Walking up Bohemia Road the other day to shop at Lidl, and passing Hastings Museum & Art Gallery (website), I realized how much I miss my visits to the Museum, every month or so! But, during the lockdown they set up Hastings Digital Museum to help counter isolation and potential loneliness. They have since published a daily programme on facebook, twitter and instagram (I don't use instagram, sorry, so no link) but I'm sure that, like the other two, #HastingsDigitalMuseum will get you there.
The daily programmes publish posts and activities on all 3 social media platforms, including downloadable resources for children and families, videos, recordings of regular activities, and with opportunities for feedback and discussion. The most recent video explores the myth of 'toadstones' and an example of an activity can be see above and below, with a #HastingsDigitalQuilt based on *Edward Leslie Badham's painting of 'Corner House and Blue Saloon' at the bottom of the old town High Street.
And the finished product (immediately above), the #HastingsDigitalQuilt, with a little under 200 contributions made, nice one! Indeed, yesterday they posted a black and white version of the picture (Kate Hulme website), available to download for children to colour in, and not a few adults too I'd imagine. It's well worth keeping an eye on one of the social media platforms, enjoy, and maybe learn a bit too!
*Edward Leslie Badham was born in South London (Clapham) in 1873, and moved to St Leonards by 1911, later teaching at Hastings School of Art. He painted numerous watercolours of Hastings (many now owned by Hastings Museum & Art Gallery) until he died on the 12th of March 1944, together with his only daughter Dorothy May Badham, when his home in Priory Road suffered a direct hit during a bombing raid.
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