UK/ V&A Museum of Childhood, London – upcoming exhibition
Small Stories: At Home in a Dolls' House
Advance notice that the Museum of Childhood is getting us ready for a major exhibition that will be running from 13th December 2014 to 6th September 2015, and which “will reveal the fascinating stories behind some of the UK's best-loved dolls' houses, taking you on a journey through the history of the home, everyday lives and changing family relationships.”
You can follow the exhibition blog, which has got off to a very nice start with “Dearest Daughter-in-law” by Alice Sage, here:
http://www.vam.ac.uk/blog/small-stories-museum-childhood/dearest-daughter-in-law
– animating the inanimate through the use of a back story and our imaginations.
Dearest daughter in law
www.vam.ac.uk
In the Tate’s fine Manor House, Mrs Johanna Tate has received a letter from her mother-in-law. Johanna’s first pregnancy is a cause of nervous excitement, and everybody has advice of one sort or another. We can read over her shoulder: 12th March 1795 Johanna, Are you confined yet my dear? You must b…