Spring 2013

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ExhibitionsTemporary Exhibitions Gallery

ParkMadeEnds 17th March 2013Celebrate traditional andheritage crafts at Preston Park Museum &Grounds through an exhibition exploring ourpopular ParkMade range. From the dynamiccreations of our award winning blacksmiths,to unique woodturning from our own parktimber, a host of objects display the stories oftheir craft.

Made with PrideTuesday 2nd April - Sunday 30th JuneMade with Pride tells the story of furniture in Stockton. Visitorswill have the opportunity to see objects from the quirky to thesublime including a chair with an inbuilt trouser press andfurniture made for Queen Victoria!

Welcome to the Spring 2013 edition of the Preston Park Museum & GroundsWhat’s On guide. This year marks a special anniversary here for us at PrestonPark, as we celebrate sixty years as a public museum and park.

To mark the occasion we have an exciting range of activities throughout thesite — from the ever popular ParkMade workshops, to new outdoor theatreproductions and truly wacky kids’ activities. So why not come along to help uscelebrate sixty years!

Swill Baskets by Owen Jones, 2011.

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Community Curated

To Have and To Hold Ends Sunday 31st MarchA truly ‘Brief Encounter’ exploring thehistory of courtship and marriage inStockton. Curated by the CollectionsVolunteers.

Who are the Stockton Brethren? Tuesday 2nd April - Sunday 30th JuneDelve into one of Stockton’s oldestorganisations to see how local gentlemen oncekept up to date with scientific and socialchanges and entertained themselves in timesgone by.Please contact the Collections Team onprestonhallmuseumcollections@stockton.gov.ukif your group is interested in being part of theCommunity Curated programme.

Billiard RoomOpen on selected days. Please call for details.

Preston Hall: Our Diamond Anniversary Ends Sunday 19th May 2013Join us in celebrating our fascinating history inthis exhibition spanning sixty years of PrestonPark Museum & Grounds as a popular visitordestination.

Museums on the MoveIf you are interested in having one of our touring exhibitions at yourvenue please contact the Exhibitions Team on (01642) 527980 oremail museumsonthemove@stockton.gov.uk

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Events and Activities Traditional Craft Demonstrations: Swill BasketsSunday 3rd March Free with normal admission, throughout the day. Owen Jones, Swill Basket Maker from the BBC’s popularVictorian Farm joins us at Preston Park to demonstrate hisfascinating craft. Funded by The Tees Heritage Park Group.

Traidcraft BIG BREW Saturday 9th March • 10am - 12.30pm Free drop-in event, donations welcome to help raise money for Traidcraft. Join us for a cuppa and help support some of the world’s poorest people.Traidcraft BIG BREW events support smallholder farmers to grow more andprovide enough food for their families and communities.

Know your Onions Saturday 9th March • 2pm - 3.30pm Free with normal admission; meet in Walled Kitchen Garden.Ever wondered where the expression ‘sound as a pound’originated from? Visit our onion workshop to find out, alongwith lots of tips and advice from our gardener on how to growall things allium.

Traditional Craft Demonstrations:Pottery Sunday 17th March Free with normal admission, throughout theday. Graham Taylor, traditional potter from PottedHistory joins us at the Museum with this funand interactive demonstration. Funded by TheTees Heritage Park Group.

Biodynamic gardening fact or fictionSaturday 23rd March • 2pm - 3.30pm £10 per person, includes a Biodynamic Sowing and Planting Calendar to takeaway. Booking advised as spaces are limited. Man first started to grow crops 4000yrs ago, planting by the seasons and thephases of the moon. This workshop will explain some of the theory behindbiodynamic principles and how to understand biodynamic calendars, which you canuse to grow plants and crops in your own gardens and allotments. Please call the Main Reception for booking information: 01642 527375

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Home Grown: Springtime Soup! Sunday 31st March • 11am - 3pmFree with normal admission, drop-in activity. Come along to sample the delights of spring from the restored Walled KitchenGarden!

Traditional Craft Demonstrations: Basket weavingSaturday 6th April Free with normal admission, throughout the day. Pat Jorgensen the wonderful basket weaver is back to spread the weaving word toour visitors. Funded by The Tees Heritage Park Group.

Traditional Craft Demonstrations: Stone masonry Sunday 21st AprilFree with normal admission, throughout the day. Stonemason Keith Murray shows the skill and techniqueneeded to carve this beautiful material. Why not have a goyourself! Funded by The Tees Heritage Park Group.

