Simon Costin, Un/Common People and The Museum of British Folklore - a History Museum & Art Swindon is delighted to welcome Simon Costin, the director of the Museum of British Folklore, and one of the team of curators of our Wessex Museums Partnership exhibition Un/Common People: Folk Culture in Wessex. He’ll be talking about the museum, its fascinating folk collections and developing Un/Common People with the museums of Wessex: Swindon Museums, Wiltshire Museum, Salisbury Museum, Poole Museum and Dorset Museum. The Museum of British Folklore is the UK’s first ever museum dedicated to the seasonal customs and events of the UK. It’s also a collection in search of a home! Simon will talk about the museum’s collections early beginnings in 2009 and give an overview of its many exhibitions, including the blockbuster about folk costume, Making Mischief, at Compton Verney in Warwickshire, and looking at how Un/Common People: Folk Culture in Wessex came to be. Why folklore? Folk culture has seen a resurgence of interest in recent years, with more and more people getting out to celebrate the turning of the seasons, singing, dancing, processing, telling stories and making marvels. Simon’s been fascinated with folk customs and lore since he was a teenager, saying he finds it, ‘fantastical but real’. He’s been a member of the Gay Bogies, a Jack-in-the-Green troupe in Hastings, and he brings his experience as an artist, art director and exhibition designer to all his projects. He’s worked in the fashion industry with Alexander McQueen, and put on exhibitions in places as diverse as the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and off-grid in a forest in Argyll. This is a fantastic opportunity to gain insight into the behind-the-scenes planning and execution of our latest exhibition and gain insights into the world of curation. Don't miss out on this exciting chance to interact with a leading figure in the art world!

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