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City DiscoveryCentre

@MKCityDiscovery

Educational charity based at #BradwellAbbey
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Have you entered the DestinationMK🎈 Photo Competition yet? Help us capture internationally significant modern heritage, art, architecture and design and win a Prize! MK Gallery City DiscoveryCentre Living Archive MK AHA-MK ow.ly/mXXb50REiah

Have you entered the @DestinationMK #LookAgain Photo Competition yet? Help us capture #MiltonKeynes internationally significant modern heritage, art, architecture and design and win a Prize! @MK_Gallery @MKCityDiscovery @livingarchive1 @AHA_MK #NewCity ow.ly/mXXb50REiah
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The finale to our Good City project will showcase the outcomes of conversations, ideas & creative expression with the community.

Come along for family-friendly crafts, old maps & photos, and the chance to see new artwork.

11am–1pm, 2nd June, Cruck Barn

mkcdc.org.uk/events/good-ci…

The finale to our Good City project will showcase the outcomes of conversations, ideas & creative expression with the community. Come along for family-friendly crafts, old maps & photos, and the chance to see new artwork. 11am–1pm, 2nd June, Cruck Barn mkcdc.org.uk/events/good-ci…
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The Wolverton Sports Club 'Pineapple' pavilion. Designed by Swiss architect Pierre Botschi in 1972, the experimental GRP structure wasn't popular with the club and was replaced in 1980. Apparently sold to a chicken farm near Yeovil, Somerset, does it still exist?
X sleuths: Go!

The Wolverton Sports Club 'Pineapple' pavilion. Designed by Swiss architect Pierre Botschi in 1972, the experimental GRP structure wasn't popular with the club and was replaced in 1980. Apparently sold to a chicken farm near Yeovil, Somerset, does it still exist? X sleuths: Go!
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Well done if you knew this was Wolverton Sports Club on Osbourne Street! It was nicknmaed The Pineapple and later bought by a chicken farm in the south west.

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Here's this week's ... where in Milton Keynes is/was this? Answer revealed at 4pm today!

Show off your local knowledge and share your memories.

You can explore more of our Image Archive online here: bit.ly/MKCDCIMA

Here's this week's #MysteryMonday... where in Milton Keynes is/was this? Answer revealed at 4pm today! Show off your local knowledge and share your memories. You can explore more of our Image Archive online here: bit.ly/MKCDCIMA
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Discover Milton Keynes' medieval hidden gem in the heart of our city!

Free site tour around Bradwell Abbey and a peek into the 14th century pilgrimage chapel.

Sunday 26th May, 11am

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Discover Milton Keynes' medieval hidden gem in the heart of our city! Free site tour around Bradwell Abbey and a peek into the 14th century pilgrimage chapel. Sunday 26th May, 11am mkcdc.org.uk/events/site-to…
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We're back Milton Keynes Museum Saturday 18th May with a drop-in session all about the Forest City!

11am - 2pm, usual museum admission charges apply. More info: miltonkeynesmuseum.org.uk/forest-city-18…

📸 MAH/02/02/003 - watercolour of Ouzel Valley Park by Andrew Mahaddie for MKDC, November 1972.

We're back @MKMuseum Saturday 18th May with a drop-in session all about the Forest City! 11am - 2pm, usual museum admission charges apply. More info: miltonkeynesmuseum.org.uk/forest-city-18… 📸 MAH/02/02/003 - watercolour of Ouzel Valley Park by Andrew Mahaddie for MKDC, November 1972.
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.City DiscoveryCentre returns to the Museum on Sat, May 18, hosting family-friendly activities for our A Museum for a New City project.
Forest City is a chance to learn about the landscaping plans of the early days of MK.
Drop in from 11am - 2pm. Usual Museum admission charges apply.