Urban container gardening Saturday 4th May • 1pm - 3pm Free with normal admission, meet in Walled kitchen Garden. Do you want to grow crunchy salads and vegetables but have little or no space togrow them? Join our gardener for an afternoon of practical demonstrations, tipsand advice on alternative ways to grow fruit and vegetables.

Hanging Gardens Sunday 5th May • 1pm - 4pm£25 per person, incl light refreshmentsBooking essential as spaces are limited. Get to grips with making a traditional moss lined hanging basket filled full ofplants to take away and give your garden that wow factor over the summer season.Also includes advice and tips on how to keep it blooming marvellous.Please call the Main Reception for booking information: 01642 527375

Traditional Craft Demonstrations: Wood CraftSaturday 18th May Free with normal admission, throughout the day. Rod Gray, local wood carver and pole lathe turnerjoins us in the Victorian Street to show how we usedto make many of our everyday objects! Funded by TheTees Heritage Park Group.

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Back to Nature Sunday May 19th • 1pm - 3pm £10 per person Booking advised as spaces are limited. Join our gardener for an afternoon on how to make yourgarden more appealing to nature, with tips and advice onwhich plants to grow that will enhance the bio-diversityof your plot. We will round things off by constructing abird box to take away and use Please call the Main Reception for booking information: 01642 527375

2013Monday 27th May • 1pm - lateFree with normal admission (some activitiesmay have a small charge to take part).Our popular folk and dance festival is back,with a diverse selection of local and regionalperformers! Tin whistle and drum lessonsavailable too!

For information on children’s mini music lessons please visitwww.stockton.gov.uk/events

Monday 27th May • 6.30pm - 10pm Tickets £8 per person. This year, as part of the annual Folk Festival, Preston Park Museum & Groundsplays host to an evening of unique and inspiring folk music events. Enjoy bespokeperformances from a range of emerging contemporary folk acts; including BridieJackson & The Arbour, Rob Heron & The Tea Pad Orchestra, Sara Dennis & TheRivensmith and Ditte Elly. ‘Music inMuseums’ is an Arts Council funded project,coordinated by Newcastle based band, BridieJackson & The Arbour Tickets available from the Museum’s mainreception (Tues-Sun, 10am-4pm) please call01642 527375 for more information.

Here at the Museum and Park we are always pleased to hear from people whowould like to get involved in volunteering with us. We are currently keen to hearfrom anyone who is interested in Costumed Interpretation within the VictorianStreet. Please contact our Volunteer Coordinator on: 01642 526474 for moreinformation.

Volunteering Opportunities

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Regular ActivitiesGarden Tours Available for group bookings, throughout spring and summer 2013 £5 per person, incl entry to museum, garden tour and lightrefreshments.Enjoy a stroll through the beautiful restored Victorian WalledKitchen Garden with our gardener as your guide. Booking essential, Please call the main reception forinformation on how to book: 01642 527375

Home GrownJoin us in the Demonstration Kitchen for a deliciousselection of food, home grown and freshly picked from theWalled Kitchen Garden ready for these seasonal cookerydemonstrations and tastings. Winter One Pot Wonders • Sunday 24th February First Days of Spring • Sunday 31st MarchFoliage & Forage • Sunday 28th April Summer Salads • Sunday 26th May

The Home Grown programme is free with normal admission between 11.00am —3.00pm in the Traditional Kitchen located on the 1st Floor. Please seewww.prestonparkmuseum.co.uk for more information.

Collections in Action Saturday 23rd February • Sunday 24th FebruarySaturday 9th March • Sunday 10th March Free with normal admission, no booking required, open through normal openinghours. A fantastic opportunity to peek inside our purpose built collections store and meeta member of the Collections Team working on some our fascinating historicalobjects from the book, archive and ceramic collections! Please see www.prestonparkmuseum.co.uk for more information.

Making a Mess! Under 5s ClubTuesdays • 1pm - 3pmJoin us each week for messy crafts, stories and play time based on a differenttheme around the Museum & Garden displays. Fruit and biscuits are available aswell as tea and coffee for the grown ups! Please note: Making a Mess! is on every week except 26th March & 21st May. Contact the Learning Team on 01642 527820/8842 for more information.

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Theatre in the Park 2013 Following the success of our open air theatre programmes over the last threeyears we are pleased to present two more wonderful and exciting productions! Sobring your picnics and enjoy another leisurely evening in the relaxing surrounds ofthe Bandstand Garden.

