“In line with the latest UK Government guidance, the Robert Owen Memorial Museum will be closed from Monday 23 March 2020 until further notice. Thank you for bearing with us at this difficult time.”
Last few calendars
There is still some calendar stock left. Rex Shayler, Chairman of the Robert Owen Museum, will be despatching the remaining 2021 Robert Owen 250th Birthday Commemorative Calendars in 2021, but there are only a few left, so place your order today on www.robertowenmuseum.co.uk/shop
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BBC Programme
Wales and the History of The World
A BBC programme called “Wales and the History of the World” aired again on BBC 1 Wales on Sunday 13th December, where the presenter, Eddie Butler, visited the museum and introduced Robert Owen as “the man who helped enlighten the “dark satanic mills around the world”. It was originally aired in March 2010.
Eddie Butler looked at the symbols and ideas we’ve chosen to represent us for the past 6,000 years, give or take a decade – everything from the red dragon to the red flag and from ancient burial mounds (via the bible) to the iPod. And it’s not just one way traffic into Wales. Eddie comes face to face with the man who helped enlighten the “dark satanic mills” around the world. He learns about a community in India that still sings Welsh hymns – Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau is their anthem, and they prefer lamb with mint sauce to a curry.
You can see the TV programme again on BBC’s IPlayer app online or using your TV and go to IPlayer and search for “Wales and the history of the world” or “History of Wales” and look for Episode 1: Ideas and it is 12 mins 28 secs into the half an hour programme when he visits the museum.
BBC programme
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000qgnk/wales-and-the-history-of-the-world-series-1-4-ideas
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Robert Owen at Christmas in Newtown
Robert Owen’s statue is lit in blue again for the 3rd year in his garden in Newtown, Powys, Mid Wales.
Free to enter and open to the public.
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Virtual museum tour
The museum may be closed due to Covid-19 restrictions in the UK. In the meantime, today, you can experience our virtual tour.
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Robert Owen around Newtown
Robert Owen is to be discovered all around Newtown. You can visit his tomb in St. Mary’s churchyard or his statue in his garden. He features in the Town Council crest and logo. His birthplace can be visited outside in Broad Street. There are numerous plaques around Newtown.
Here are some photographs taken by Andy Newham of his tomb and his statue.
Robert Owen’s tomb
Robert Owen’s statue
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Calendar for sale
Calendr 2021 Calendar for sale
Price £3.50 + P&P
Grŵp Hanes Lleol y Drenewydd 2021
Newtown Local History Group 2021
Calendr Goffa 250 Mlwyddiant Penblwydd Robert Owen
Robert Owen 250th Birthday Commemorative Calendar
Post a Pacio y DU (Llythyr Mawr)
UK P&P (Large Letter) 1st and 2nd options
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Past birthday celebrations in Newtown
Every year, people throughout the world, have come together to remember the life and importance of Robert Owen on his birthday in May. Here are the past 5 year’s birthday celebrations in Newtown. Photos taken by Andy Newham.
248th in 2019
247th in 2018
246th in 2017
245th in 2016
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Ways we remember him
The people of Newtown have gathered and celebrated the birthday of Robert Owen on 14th May in many ways over the years. Cakes have been baked and eaten. Children have marched down the streets of Newtown and danced around his statue. Speeches have been made. Music has been played. Old and young people have met in social gatherings in Newtown to eat cake and drink tea. You can see some photographs below of the celebrations in Newtown in 2016 and 2017.
In 2020, the museum had to close, and celebrations were affected by the coronavirus pandemic – but a small number of people lay flowers at his statue even amid that world event to show their respect for him.
In 2021, people in Newtown will celebrate his 250th birthday, and other parts of the world, people will also join in these celebrations, as allowed. A calendar has been produced and is being sold online to raise funds for the charity that normally open the museum.
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Make a donation
The museum is a registered charity and needs your donations to continue to work.
All of the Trustees and Officers are unpaid volunteers who give their time freely to ensure the smooth running of the museum.
If you wish to make a donation, we will be very appreciative. If you you are a UK taxpayer, we can recover an additional 25p for every £1 you donate, through the HMRC gift aid scheme. Please contact us, if you wish us to send you a gift aid form.
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Many people from the Newtown area, and farther afield, have helped to keep the museum alive since it first opened in 1929, having been established as an organisation the previous year..
We are looking forward to celebrating Robert Owen’s 250th birthday in 2021.
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