December

Tuesday 2nd December, Friends will be in the museum concourse SPINNING A YARN between 2 and 4pm.

Christmas cards from MENCAP are available again in the Museum shop, also a new range of winter clothing, books, toys and recycled gift ideas on display.
Open every day 10am – 5pm.

This year we will be joining the Hawes Christmas Lights festivities.
Over the weekend of 6th and 7th December the museum will be turned into a CHRISTMAS BAZAAR.
There will be activities throughout the weekend for all ages and stalls of Christmas gifts.
Friends will be preparing mulled wine and mince pies and Mother Christmas will be here on Sunday afternoon.

• Contact details for all events – Dales Countryside Museum, Station Yard, Hawes 01969 666210 hawes@yorkshiredales.org.uk

November and December

The Garths of Crackpot Swaledale

SPINNING A YARN

• Tuesday 4th November and 2nd December,
• Friends will be in the museum concourse between 2 and 4pm.

THE PRISONER OF ZENDA –

• An hilarious ripping yarn of swashbuckling Ruritarian romance !!
• by North Country Theatre
• Thursday 27th November at 7.30,
• Tickets from the museum £8.50 (£5 under 16s) – selling fast !!

CHRISTMAS BAZAAR

This year we will be joining the Hawes Christmas Lights festivities. Over the weekend of 6th and 7th December the museum will be turned into a CHRISTMAS BAZAAR. There will be activities throughout the weekend and stalls of Christmas gifts. Friends will be preparing mulled wine and mince pies and Mother Christmas will be here on Sunday afternoon.

Contact details for all events – Dales Countryside Museum, Station Yard, Hawes 01969 666210 hawes@yorkshiredales.org.uk

October 2008

7th October – 2nd November

In the main hall there will be an exhibition by a collective of designer makers from the Dales Centre at Reeth.

Monday 20th – Friday 31st October

October is Black History month and we will have the Hidden History of the Dales Exhibition on show from – Monday 20th – Friday 31st October

To celebrate Red Squirrel Week there will be a talk by a Ranger at the museum at 12.30 on Wednesday 8th on Red Squirrel Conservation.

There will be 2 led walks on the 7th and 11th starting from the museum at 10am. The walk is 10 miles and strenuous.
Please book a place on the walks by contacting the museum.

Red Squirrel Week events are free

Tuesday 7th

Spinning a Yarn. Museum Friends will be spinning in the museum between 2 and 4pm

Friday 17th

Friends of the Dales Countryside Museum AGM. Followed by a short talk by museum manager, Fiona Rosher, “Clicking on collections”, new ways of investigating the DCM collection. 7.30pm

Sunday 19th

Discover and Do. All day children’s craft activity. Use seeds, leaves and other things to make your own “Green Man” and find out about the changes happening around you in autumn. Booking essential – over 8s only – £2. 11am – 4pm

Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th

Feed the Birds weekend. Come and meet RSPB staff and find out all about how to help the wildlife in your garden and make your own birdfeeder

Saturday 25th

Chainsaw Sculpture Demonstration. Come and watch Andris Bergs create a new wooden sculpture on the museum forecourt.
11am – 4pm

Tuesday 28th

Patch work and Quilting demonstration.
Join Kate Trusson in the museum reception showing different appliqué work using North Country techniques.
Patterns will be for sale 10am – 4pm.

Wednesday 29th

Discover and Do. Children’s craft activity afternoon.
Make African style beads in the Hidden History exhibition and find out how the Dales is linked with Africa and the Caribbean.
Booking essential – over 8s only – £2. 2 – 4pm

Friday 31st

Storytelling in the museum 2 – 3pm

• Contact details for all events – Dales Countryside Museum, Station Yard, Hawes
• 01969 666210 hawes@yorkshiredales.org.uk

November December

Friday 21st November

• At 7.30

Christine Hallas will be giving a talk for the Friends of the Dales Countryside Museum, “A Yeoman Dales Family in the 18th – 19th century – The Garths of Crackpot, Swaledale” All welcome

Tuesday 4th November and 2nd December,

• Friends will be in the museum concourse SPINNING A YARN between 2 and 4pm.

