When in Dover….. visit @dovermuseum.bsky.social.
Currently exhibiting a history of Crabble sports ground (the terraces have some great wild plants) and an immersive VR presentation that includes Anne Pratt. Must be a first.

Find out more about the history and the many sport and community events on this notable landmark in #Dover Museum’s latest exhibition.

14 acres of this was dedicated to the athletic ground with terracing, embankment, cycle track and entrance on Crabble Avenue. This would be the foundations of Crabble Athletic Ground as it stands today.

Frederick Finnis, a timber merchant, Henry Hayward, a surveyor, Alfred Charles Leney, a brewer and James Stilwell, a solicitor.

"SECTION VI.EXTENSION OF THOUGHT 1.To the Past…
V. remember, mind; retain the memory of, retain the remembrance of; keep in view. recognize, recollect, bethink oneself, recall, call up, retrace; look back, trace back, trace backwards; think back, look back upon; review...” (Roget’s #Thesaurus, 1911)

The Roget family name is familiar, as it is the same as Roget’s #Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases published by John’s father, Peter Mark Roget in 1852. After his father’s death, John himself revised and expanded his father’s Thesaurus, as did his son, Samuel Romilly Roget (1875–1953).

In his lifetime, Roget’s occupations included barrister, journalist, author and #illustrator, and he is described to have taken every opportunity in his free time to illustrate the places he visited.

New exhibition curated by Dover Museum's Curating Visibility fellow,
@karlantmercer.bsky.social

At the End of History: Open from 20th October. Free entry.
Entry to VR experience is by advanced booking only: tinyurl.com/mw4m4bbj

@accentuateuk.bsky.social

At the End of History can be found on the top floor of Dover Museum in the Bronze Age Boat Gallery. Free entry. Part of the exhibition includes a VR experience. Admission to the VR experience is available through advanced booking only: tinyurl.com/mw4m4bbj

Curated by @accentuateuk.bsky.social fellow Karl Mercer, At the End of History is an interactive experience exploring objects and stories of disability and looking at how we engage with history and objects.

Trudy was deaf from childhood and following her successful swimming career she went on to teach deaf children to swim. Her story is one of many being told in Dover Museum’s newest exhibition: At the End of History.

Trudy crossed from France to England, landing at Kingsdown near #Dover, after 14 hours and 34 minutes - a record time.

Verified. This happened.

Deal Man is very proud 🥲

At the end of history, what objects would you save? Whose story would you tell?

Curated by Dover Museum's Curating Visibility fellow, Karl Mercer, At the End of History is an interactive experience exploring how we engage with history and objects: who owns them? How do we use them? And what stories do we value?

In a world where disability objects are the last surviving objects; to connect the public to their past, does this increase their value? And does seeing the world through the lens of disability change our view as a whole?