We are pleased to tell you of two events coming up which may be of interest. The first is our annual plant sale. We will have a great supply of quality geraniums and patio plants from our specialist grower as well as a variety of donated plants. The Sale is at 10 am on
This month the Mere Youth Band exhibition is on show, please do come and view itand leave a message if you are in any of the photos.
The museum received very few donations last year and if you are having a sort out, please do consider donating items to the museum, particularly if you have photos of Mere or information regarding the families and history of Mere. We are fortunate to have some wonderful photos of Mere from the 18th century onwards.
Friends of Mere Museum Our new exhibition at the museum is live and we have some exciting events upcoming. There are plans underway for the group’s ever-popular plant sale and quiz, both will be put on by the Friends and Mere Museum. The plant sale will be on Saturday 11th May in the Grove Building.
This exhibition follows the lives of six families of Mere. You can find some of the exhibits from the exhibition below.
The weather (at the time of writing) has suddenly become spring-like and the Friends’ famous and popular plant sale is nearly here. It will be held in the Grove Building, on Saturday May 13th at 10am. Don’t forget, that it’s the sale to go for bedding and patio plants, geraniums and plant for hanging baskets,
The latest exhibition, The Rutter Scrapbooks, is the collection of posters and documents which the Friends of Mere Museum raised funds to have conserved. It took the best part of a year for the work to be done and has taken a long time to catalogue at the Museum. Some of the posters are unique
We are pleased to announce that our new exhibition will explore the Rutter Scrapbooks. Our preview evening is being held on Monday 17th April, from 7.00pm, in the Library. As usual wine and nibbles will be served. We hope as many as possible will be able to attend. The scrapbooks date from the 1850’s to
Our current exhibition is celebrating 50 years of Mere Museum. The flat showcase cabinet is displaying some of the first 85 objects received by the museum. At the time businesses were approached to see if they had any items to start the collection. The main showcase cabinets show both items received in the decades and
Our new exhibition will celebrate 50 years of Mere Museum. Mere Museum started in 1972 and the museum now represents the events, people and developments which Mere has experienced to the present day. The new exhibition, opening on December 3rd, will celebrate the interesting History of the museum. As always, visitor comments on photographs and