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Woolwich - A Town in Flux
22nd November 2011 to 28th January 2012. Free. Tuesday to Saturday 9am to 5pm
This is a Photographic exhibition by Carol Kenna Carol says “ I have taken photographs of Woolwich since the late 1960’s, recording the passing of out-of-date industry, the riverside, the architecture with its Art Deco gems, occasionally the people and the new order as it rises out of the rubble of previous ambitions in a new era of regeneration. The coming Olympics has brought a rush of cleaning, rebuilding and a temporary rifle range.” Don’t miss out on this stunning collection of local photographs.
Free. Open Tuesday to Saturday 9am to 5pm in the temporary exhibition gallery.
From 6st to 19th November 2011
Every October we take the opportunity to celebrate Black History Month by exploring the different communities that make up Greenwich, both past and present. This year we are launching collaboration with young people from the English as a Second or Other Language (ESOL) programme at Greenwich Community College. This special exhibition will give the students and staff the opportunity to demonstrate the different ethnicities and background present in the Borough today. This is the first of a two-part project; a second exhibition will open at the end of January to explore in greater depth the historic diversity of Greenwich.
Free. Open Tuesday to Saturday 9am to 5pm in the temporary exhibition gallery.
Come and enjoy a fascinating look at historical Greenwich scenes from our watercolours collection. Open 9am to 5pm Tuesday to Friday. Free. Ended 9th July 2011
Have you ever thought about what Roman Greenwich was like, and how it impacted life in the borough today?
This exhibition took place from Tuesday 25 January until Saturday 19 March 2011.
This was part of the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad programme Stories of the World: London World City, which is the largest youth engagement project ever undertaken by UK museums.
As part of the AJS & Matchless Owners Club Centenary
event at the Royal Arsenal, Sunday 4 July 2010
In conjunction with the world’s only Fan Museum, based in Greenwich, showing fans on a military theme in a social context. Fans lent from the Fan Museum's own collection and from private collections in Australia, France, Germany, Italy, Switzaland and the USA convey the universal message of admiration for all brave men and women in War and Peace. Fans directly realted to armament and battle can be seen concurrently at Firepower, The Royal Artillery Museum, located next door to the Heritage Centre at the Royal Arsenal. Pick up a voucher from the Heritage Centre for 50% off entrance charge to Firepower (see www.firepower.org.uk for open times and admission charges).
13th April 2010 - 26th June 2010
A Free Exhibition
26 January to 20 March
Images of local landmarks that have now gone forever.
This exhibition ran from
10 November 2009 - 9 January 2010
This exhibition ran from 14 August - 18 September 2009 and currently tours venues in London.
For more information visit www.age-exchange.org.uk
The Anne Frank Trust's Exhibition "Anne Frank: A History For Today" took place between 17 March to 28 March 2009.
The Founder and Director of the Anne Frank Trust UK, Gillian Walnes gave a talk to compliment the exhibition. The title of Gillian's talk was "Anne Frank: Her Legacy Today" which was very successful.
More details can be found on the Anne Frank Trust's website www.annefrank.org.uk
The exhibition “Henry VIII: The Birth of Modern Greenwich” was formally launched on 23 April by Cllr John Fahy, Cabinet Member for Culture, Community and Olympics with the Mayor and Mayoress of Greenwich, Cllr Steve Offord and Mrs Jacqueline Offord, as well as the Leader of Greenwich Council, Cllr Chris Roberts attending.
The landscape of modern Greenwich can be traced to Henry VIII’s attachment to his palace at Greenwich, which he greatly extended at the beginning of his reign. This exhibition explained how the presence of that palace at Greenwich affected the future development of the town and surrounding communities.
A celebration of Sport in Greenwich a joint exhibition with Firepower, The Royal Artillery Museum at the Heritage Centre to celebrate the history of sport in the borough from athletics to yachting. The exhibition was held from 14 July to 22 August
Featuring the 25th Anniversary Banner – hand stitched by members of the local Irish Community and memorabilia highlighting the contribution made by Irish immigrants to Greenwich and surrounding areas over the past 100 years The exhibition ran from 10 to 30 September 2009.
