11th November 2018 - 11th November 2019

Great Bedfordians Gallery

Free Entry

This year will mark the 100th anniversary of Polish Independence. To celebrate this, the museum will exhibit artefacts, photographs and a film to present the shared stories of Bedford's Polish community, many of whom settled following the Second World War. Explore their memories of early life in Poland, their experiences of migration, journeys to Britain and life after settling in Bedford.

Working in partnership with the Polish British Integration Centre (PBIC) and the Heritage Lottery Fund.

Click here for more information about the exhibition.

Images Courtesy of Dani Vaughton

15th November, 2.30pm

£5.70 (concessions £4.60)

Booking Essential

Join the curator, Helen Cobby, for a talk that explores the exhibition, 'The Young Turner: Ambitions in Architecture and the Art of Perspective'. Helen will discuss JMW Turner’s artistic output relating to Oxford and its nearby areas and look at how perspective and architecture influenced the early part of his career.

Click here for more information about The Young Turner talks and tours.

Image: J.M.W. Turner (1775–1851) The High Street, Oxford, 1810 ©Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford

Saturday Gallery Tours

24th November

2pm - 2.30pm

Free Entry

Join volunteer and Tate tour guide Andrew Rodgers for a half an hour introductory gallery tour of The Young Turner.

We Are Five Gallery Tour

28th November

12pm - 12.30pm 

£2.90 (concessions £2.40)

Booking Essential

Join the Keeper of Fine and Decorative Art, Victoria Partridge, for a lunchtime tour of some of the highlights in We Are Five.

Click here for information about these exhibitions.