BABE THE SHEEP-PIGby Dick King-Smith, adapted by David Wood. Thursday 25th July time 6pm Dick King-Smith's heart-warming tale of friendship,courage and determination is vividly brought to life bythe same creative team behind Illyria's sensationalrecord-breaking 2012 production of The Twits.Suitable for all ages 5+.

As You Like Itby William ShakespeareSaturday 17th August 7.30pm As You Like It is, Shakespeare's ultimate romanticcomedy. Its many pearls of wisdom, glittering reparteeand gloriously happy ending make this only one ofShakespeare's most popular comedies. For authenticitythe production is performed on a stage based on thoseused by 16th-century touring companies.For more information about the individual plays this yearplease visit our websites: www.prestonparkmuseum.co.uk orwww.stockton.gov.uk/events

Theatre tickets on sale from Apriland available from: Stockton Visitor Information Centre:Rediscover Stockton, 134b High Street,Stockton Town Centre, TS18 1LP, 01642528130 (payments can be made overthe phone). Museum’s Gift Shop: (Tuesday-Sunday:10am-4pm) 01642 527375.Online: www.stockton.gov.uk/events

Standard Tickets: Adults: £12, Concessions: £9 (NUS,Unwaged or over 60s), Children: £6 (5-16year olds)Under 5s: FreeGroup Tickets: Family Ticket (2 Adults + 2 Children):£3010+ Adults booking together: £9pp 10+ Children booking together: £5pp

Please note: All children must be accompanied by an adult throughout the performanceand we recommend a minimum of 2 adults per group of 10. Tickets are non refundable or exchangeable unless show is cancelled due to extremeweather conditions.

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Try something new or rekindle an old hobby here at Preston Parkin our ParkMade Taster Days! All classes are suitable for adults,no experience is necessary and everything including your lunchis provided (unless otherwise stated). Our taster days also makethe perfect unique gift for someone special!Please contact the Learning Team for bookings and more information on (01642)527820/528842. Additional dates are available, please ring to find out more or visitwww.stockton.gov.uk/events

NEW! ParkMade: Pottery WorkshopSaturday 6th April • Saturday 13th April • 10am - 12.30pm • 1.30pm - 4pm £20 includes refreshments, tools and materials Make your very own piece of local W.S & Co Pottery with potter Graham Taylorfrom Potted History. Through a project funded by the Arts Council England, theMuseum has replicated original century old local pottery moulds for use today.Perhaps you’ll make your own piece to take home, originals of which can be seenout on display in the Museum!

Traditional Wood CarvingSaturday 30th March • Saturday 8th June • 10am - 4pm • £35Create a unique hand carved piece such as a spoon or butter knife. A completestart to finish experience from splitting logs to designing and producing thefinished item to take away on the day.

NEW! Codes and CorsagesSaturday 20th April • 1pm - 3.30pm • £10 (includes light refreshments)Join our gardener in exploring the secret meanings of Victorian flower adornment,and get involved in creating a bespoke seasonal buttonhole, perfect for weddingsand celebrations.

Hand Stitched Patchwork and Quilting Saturday 27th April • 10am - 4pm • £30Learn how to make beautiful hand patchwork and quilting with our talented localtutor Lone Helliwell.

Rag Rug MakingFriday 3rd May • 10am - 3pm • £20Design and make your own mini rag rug to take away with you on the day. Learnabout recycling old fabrics and the history of the sociable craft of rag rug making!

Traditional Demonstrations: Rag Rug MakingThursday 4th April • Free with normal admission, throughout the day.Elaine Ord joins us in the Victorian Street to demonstrate this fascinating andpractical craft of proggy rag rugs — you might even discover ways to recycle someold materials!

ParkMade Traditional Taster Days

CREATIVE KIDSHoliday Activity Programme

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Traditional Demonstrations: Stained GlassThursday 11th April • Free with normal admission, throughout the day.Simon Fitton, local heritage glass restorer and artist, joins us at the Museum toshowcase this beautiful and intricate craft. Funded by The Tees Heritage Park Group.

BlacksmithingSaturday 18th May • Saturday 22nd June • 10.00am - 4.00pm • £80Learn about the history of the craft and make a pair of beautiful handcraftedcandlesticks to take away with you on the day!

Stained GlassSaturday 13th July • 10.00am - 4.00pm • £60An exciting opportunity to work with a professional glass worker to produce abeautiful glass panel to take away with you on the day!

Seasonal Basketry: Willow WeavingSaturday 16th March • 10.00am - 4.00pm • £30Relaxing workshop creating your own baskets to take away with you ready for springtime garden decorations and displays. Perfect also as a gift for Mother’s Day!

