Do you enjoy making and crafting? Do you Knit, Sew or Upcycle regular household items into new things? Making and craft was a popular theme for Ladybird, appearing across multiple series and allowing the creation of a subsection of the Hobbies and Interests series entitled ‘How to make’. The crafts within these series focus primarily […]

For a limited time only, come and see this stunning wall-hanging by artist Michael O'Connell at the Museum. Its central feature is a large cockerel, and the textile was created using O'Connell's famous wax resist dye technique. This was the same technique he used to create his wall hangings for the 1951 Festival of Britain, […]