Treasures from the Castle: Highlights from Fermanagh County Museum’s collections

Louise, 1939
12 June – 3 July 2015

From paintings by William Scott to rare examples of Belleek Pottery, enjoy this showcase of treasures on tour during a major development programme at Enniskillen Castle. This is the first touring exhibition from the new Fermanagh and Omagh District Council. Continue reading “Treasures from the Castle: Highlights from Fermanagh County Museum’s collections”

Archive Blog – May 2015

Ciao Venezia! William Scott at the 1958 Venice Biennale

L-R: Mary Scott, Tim Nicholson, Robert Scott and William Scott, British Pavilion, Venice, 1958. Photograph © James Scott

Dark-haired gondoliers, sunlight glinting on the water, the graceful curved arches of the Doge’s Palace – just some of the memories of Venice captured in a series of black-and-white photographs in the William Scott Archive. Continue reading “Archive Blog – May 2015”

Archive Blog – May 2015

Victory in Europe!

Victory, 1945

This Friday, 8 May, marks the 70th anniversary of VE Day (Victory in Europe Day). Although it was not the end of the war altogether – fighting would continue in the Far East and Pacific until Japan’s surrender in August 1945 – after six years of war in which millions had died, VE Day was at least – as Winston Churchill phrased it – a ‘day off’. Continue reading “Archive Blog – May 2015”