From Corinium to the Cotswold Tradition : the first 100 years of the Old Museum.

Caroline, Collections & Education Manager at the Corinium Museum, will speak about the history of the Corinium museum from its founding to its move to Park Street, and its brief resurrection for the Festival of Britain. Caroline believes that museums remain important and can provide a positive social experience and can help to reduce social isolation as well as provide learning opportunities and skills develop. Museums raise a sense of community and can increase opportunities for finding meaning. Caroline Morris has a PhD in cultural history from UWE.


Dr Caroline Morris has been using fabric and foraged dye stuffs to imbue meaning and document her experience of landscapes and their history and her work featured in an exhibition at the museum in 2024.