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The Swindon Arts Centre reopened in January 2003 following its refurbishment. Improvements included the addition of a lift in the new entrance foyer to give easy access to the auditorium on the first floor, new accessible toilets and new seats in the auditorium. In 2010 the venue underwent a major refurbishment.
The Swindon Art Gallery collection was established in 1944 by a local benefactor, H. J. P. Bomford, through a significant donation of artworks. [1] Until June 2021 it was displayed in Apsley House, a 19th-century former house [2] on the corner of Bath Road and Victoria Road in Swindon's Old Town, [3] but had to leave when Swindon Borough Council decided in the summer of 2021 that the building ...
Salisbury Arts Centre: Salisbury: Wiltshire Art website, performing and visual arts centre Science Museum at Wroughton: Wroughton: Swindon Science Features large objects of the Science Museum (London), open only by pre-booked tours in the summer STEAM - Museum of the Great Western Railway: Swindon: Swindon Railway
Arts Centre, Devizes Road Swindon: 2003: Mark Amis Sculpture: Bronze: 9 feet tall Cow: Great Western Hospital, Swindon: 1987 (original location) [55] / September 2003 (current location) [56] Tom Gleeson Sculpture: Wielded steel: Originally located outside the Princess Margaret Hospital. [56] Film Star: Shaw Ridge Leisure Park, Swindon
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The Wyvern Theatre is a 635-seat indoor auditorium in Swindon, England, opened in September 1971. It is owned by Swindon Borough Council and operated by Trafalgar Entertainment. [1] In March 2019, Swindon Borough Council stated the building was likely to reach the end of its life by 2027, when its operations contract ends.
An art centre or arts center is distinct from an art gallery or art museum. An arts centre is a functional community centre with a specific remit to encourage arts practice and to provide facilities such as theatre space, gallery space, venues for musical performance, workshop areas, educational facilities, technical equipment, etc. [ 1 ]
During the 1930s the grand ball room was added to the Swindon store, with the chandeliers and panelling coming from the cruise liner Mauretania. Stars who performed there included Diana Dors and The Beatles (1962). [9] In the 1950s the business started to struggle and changed hands. Stores were closed, including the Reading store in 1955. [10]