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Maidstone Museum holiday fun
Maidstone museum is a free fun place for the whole family – there is always something to explore, learn and discover. See the 2,000 year old Egyptian mummy, visit the dinosaur gallery, find out about local industries and explore the Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment Museum.
Easter craft activities:
April 16 & 17, 22, 23, 24 & 25 - Easter Egg Hunts, £1 per child Monday April 11 – Wonderful Wings Tuesday April 12 – Easter grass Heads Wednesday April 13 – Farmyard Animal Petting drop in 11am to 3pm. FREE activity. Thursday April 14 – Victorian Peg Dolls Friday April 15 – Pop-up Easter Cards Monday April 18 Sock Hop Bunnies Tuesday April 19 Easter Egg Cosy Wednesday April 20 Bouncing Bugs Thursday April 21 Bonnie Baskets
May Half term craft activities:
Tuesday May 31 – Swooping Bird Kites Wednesday June 1 – Egyptian Crowns Thursday June 2 – Dinosaur Pop-up Cards Friday June 3 – Clay Egyptian Artefacts Activities are for the under 12s. Weekday drop-ins are from 10.30am – 12.30pm and 1.30pm to 3.30pm. Saturdays 10.30am – 4.30pm, Sundays 11.30am - 4pm. Cost: £2.50 per child.
Visit Maidstone Museum, St Faith’s Street, Maidstone ME14 1LH, call 01622 602838 or log onto
www.museum.maidstone.gov.uk
Statue to mark 36 Royal Engineers
Sculptor Mary Cox has been commissioned to create a life-size bronze statue of a 36 Royal Engineer, to be displayed in Brenchley Gardens, Maidstone. The statue will depict an engineer, in dress uniform.
£35,000 must be raised by public subscription to pay for the statue. If you would like to make a donation, visit
www.maidstone.gov.uk. The Maidstone Trust will administer the donations. The statue is expected to be unveiled in November 2011.
Maidstone museum gets energy efficient
Maidstone Museum’s new East Wing Project will reduce the museum’s carbon footprint.
The extension has a ground source heat pump and solar photovoltaic panels. Energy efficiency was also considered throughout the design process.
Ground source heat pumps work by extracting heat from the ground to provide a clean way of heating buildings. In the case of Maidstone Museum, heat collecting pipes will be buried in a number of boreholes in the grounds of the museum to extract heat to provide heating and cooling for the extension. The only energy used by ground source heat pumps is electricity to power the pumps. Typically, ground source heat pumps will deliver approximately three or four times as much thermal energy (heat) as is used in electrical energy to drive the system. This will be installed instead of a more common gas fired boiler, thereby reducing the carbon footprint of the extension.
Solar photovoltaic panels will be provided on the southern facing parts of the roof of the new Japanese Gallery, which will be situated in the copper clad extension above the new museum entrance.
Solar Photovoltaic panels work by converting energy from the sun into electricity which can be used by the museum. The solar photovoltaic panels are due to be installed in combination with a north lighting system, which involves a pitched roof comprising solar photovoltaic panels and windows which will take advantage of north light, thereby reducing the lighting requirements in the gallery.
Abseil funds reach new heights
A group of council staff got into the spirit of fund-raising, while getting an injection of adrenalin at the same time. Ten staff took part in the Kent Messenger organised charity abseil on March 26 to help raise money towards the museum’s East Wing Extension.
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