Museum Shop Sunday

Sunday 1st December

2pm- 5pm - Free Entry

Get into the festive spirit with a cultural shopping experience offering unique, creative and special gifts in the run up to Christmas.

The Higgins Bedford shop has a range of items including cards, postcards and books. The ever-popular advent calendars by Angela Harding and Emily Sutton are stocked alongside Christmas cards and wrapping paper designed by Eric Ravilious. Shoppers can also expect to find a tempting range of chocolate, festive felt decorations, printed tea towels, handmade soaps by New Ewe and more. There will also be a variety of stalls offering a bespoke range of locally crafted items including knitwear made by The Higgins Knitting Group.

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Art Exhibition: 3rd – 15th December 2019

Photography Exhibition: 3rd December 2019 – 29th March 2020

Discover what ‘home’ really means to people living on the streets, in hostels and refuges, in this free mixed media exhibition featuring artists with personal experience of homelessness. Organised by Bedford Homeless Partnership, this exhibition promises to challenge perceptions, provoke discussion and raise awareness in the community.

Image: by Adam. Inspired by Banksy - Keep your Coins, I want Change.

There's lots of upcoming talks and tours for Dreams and Nightmares, giving greater insight into the exhibition. 

Lunchtime Lecture with Prof Christiana Payne – The Dreams

Wednesday 27th November

12pm – 1pm, Free Entry

Enjoy a lunchtime lecture exploring the dreamlike artworks in the exhibition, including works by Edward Bawden, Samuel Palmer and Jessie Marion King.

To book your place, please use our online booking system or visit Bedford Central Box Office at 27 Harpur Street, Bedford or telephone 01234 718044.

British Sign Language Tour and Workshop with Access Bedford

Saturday 7th December

11am – 1pm, Free Entry

Join Peter Cooke for a Deaf BSL tour of Dreams and Nightmares, followed by an art workshop. This is a British Sign Language only event – no oral instruction will be given.

To book your place, please email thehiggins@bedford.gov.uk or telephone 01234 718618.

Lunchtime Lecture with Victoria Partridge – The Nightmares

Friday 13th December

12pm – 12:45pm, Free Entry

Explore the nightmarish images of Dreams and Nightmares, including artworks by William Blake, Pablo Picasso and Francisco Goya.

To book your place, please use our online booking system or visit Bedford Central Box Office at 27 Harpur Street, Bedford or telephone 01234 718044.

Image: William Blake (1757 - 1827) - The Good and Evil Angels Struggling for Possession of a Child c.1793, courtesy of the Trustees of Cecil Higgins Art Gallery Collection.

Social History Collection Tour

Thursday 28th November

11:30am – 12:30pm

£5.90, £4.70 for concessions

Discover the people, places, businesses and objects that represent the development of Bedfordshire with Lydia Saul, Keeper of Social History

To book your place, please use our online booking system or visit Bedford Central Box Office at 27 Harpur Street, Bedford or telephone 01234 718044