Thursday 27th November at 7.30,

• North Country Theatre will be performing
• THE PRISONER OF ZENDA – An hilarious ripping yarn of swashbuckling Ruritarian romance !!
• Tickets from the museum £8.50 (£5 under 16s) – selling fast !!

This year we will be joining the Hawes Christmas Lights festivities. Over the weekend of 6th and 7th December the museum will be turned into a CHRISTMAS BAZAAR. There will be activities throughout the weekend and stalls of Christmas gifts. Friends will be preparing mulled wine and mince pies and Mother Christmas will be here on Sunday afternoon.

• Contact details for all events – Dales Countryside Museum, Station Yard, Hawes
• 01969 666210 hawes@yorkshiredales.org.uk

September 2008

We are hosting a very special exhibition from 6th September to 1st October

NEST – a brush with the media is one subject freely interpreted by 45 artists working in a wide variety of media. The concept was developed by Janet Rawlings after finding a birds nest in a besom.

All are welcome to the charity preview on Saturday the 6th from 3pm with a collection for the Woodland Trust.

There are FREE EVENTS planned to coincide with the exhibition:

A besom making demonstration on Saturday the 20th, all day and 2 children’s workshops on 13th and 27th between 10am and 12noon

Friday 19th

Friends of the museum will be having an evening lecture by Professor Michael Green, “How the other half died” 7.30pm

Tuesday 2nd

• Spinning a Yarn 2 – 4pm.
• Free spinning and rug-making demonstration.
• Examples of weaving, felting and dyeing explained.

Sunday 14th

Introduction to Digital Photography (use of computers) Learn how to download your pictures and manipulate them using Photoshop Elements.

Bring your own camera, computer cable, USB memory stick and packed lunch.
Under 16s to be supervised by an adult.
Not suitable for under 12s.
Booking essential, Charge £10.

Saturday 20th and Sunday 21st

Dales Harvest weekend in the Victorian Kitchen

Join Friends of the museum who will be dressing up to explain about working and preserving in the kitchen.

Saturday 27th

Traditional dry stone walling demonstration between 2-4pm

• Contact details for all events – Dales Countryside Museum, Station Yard, Hawes
• 01969 666210 hawes@yorkshiredales.org.uk

25th July – 3rd September

Part of the Yorkshire Dales National Park Hay time Festival. “Flower Power” an interactive exhibition for all the family, celebrating the history and importance of hay time in the Yorkshire Dales

2nd – 30th August

Photography exhibition by Daren Smith: Yorkshire – a land painted silver

Sunday 3rd August

• Rag Rug making
• 10am – 4pm
• Free demonstration, display and ‘have a go’
• Drop in at any time

5th August

• Spinning a Yarn
• 2 – 4pm

Join Friends of DCM who will be spinning in the Museum concourse and explaining rugmaking, weaving, felting and dyeing.

Sunday 17th August

• Introduction to digital photography
• 10.30am – 4pm

Learn to use your camera. Bring along the camera, manual and packed lunch. Under 16s to be accompanied. Not suitable for under 12s. *Booking essential

Friday afternoons:

• 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd and 29th August
• Storytelling
• All the family welcome 2 – 3pm

Tuesday 26th August

• Traditional Dry Stone Walling Demonstration
• 2 – 4pm

Wednesday afternoons:

• 6th, 13th, 20th and 27th
• Discover and Do
• 2 – 4pm

Children’s Craft event to tie in with the Hay Time Festival Over 8s only. Booking essential. £2

31st July and 1st August

Stone Carving – an exciting opportunity to work with artist Jennifer Tetlow to produce a piece of work to be displayed in the museum garden.

