The following press release was issued on 2 May 2018:
RALEIGH 400 – celebrating the life of Sir Walter
Raleigh
Fairlynch
Museum wins National Lottery support
Fairlynch Museum, Budleigh
Salterton, has received £15,400 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) for
Raleigh 400, an exhibition and events celebrating the life of Sir Walter
Raleigh in this year, the 400th anniversary of his death.
Made possible by money
raised by National Lottery players, the exhibition will include Sir John
Everett Millais’ famous painting ‘The Boyhood of Raleigh’ on loan from the
Tate, London. The exhibition will open on 28 May and run until 31 August.
Alongside the exhibition
there will be a recreation of the painting of ‘The Boyhood of Raleigh’ on 28
May as part of Budleigh’s Gala Week on the spot beside the Raleigh wall on the
sea front where Millais painted the picture in 1870.
Thanks to National Lottery
players, the Raleigh 400 project will also enable local young people to
discover more about Sir Walter, his life and times in Devon and his dramatic
career as a courtier and favourite of Queen Elizabeth, an adventurer and a
poet; and his execution on the order of King James. Volunteers will play a key
role in the creation of the exhibition and people of all ages will be able to
get involved in events.
Walter Raleigh was born in
about 1553 at Hayes Barton, East Budleigh. Arguably, he is one of the most
significant historical figures from East Devon. With his pioneering attempts to
establish the first English-speaking colony in the New World, well before the voyage
of the Pilgrim Fathers in 1620, he contributed to the creation of the United
States of America. Its founders were
inspired by what many saw as his republican ideas. Millais’ painting celebrates
his seafaring spirit and is an outstanding image from the national art
collection.
Commenting on the award,
Trevor Waddington, Chairman of Fairlynch, said: ‘We are very pleased to have
received support from the National Lottery towards this ambitious project and
plan to engage local people and visitors through our exciting exhibition and
events’.
Fairlynch Museum was
established in 1967 to serve Budleigh Salterton and the Lower Otter Valley. The
museum is a charitable organisation run entirely by volunteers. It cares for
significant local collections of geology, archaeology, local history, fine art
and textiles. The museum is open to the public every day (except Mondays) from
Easter to the end of October.
About the Heritage Lottery Fund
Thanks to National
Lottery players, we invest money to help people across the UK explore, enjoy
and protect the heritage they care about - from the archaeology under our feet
to the historic parks and buildings we love, from precious memories and
collections to rare wildlife. www.hlf.org.uk
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