Please note: Our children’s workshops are suitable for ages 5+ (unless otherwise stated);younger children are welcome however they will need some help from their adult duringthe workshop. Children must be accompanied by an adult during their visit and activities.Please be aware that for drop-in workshops, when the session is full, tickets will beissued for the later slots.Call the Learning Team on (01642) 528842/527820 for group bookings.

Children’s Pottery Workshop Saturday 23rd FebruaryThursday 4th April Workshop times: 10am - 11.30am &1pm - 2.30pm£5 per child, includes all tools andmaterials. A unique opportunity for children to

make their own W.S & CoPottery with the fantastic

potter Graham of Potted

History! Through an exciting projectfunded by the Arts Council the Museumhas replicated original local potterymoulds, to enable us to make potterybased on moulds over 100 years oldwhich children will be using on the day. Booking essential, suitable for 8 years+please call the Learning Team on 01642527820/528842.

Activities are free with normal admission (unless otherwise stated), however there is a50p per child suggested donation to help with material costs.

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Arts & Crafts Workshop Times:10.30am - 11.30am (organised groups,booking required)11.30am - 12.30pm (Families, drop-in)1.30pm – 2.30pm (Families, drop-in)2.30pm – 3.30pm (Families, drop-in)

Easter HolidayCreate Edible Easter BasketsWednesday 3rd AprilChildren will make and decorate theirown Easter treat to take away withthem, although they probably won’t lastvery long!

Make Springtime Spoon Puppets! Friday 5th April Make a little friend for your garden ornew toy to play with in this arts andcraft workshop. There’s a selection ofanimals to choose from or you canmake your own up!

Make Pinecone Gnomes Wednesday 10th April Perfect for the looking after the gardenor to play hide and seek with, these littlegnomes have lots of character — all youhave to do is think of a good name!

Go Hopping Mad! Friday 12th AprilHope into spring with this fun arts andcraft workshop. Make your own bouncybunny, chick or lamb and see who canget theirs to jump the highest!

Make Felted CreaturesWednesday 29th MaySew and decorate your own little softtoy out of felt in this arts and craftactivity.Please note that this activity might betricky for very young children and they

may need a little more help. During thisworkshop we will use pre-punched feltwith safety plastic needles.

Create Candles! Friday 31st May Candles were important in the old daysbefore we had light bulbs, so why nothave a go at making your own! Specialmouldable cold wax is used — suitablefor children. Activities are free with normaladmission (unless otherwise stated),however there is a 50p per childsuggested donation to help withmaterial costs.

Arts & Crafts Workshop Times:10.30am - 11.30am (organised groups,booking required)11.30am - 12.30pm (Families, drop-in)1.30pm – 2.30pm (Families, drop-in)2.30pm – 3.30pm (Families, drop-in)

Making MORE Mess!Under 5s Club

Tuesday 2nd April, Tuesday 9th April,Tuesday 28th May • 1pm - 3pmEach week there will be a messy craft,story and play time based on a differenttheme around the new Museum &Garden displays.Please note: Drop in activity, free withnormal admission, suggested donation of50p per child to help cover materials.Making MORE Mess! is suitable or under 5salthough older brothers and sisters arewelcome during the holidays. Children mustbe accompanied by an adult at all times. Formore information please contact theLearning Team on 01642 527820.

TravelinformationFor informationabout local publictransport links,please contact:Stockton TouristInformation Centre(01642) 528130 orTraveline North Easton 0871 200 2233.

On your bikeDesignated cycleparking facilities areavailable in the carpark, close to thecafé (bikes left atowners’ risk).

Museum OpenTuesday to Sunday • 10.00am — 4.00pm Closed Mondays except Bank Holidays • Last admission 3.30pm

Entry Price: Adult £2, Concession/Child£1, Family Ticket £4 (2A+4C) All tickets arevalid for multiple visits for one year fromdate of issue.

Contact Us:Preston Park Museum & Grounds, YarmRoad, Stockton-on-Tees TS18 3RH Tel: (01642) 527375Email: prestonhall@stockton.gov.ukWeb: www.prestonparkmuseum.co.uk or

www.stockton.gov.uk/events

Learning Team: for all ParkMade TasterDay bookings and enquiries call (01642)527820/528842

Also at Preston ParkButterfly WorldTel: (01642) 791414 Web: www.butterflyworldltd.com Teesside Small Gauge RailwayTel: (01642) 582903

Please note: Preston Park Museum &Grounds operates a No Smoking Policy

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