Collecting Rural England
Changes to this gallery
2nd October, 2023
It is six years since we redisplayed our galleries under the banner of “Our Country Lives.” In the meantime, we have continued to acquire material and now have an important collection of toy farm vehicles donated by collector, Peter Wade Martins. Over the last six months, a new display of these colourful and engaging objects has been created in the gallery which is was originally ‘Collecting Rural England’. Now almost complete, you can find out more about the new gallery at ‘Model Farming‘
This page now describes the previous gallery.
Explore our beginnings and step into a country SHOW
Indulge in a bit of theatre as we take you back to 1951, when the museum toured country shows collecting objects and the Archers radio show began.
We have recreated our original touring tent, complete with original objects collected in the 1950s, and invite you to offer your ideas about what we should record and collect from today’s countryside.
Country shows provided an opportunity for us to examine and collect our rural past but also looked to the future. Old objects were displayed alongside stands selling the latest technologies.
