactive exhibition for all of the family.
Open: Monday – Saturday, 10.00am – 5.00pm
Sunday, 2.00pm – 5.00pm
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UH Galleries at the Museum of St Albans
The University of Hertfordshire Galleries’ space at the Museum of St Albans is located in the first room on the right as you enter the museum. UH Galleries holds five exhibitions per year in this space, including the annual Hertfordshire Open Exhibition.
UH Galleries are among the most innovative contemporary art spaces in the UK, and have been responsible for a programme of internationally successful and critically acclaimed exhibitions. With two dynamic galleries – one within the Museum of St Albans and the other, the Art and Design Gallery, located on the University’s College Lane campus in Hatfield – we present international contemporary art to the local community and wider audiences, in both traditional and challenging ways.
Our Aims
UH Galleries aim to offer artists and makers from all disciplines in the early stages of their professional careers significant exhibition and associated publishing opportunities. We hope to provide local audiences with the opportunity to engage with contemporary art and discover an array of surprises and perhaps hidden interests in our varied and vibrant programme of exhibitions.
Working with the Local Community: Hertfordshire Open Exhibition
The Hertfordshire Open Exhibition has marked itself out over the last eleven years as the definitive annual showcase for local artistic talent and last year over one hundred artists from across Hertfordshire submitted work. Taking place during the month of December at the Museum of St Albans, this exhibition provides local artists with a valuable opportunity to display their work. The first prize of a solo exhibition with UH Galleries, as well as other substantial prizes, represents our investment in the artistic life of Hertfordshire’s wider artistic community.
Telephone: +44 (0)1707 284290
Email: uhgalleries@herts.ac.uk
Postal address:
UH Galleries, Lindop Building, College Lane Campus, Hatfield, AL10 9AB
Website: www.go.herts.ac.uk/uhgalleries