.@MKCityDiscovery returns to the Museum on Sat, May 18, hosting family-friendly activities for our A Museum for a New City project. Forest City is a chance to learn about the landscaping plans of the early days of MK. Drop in from 11am - 2pm. Usual Museum admission charges apply.
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Flow are excited to announce the pilot launch of an arts and heritage trail championing Milton Keynes’ design history!
lookagainmk.city
Look Again tells the story of the new city’s people and places and highlights its standout heritage, art, architecture, and design.🧵

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Did you realise you live in an open-air art gallery? is your guide to Milton Keynes’ standout modern heritage, art, architecture and design. Start your journey: lookagainmk.city City DiscoveryCentre Living Archive MK

Did you realise you live in an open-air art gallery? #LookAgain is your guide to Milton Keynes’ standout modern heritage, art, architecture and design. Start your journey: lookagainmk.city #NewCity @MKCityDiscovery @livingarchive1
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Well done if you knew this is Bouverie Square in Central Milton Keynes! It's just behind Wetherspoons and Olive Tree. Pic from July 1990.

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Here's this week's - show off your local knowledge and tell us where in Milton Keynes this is! Answer revealed TOMORROW (because we're closed for the Bank Holiday today).

You can explore more of our Image Archive online here: bit.ly/MKCDCIMA

Here's this week's #MysteryMonday - show off your local knowledge and tell us where in Milton Keynes this is! Answer revealed TOMORROW (because we're closed for the Bank Holiday today). You can explore more of our Image Archive online here: bit.ly/MKCDCIMA
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Explore the original aims for MK on our website dedicated to The Plan for Milton Keynes. View a digital version of The Plan, read the summary and enjoy artworks summarising the six goals

➡️theplanformiltonkeynes.co.uk

Part of our Good City project, funded by The National Lottery Heritage Fund

Explore the original aims for MK on our website dedicated to The Plan for Milton Keynes. View a digital version of The Plan, read the summary and enjoy artworks summarising the six goals ➡️theplanformiltonkeynes.co.uk Part of our Good City project, funded by @HeritageFundUK
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Thank you to everyone who popped along to the latest drop-in session at the weekend, hosted by our friends City DiscoveryCentre and held here at the Museum.
If you spent time with us making model cities and mixing with the re-enactors, we hope you had fun!

Thank you to everyone who popped along to the latest drop-in session at the weekend, hosted by our friends @MKCityDiscovery and held here at the Museum. If you spent time with us making model cities and mixing with the re-enactors, we hope you had fun!
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A modernist masterpiece all around you - a new look at CMK.

Look Again is your guide to Milton Keynes’ standout modern heritage, art, architecture and design. Start your journey ➡️ lookagainmk.city

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A modernist masterpiece all around you - a new look at CMK. Look Again is your guide to Milton Keynes’ standout modern heritage, art, architecture and design. Start your journey ➡️ lookagainmk.city #LookAgain #NewCity #DesignCity #NewCityArchive #MiltonKeynes
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Hartwell Road in Ashton, Northamptonshire. The house in the middle of the picture is being re-thatched.

From the glass plate negative collection of Maurice Kitchener. Copyright of the Kitchener Family. Discover more here: bit.ly/KitchenerCDC

📷 KIT/1/120

Hartwell Road in Ashton, Northamptonshire. The house in the middle of the picture is being re-thatched. From the glass plate negative collection of Maurice Kitchener. Copyright of the Kitchener Family. Discover more here: bit.ly/KitchenerCDC 📷 KIT/1/120
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TODAY! Discover Milton Keynes' medieval hidden gem with us on a free site tour of Bradwell Abbey, 11am - 1pm.

Plus, Good Times Cafe will be on site serving their delicious toasties and sweet treats.

TODAY! Discover Milton Keynes' medieval hidden gem with us on a free site tour of Bradwell Abbey, 11am - 1pm. Plus, Good Times Cafe will be on site serving their delicious toasties and sweet treats.
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TODAY! Discover the new city with us Milton Keynes Museum, 11am - 2pm.

Meet our re-enactors, do some model craft activities and view special displays. Part of the A Museum for a New City project.

miltonkeynesmuseum.org.uk/the-model-27-a…

TODAY! Discover the new city with us @MKMuseum, 11am - 2pm. Meet our re-enactors, do some model craft activities and view special displays. Part of the A Museum for a New City project. miltonkeynesmuseum.org.uk/the-model-27-a…
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