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The
Brighton and Hove Mayor with Chris Littledale, Directory
of the Toy Museum during the Making History Fun launch party
BRIGHTON TOY AND MODEL MUSEUM LAUNCH
MAKING HISTORY FUN 2006-2007
On
the 9th October 2006 Brighton Toy and Model Museum launched Making
History Fun 2006-2007. The celebrations were launched by The Mayor of
Brighton & Hove, Councillor David Smith. It was his first visit
to the Toy Museum and he was delighted with the Museum and its superb
collection.
During
his speech the Mayor spoke of the importance of being aware of and
protecting our local and national heritage. He then went on to share
some of his own personal memories of his childhood toys.
The
Director Chris Littledale and the Curator Claire Eden also gave
speeches. In his speech Chris took the opportunity to remind everyone
of the importance of supporting small Museums. He also thanked everyone
who had supported the Museum in the last year. Claire's speech
continued in this theme thanking the Museum volunteers, the Education
Group and the Education Officer for their hard work with the project.
She also thanked the Museum Development Officer for East Sussex Sonia
Rasbery and Curatorial Advisor Jenny Hand for their continued support
and guidance.
Making
History Fun is aimed at making history more accessible and engaging for
all the visitors to the Toy Museum as well as the local community. Many
of the events and activities to be held throughout the year will be
focused on local history, although being local will not be a
requirement for enjoying the celebrations and maybe even learning
something!
The
launch also featured the opening of two new exhibitions: a
toy figure exhibition "The Joy of Little People" and a "Toy Theatre"
exhibition based on the memories of the Museum Education Officer Andrew
Woodfield.
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