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Folkestone Library & Museum
Folkestone Local Studies collection is an important historical resource including directories, registers, maps, photographs, memorabilia, microfilms and computers. New aspects for historical research are revealed by enquiries from Shepway residents and international customers such as "How old is my house in the High Street?", "Which Folkestone church blesses the fisheries?" and "Did a local newspaper print my grandfather's obituary?". The Folkestone Heritage Team answer questions, promote Folkestone heritage and are active in extending the collection to increase understanding of the past and the present.
Address
Folkestone Library & Museum
2 Grace Hill
Folkestone
Kent CT20 1HD
Tel: 01303 256710
Link to map (which opens in a new window)
Wheelchair access. The library has an audio loop.
Monday and Tuesday
9.30 –18.00
Wednesday
9.30 –17.00
Thursday
9.30 –18.00
Friday & Saturday
9.30 – 19.00
Sunday
10.00 –16.00
Projects
Stephen Connolly
Folkestone Obscura
4 October – 27 November 2004
A Film surveying 100 years of visual
entertainment on Folkestone's seafront, capturing history and quieter
moments of leisure by the sea using archival clips, a recreated camera
obscura and new film footage with a soundtrack.
More
details >
Rob Kesseler
Botanizing the Library
4 October – 27 November 2004
A celebration of the flora of Folkestone drawing together diverse
strands of science, botany and literature using artifacts and ephemera
from the library and museum together with microscopic images of pollen.
More
details >
Bob and Roberta Smith
Day Out
4 October – 27 November 2004
Bob Smith launches an absurd campaign inspired by the satirical
political posters and bizarre photographs of seaside entertainers.
More details >
Other Projects
Sally O'Reilly & Cathy Haynes
of Implicasphere
A Three–Fold Yarn
Free. Pick up a copy
from any of the three main venues.
Derived from a game in which players
find connections between facts and fables to create unexpected lines of
association A Three Fold Yarn reveals facts and fictions that
add a new layer of meaning to Navigating History and to the libraries'
collections.
More
details >
Talks and Events
Visions through a Lens; from Magic Lanterns
to Film
20 October 2004, 18.30
Sassoon Gallery, Folkestone Library & Museum
A look at how photography and cinema has shaped our views of the past
with Bruce Crook and his Magic Lantern, Frank Gray Director
of the South East Film and Video Archive and film
maker Stephen
Connolly.
Free. Booking advised on 01303 256710.
Navigating the Commissions with
artist Peter Fillingham
30 October 2004, 13.00
Heritage Room, Folkestone Library & Museum
Join us for an enlightening meander through the Navigating History
projects and the materials that inspired them. From Rob Kesseler's use
of botanical specimens and literature, and Stephen Connolly's research
into early film of Folkestone to Bob Smith's satirical rendition of seaside
entertainment and politics.
Free. Booking advised on 01303 256710.
Contemporary Camera Obscura
30 October 2004, 12.00 – 16.30
Bottom of the Cliff Lift (if it rains – Folkestone Library).
View Folkestone through Stephen
Connolly's camera obscura.
Free.
Grand Day Out with Bob
and Roberta Smith
30 October 2004, 14.00 – 18.00
(14.00 beach in front of the Metropole, 17.00 Music Room, Metropole.)
Metropole,
The Leas, Folkestone
Bring a picnic and join in a humorous and quirky jaunt with a series of
competitions and experiments.
Free.
Cross Fertilisation: the Pollination of
Art, Science and Literature
11 November 2004, 18.30
Sassoon Gallery, Folkestone Library & Museum
Join artist Rob
Kesseler, Royal
Botanic Gardens, Kew, botanist Madeline Harley
and writer Jonathan Hunt in taking inspiration from our natural history
and exploring the hidden world of plants.
Free. Booking advised on 01303 256710.
Botanizing
the Library Book Launch
11 November 2004, 17.30 – 18.30
Ottakars
Bookshop, 16 Sandgate Road,
Folkestone
Free.
Teachers Professional Development Workshop
24 November 2004, Folkestone Library & Museum
Discover the possibilities of using local history and heritage
collections as an exciting resource for pupils across the curriculum.
More details
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