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RUGBY Art Gallery and Museum has unveiled plans to mark its 25th anniversary next year with a special programme celebrating the arts, heritage and culture.
Since first opening its doors in 2000, the Little Elborow Street venue has become the permanent home to the acclaimed Rugby Collection of contemporary art, the borough’s social history collection, and the Tripontium Collection – the trove of Roman artefacts excavated from a site on the outskirts of Rugby.
To date, the venue has welcomed more than 1.5million visitors and educated more than 50,000 school pupils through its learning programme.
The 25th anniversary programme includes Blueprints, a special exhibition which traces both the architectural foundations of the Rugby Art Gallery and Museum building, and the history of the Rugby Collection.
The anniversary plans also include commissioning an artist to create a sculptural play space for children in the building’s grounds, and working with local artists to create new products to sell at the Rugby Visitor Centre shop.
Heritage takes centre stage during the programme with displays of seldom seen gems from both the social history and Tripontium collections, together with monthly talks celebrating significant chapters in the borough’s history.
The programme also includes plans to revamp the school learning programme and host exhibitions showcasing the borough’s young artistic talent – Future Faces, an exhibition of self-portraits by eight to 16-year-olds, and When I Am 25, an exhibition which challenges school pupils to imagine, design and create objects which could play a pivotal role in everyday life when they reach the age of 25.
Coun Maggie O’Rourke, Rugby Borough Council’s spokesperson for partnerships and wellbeing, said the anniversary programme aimed to celebrate the venue’s contribution to the borough and inspire the next generation to embrace the arts, heritage and culture.
She said: “We want the anniversary celebrations to look back at what the venue has achieved and look to the future, encouraging the borough’s young people to discover the wealth of benefits the arts, heritage and culture can bring.
“We can promise a few surprises during the 25th anniversary programme – with one major part of our plans remaining under wraps for now.”
Her Liberal Democrat counterpart Coun Neil Sandison added: “The diversity of the exhibitions and events which take place at the venue, together with the work carried out by the team in our wider communities, make it more than a museum and more than an art gallery.”
Visit www.ragm.co.uk for more information about exhibitions and events at Rugby Art Gallery and Museum.
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