At the Greenwich Heritage Centre the downstairs gallery is devoted to temporary exhibitions which are changed at least four times a year. Diverse themes representing the history of the borough of Greenwich are selected to give a balance of varying exhibition styles.
For example, during the last year the Centre has hosted exhibitions on archaeology, watercolour paintings, transport and motorcycle manufacture.
The exhibitions are based upon the collections held by the Greenwich Heritage Centre, although sometime objects are borrowed from other museums to add depth and interest.
Occasionally travelling exhibitions are borrowed from other organisations and displayed at the Heritage Centre, this is done to compliment the range of themes covered by displays at the Heritage Centre.
Topics covered by our temporary exhibitions are often developed by talks held at the Greenwich Heritage Centre.
The Millennium Embroideries were begun in 1998 at the former Borough Museum by the Curator, Beverley Burford, to produce embroidered panels depicting the history of the borough from the beginning of the millennium to the year 2000.
The eight panels represent these periods of our history:
- Celts and Romans
- Anglo Saxons and Vikings
- Medieval
- Tudor
- Stuart
- Georgian
- Victorian
- 20th Century.
For the embroideries to be displayed, they need to be in proper conservation display cases to ensure their protection and preservation. In 2007 the Friends of Greenwich Millennium Embroideries (FoGME) was set up by the embroiderers to raise money to purchase display cases for the panels
Funds for the first display case to display two panels has now been raised (with generous support from Blackheath Art Society, Edith and Alec Calver, Lindsey Davis, Len Dayal (ERA), Drapers Charitable Fund, Evacuees Reunion Association (Bexley and Borders Group), Greenwich Council, Peter Kent, Peter Smith, Evelyn Standing, University of Greenwich, Woolwich & District Antiquarian Society).
The Victorian and 20th century panels are currently on display, and funds have now been raised to purchase display cases for the remaining panels. All eight panels will soon be on display - watch this space!
STITCHES IN TIME
The making of the Greenwich Millennium Embroideries
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Edited by Mary-Jane Cattle and Audrey Ringrose, the book celebrates the unique achievement of the Millennium Embroiderers of Greenwich whose beautiful work is now on permanent display at the Greenwich Heritage Centre at the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich. The book features full-page colour photos of the eight panels with keys to details.
The Greenwich Millennium Embroideries show the history of Greenwich from AD0 to 2000 and all eight panels are now on display. A new book, about the embroideries, Stiches in Time' is now available from Greenwich Heritage Centre reception, price ￡15.00 or by calling 020 8852 5626 or 020 8692 7351.
This free exhibition tells the fascinating story of the Royal Arsenal and the Royal Woolwich Dockyard by looking across 400 years of history from Henry VIII to modern times.
The exhibition is hands-on allowing the visitor to see and hear aspects of the Arsenal’s history and to look at objects relating to the site and its activities.
Visitors of all ages and experience will find something of interest in this absorbing exhibition. School visitors are especially welcome, see our services for schools page.
No longer shrouded in secrecy, there are many tales of the Arsenal to be told, from the convicts living on the Woolwich hulks to the men, women and children who worked on the site and the leaders of scientific, technical and social innovation.
The site employed increasing numbers of workers, peaking around 100,000 during the First World War.
The exhibition explores the impact of the Royal Arsenal on Woolwich and the surrounding areas by looking at the effects on family life of the peaks and troughs of the Arsenal’s prosperity.
The development of the trade unions, improvements in the welfare of the workforce and the establishment of the Royal Arsenal Cooperative Society (RACS) placed the Arsenal at the forefront of a social revolution.
You can see films and pictures, also read and listen to first-hand accounts of what life was like inside and outside the Arsenal gates.
You can:
- Look at documents showing advances in explosives, weaponry, steel production, manufacturing processes, rocket and nuclear power that took place at the Arsenal.
- Discover their impact on the modern world.
- Watch previously unseen films of working conditions at the Arsenal site during the First World War.
- View personal histories of some of those who earned their living here.
- See the arts of wooden shipbuilding and gun-founding through enlightening interactive displays.