• There is no charge to participate but families need to book onto this event

• Phone for more information and to book

• Contact details for all events –

July 2008

28th June – 17th July

Carol Tyler presents: Perspectives of Gayle Mill: An exhibition in words and images, charting some of the hidden stories, aesthetics and restoration of this unique building.

• Including paintings, wood sculpture, photography and memories.
• ( exhibitions are free and located in the John Baker hall)

25th July – 3rd September

Part of the Yorkshire Dales National Park Hay time Festival. An interactive exhibition for all the family, celebrating the history and importance of hay time in the Yorkshire Dales

Friday 18th July as part of the Friends of the DCM programme

• Annual “Gift Day” evening with talk by Moira Fulton: ‘Woodland Walks and Walled Gardens – aspects of gardening in the Yorkshire Dales’ 7.30pm

1st July Spinning a Yarn

Join Friends of DCM who will be spinning in the Museum concourse and explaining rugmaking, weaving, felting and dyeing. 2 – 4pm

Batwatch discovery walk

• 9 – 10.30pm

Join Senior Wildlife Conservation Officer Tim Thom and a Ranger for bat spotting. Wear warm clothing and stout shoes. Bring a torch, midge repellent and a bat detector – if you have one. Booking essential

Sunday 13th July Chainsaw Sculpture Demonstration

• Come and watch Andris Bergs create a new wood sculpture
• 11am – 4pm

Sunday 20th July Introduction to digital photography

• 10.30am – 4pm
• Learn to use your camera. Bring along the camera, manual and packed lunch.
• Under 16s to be accompanied.
• Not suitable for under 12s.
• Booking essential

Friday 25th July Storytelling

• All the family welcome 2 – 3pm

Traditional Dry Stone Walling Demonstration

• 2 – 4pm

Wednesday 30th July Discover and Do

• 2 – 4pm
• Children’s Craft Event
• Make a collage of hay meadow flowers
• Over 8s only. Booking essential. £2

31st July and 1st August

Stone Carving – an exciting opportunity to work with artist Jennifer Tetlow to produce a piece of work to be displayed in the museum garden. There is no charge to participate but families need to book onto this event Phone for more information and to book

• Contact details for all events –
• Dales Countryside Museum, Station Yard, Hawes
• 01969 666210 hawes@yorkshiredales.org.uk
• OPEN DAILY 10am – 5pm

June 2008

The Found Past

Lawrence Cutting will be exhibiting collages based on found objects in his house.

The artist will be giving a talk on his work on the 25th May between 10am and 12.30 and will be holding a workshop on 31st May between 1 – 3pm

(there will be a charge for the workshop of £10 – more details from Laurence on 01969 623243)

House History at Hawes

• 1 – 4.30pm

An afternoon of lectures and case studies – a partnership between the museum and the NYCC County Record Office.

(There will be a charge of £8 for this event to include refreshments)

28th June – 17th July

Carol Tyler presents: Perspectives of Gayle Mill: An exhibition in words and images, charting some of the hidden stories, aesthetics and restoration of this unique building (all exhibitions are free and located in the John Baker hall)

Rag Rug Making

• Free demonstration, display and ‘have a go’
• 10am – 4pm

Spinning a Yarn

• 2 – 4pm

Join the Museum Friends in the museum foyer demonstrating spinning and woolcrafts

The Victorian Kitchen

• 11am – 4pm

Museum Friends will be in costume in the Victorian kitchen and will be talking to visitors about cheese and butter making

Introduction to digital photography and the use of computers

• 10.30am – 4pm

Spend a day learning how to download your pictures to a computer and discover how to improve and manipulate them using Adobe Photoshop Elements.

Please bring your camera with cable to connect to the computer, and a USB Memory stick.

