The new £7.75 million St Albans Museum + Gallery will open its doors to the public on Friday 8 June following a two-year restoration of the City’s Georgian Town Hall. Visitors will be invited to enjoy a dynamic programme of events to celebrate the opening of this arts, heritage and cultural attraction in the newly-transformed building. Set to be a world-class centre for arts and culture at the heart of one of Britain’s most historic cities, the St Albans Museum […]
In October 2017 the St Albans Museums and Galleries Trust participated in Localgiving’s Grow Your Tenner campaign, raising £400! The campaign matched one-time donations pound-for-pound up to £10. Funds raised will go towards the ambitious project to transform the St Albans Grade II* Listed Town Hall into a new Museum + Gallery. Mike Gray, Chair at the Trust, said: “Grow Your Tenner provided a brilliant opportunity for us to bring in funds and engage with our community. All donations make […]
Help us bag £4000! The St Albans Museums and Galleries Trust is bidding to bag a donation from the Tesco Bags of Help initiative. Tesco teamed up with Groundwork to launch its community funding scheme, which sees grants of £4,000, £2,000 and £1,000 – raised from carrier bag sales in Tesco stores – being awarded to local community projects. Three groups in every Tesco region have been shortlisted to receive the cash award and shoppers are being invited to head along […]
Business leaders and champions recognised at St Albans Chamber of Commerce Awards Gala at Club Batchwood 220 guests enjoyed a sparkling atmosphere at Club Batchwood last Thursday celebrating excellence in our Business Community. The great and the good gathered at this well-known St Albans venue where the air was full of excitement and anticipation for the 2017 St Albans Chamber Community Business Awards dinner. The 45 finalists, took to their seats waiting for the ceremony to begin with nine awards […]
Mike Gray, Chairman of the St Albans Museums and Galleries Trust talks to local community radio station Radio Verulam. Hear about what the trust does, and how we work with our partners to sustain the museum service. Also hear about plans for next year’s opening of the new city centre museum. “Raising money for our museums and galleries” Radio Verulam – 20 July 11am (please click the link above, it starts about 8.5 minutes in)
A grant from The Finnis Scott Foundation will help transform old servants’ quarters into intimate gallery spaces in St Albans Town Hall. The work is part of a £7.75 million project to transform St Albans’ Grade II* Listed Town Hall into a state-of-the-art new museum and art gallery for all to enjoy. The new museum will house a number of galleries of varying sizes, including the large Assembly Room gallery and the newly excavated vault gallery. The Finnis Scott Foundation […]
The 25th November 2017 sees the eagerly anticipated return of the Ultimate Civic Disco. The second in a series of events celebrating 50 years of the Civic Disco organised by local entrepreneur Graham Kentsley After a sell-out first event at The Alban Arena in March be sure to get your tickets early. Re-live the mid 1970’s with a good “old school” cheesy disco, from ABBA to the Bee Gees and everything in between! All proceeds from the event will once again […]
Over 1,000 names have been added to the Town Hall museum ‘Walk of Fame’ as locals write themselves into St Albans’ history. Local charity the St Albans Museums and Galleries Trust (registered charity no. 1051868) has been running the Honours Boards appeal since March 2016, raising money to fund the new museum and art gallery in St Albans. Donors who give £250 or more will be recognised on oak panel Honours Boards to be displayed in the new museum. This […]
5 Directors of the St Albans Chamber of Commerce were treated this month to a behind the scenes tour of the on-going work to transform the Town Hall into a state-of-the-art new museum and art gallery. The St Albans Museums and Galleries Trust & the Museums Service shared the exciting progress taking place behind the hoardings, including the excavation of the basement gallery. Contractor Willmott Dixon have been digging down below the original foundations through what was formerly the floor […]
The Trust was delighted to receive a cheque for £2,074.00 from Louise Attrup, executive partner at Debenhams Ottaways solicitors which resulted from their fundraising efforts towards the new Museum and Gallery being created in the Town hall at the centre of St Albans. Mike Gray, Chairman of the Trust said ” We are delighted to receive this cheque from a very supportive local firm. We have less than £0.5m to go now, having raised £1.2m and these contributions help us […]
