Siobhan gets trained as our first Somers Town Guide!
NEWS
Job opportunity!
We are looking for that special person … Help us launch a Museum!An exciting opportunity for an energetic individual with audience development skills Have you developed a small cultural start up?Do you spot opportunities and make connections?Are you a doer?Make a big difference to a small organisation Contract role initially with extension for a museum /… Continue reading Job opportunity!
The Somers Town Mural
Who would you put on a new mural of Somers Town? We want your ideas. We will be working with youth from April onwards to design a mural to go onto the hoardings around Phoenix Road. We will be painting every Saturday morning in June so it’s ready by July. We’re also setting up a… Continue reading The Somers Town Mural
Our next walk
Join us for a poetic walk about ‘Companionship’ on Thursday the 31st of March. Set off at 6pm at Somers Town Museum , 52 Phoenix Rd, Nw1 1ES for 18 ‘Associations’ around Chalton Street. Find out about William Godwin and Mary Wollstonecraft; and how the fairy tales behind St Pancras’ Art in Everyday life immortalise… Continue reading Our next walk
We’ve been shortlisted!
Somers Town Space with editcollective submission for the London Festival of Architecture Competition to design an installation for Somers Town has been shortlisted. We are delighted to work with the cutting edge female-led architecture practice, whose work was commisioned by the Barbican in 2021, and were invited to the Oslo Architecture Triennale with ‘Honey I’m… Continue reading We’ve been shortlisted!
Upcoming activities
Join us in our new activities for 2022 – Memory Cafe Wednesday afternoon, and Screenprinting Thursdays
2021.. in review!
Thank you for all your support in 2021. A Space For Us is looking forward to developing and welcoming you all to the Somers Town Museum.. watch this space! Here are a few of our best bits… What a year – from lockdown online work experience for 80 teenagers, to 3 outdoor hoarding exhibitions and… Continue reading 2021.. in review!
Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas and we hope it’s going to be a better 2022. That’s the timing of our official launch of the Somers Town Museum – A Space for Us. Some of the history we will cover in the year to come.
Jellicoe 100…Celebrations!
Jellicoe 100 on December the 1st, was a centenary and a tribute to Rob Inglis’ inspiring work, as well as a fundraiser for our museum.
Workshop on Bayes heritage
Interested in Gilbert Bayes local heritage? On Saturday we are holding a Workshop. We will talk about the heritage, then walk to see the remaining ‘finials’ then reconvene to compare and scan photos to create 3D digital models. See below for the agenda. The aim of the workshop is to test photogrammetry to capture the… Continue reading Workshop on Bayes heritage