Textile Day 9th June 2024

Many of you will remember seeing Faye’s wonderful exhibition “Children Then And Now: Marton Museum Reinterpreted by Artist Faye Claridge” which took place as part of The Marton Rural Traditions Festival held in tandem with the The Heritage Open Days event at Marton Museum last September. Faye photographed village children with artefacts from the Museum…

The museum is opening specially to coincide with a village celebration of the life of the man who ran Marton Garage from the 1940s until the 1970s, organised by his son. It was famous for Aston Coaches that were based there. There are a number of attractions in the village including vintage cars and coaches…

Children from Knightlow School have published a book of short stories and poems inspired by local heritage, including many curious objects from Marton Museum of Country Bygones. Working together as authors and illustrators, pupils aged between 4 and 11 made the pocket-sized book to send to children in some of the poorest regions of the…

Saturday 14th and Sunday 15th September  was a fantastic weekend with great weather and an excellent turnout – perhaps our best yet. The photos show us setting up on the Saturday; a visit from David Tims, son of the founder of the museum and some of the ladies from Charlecote and Hampton Lucy W I…