Countdown to the Scarborough exhibition
By Mark Freeman
Above: Scarborough Art Gallery, The Crescent
Today (4 July 2016) I paid a visit to Scarborough to discuss the ongoing preparations for our exhibition at the Scarborough Art Gallery, in association with our project partner the Scarborough Museums Trust. The exhibition is mainly about the Scarborough historical pageant of 1912, and will contain text, images and many objects relating to this important event in the history of the town.
The exhibition will be launched on 12 September, and will be open to the public from Tuesday 13 September until Sunday 9 October. The venue is the Scarborough Art Gallery, on The Crescent, just a short walk from Scarborough railway station (note that the gallery is closed on Mondays).
Among the highlights of the exhibition will be a rolling wall display of images from the pageant, versions of the costumes used by some of the key performers, and a 3D re-creation of Edward I and Queen Eleanor on horseback. Visitors will also have the opportunity to sing along with the ‘Song of Scarborough’, which was specially composed for the pageant.
Above: Edward I and Eleanor of Castile, as depicted in the 1912 Scarborough pageant
This is the last of the exhibitions staged by the ‘Redress of the Past’ project, following previous successes at Bury St Edmunds and Carlisle. We are grateful to Julie Baxter and Keith Johnston, who are working closely with us to produce the exhibition.