Under 16s to be accompanied, not suitable for under 12s Booking essential

Traditional Dry Stone Walling Demonstration

• 2 – 4pm

• Contact details
• Dales Countryside Museum, Station Yard, Hawes
• 01969 666210 hawes@yorkshiredales.org.uk
• OPEN DAILY 10am – 5pm

May 2008

24th May – 22nd June

• The Found Past
• Lawrence Cutting will be exhibiting collages based on found objects in his house.
• The artist will be giving a talk on his work on the 25th May
• between 10am and 12.30
• (all exhibitions are free and located in the John Baker hall)

Tuesday 6th May

• Friends of the Museum will be demonstrating spinning and rugmaking
• between 2 and 4pm

Friday 16th May

• Between 11am and 4pm
• Join Museum Friends and learn about wash day in the Victorian kitchen

Sunday 18th May

• Introduction to Digital photography 10.30 – 4pm
• Learn how to use your camera effectively. Bring equipment and packed lunch.
• Under 16s must be accompanied. Not suitable for under 12s.
• (booking essential)

Tuesday 20th May

• Traditional Stone Walling demonstration
• 2 – 4pm

Wednesday 28th May

• between 2 and 4pm Discover and Do
• A craft workshop for children over 8 years (£2)
• (booking essential)

Friday 30th May

• 2 – 3pm Storytelling for all the family

April 2008

Until the 13th April

• Steve Gosling and David Tarn are exhibiting their work:
• “Duo Tones: The Art of Landscape photography”
• There is colour, black and white and pinhole photography on display

“Our Voices” will be in the main hall from 21st – 28th

Craven College will be showcasing students work featuring oral history and dialect.

Tuesday 1st

Friends of the Museum will be demonstrating spinning and rugmaking between 2 and 4pm

Wednesday 2nd

• between 2 and 4pm Discover and Do
• A craft workshop for children over 8 years
• Learn about war time toys and make your own peg doll
• (booking essential)

Friday 11th

• Between 11am and 4pm

Join Museum Friends in the Victorian kitchen and learn about the work that went on there

Friday 18th

• 7.30pm

Friends of the museum will be hosting, as part of their lecture programme, Rhoda Fraser telling stories entitled “Yorkshire Humour”

Sunday 20th

• Introduction to Digital photography 10.30 – 4pm
• Learn how to use your camera effectively. Bring equipment and packed lunch.
• Under 16s must be accompanied. Not suitable for under 12s.
• (booking essential)

Contact details
Dales Countryside Museum, Station Yard, Hawes
01969 666210
hawes@yorkshiredales.org.uk

March 2008

“Places, Names and landscape”

“Duo Tones: The Art of Landscape photography”

Steve Gosling and David Tarn are collaborating on an exhibition
There will be colour, black and white and pinhole photography on display.

• 8th March – 13th April
• The photographers will be giving talks on the 8th March at 11am and 2pm.

Storytelling for all the family.

• Friday 21st March
• Join Rhoda Fraser between 2 and 3pm

Dry stone walling demonstration

• 2 – 4pm
• Tuesday 25th March

Discover and Do

• Wednesday 26th March
• Children’s craft afternoon.
• Make bird masks and find out more about the chicks that are about to hatch in the National park.
• Over 8’s only. £2 per child

Patchwork and Quilting demonstration

• Sunday 30th March
• 10am – 4pm
• Drop-in and have a go.
  Watch Kate Trusson show how to make your own appliqué work using traditional North Country techniques. *Patterns available to buy.

Contact details Dales Countryside Museum, Station Yard, Hawes 01969 666210 hawes@yorkshiredales.org.uk

February 2008

History Revisited

50 years in the Dales is a project between the Dales Countryside Museum and the Wensleydale School. On the evening of the 5th February at 6.30 we will be having an Open Evening where we would like to invite anyone from the community who would be willing to share their memories with young people from the Wensleydale School.

Refreshments will be provided.
Please come along.

Children’s craft afternoon

• Wednesday 13th February Discover and Do 2 – 4pm
• Make Viking Jewellery
• £2 charge

Storytelling

• Friday 15th February 2 – 3pm
• Free family event