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Curator : Eva Bredsdorff Curadur : Eva Bredsdorff

“A Question of Sports”

An exhibition asking how museums collect modern-day items illustrated by contemporary sports memorabilia

from Welsh museums & collections

@ Powysland Museum, Welshpool Until 28th of February 2012

The exhibition brings together sports items in Welsh museums from the last 60 years ranging from a uniform worn by a Welsh team member at the 1958 Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, through to souvenirs of the Ryder Cup in Newport 2010 and recent football and rugby items.

Compiling the exhibition has shown that many sports are either under- represented in Welsh Museum collections or missing completely. Collecting is mostly passive although some museums are now beginning to collect from high profile events.

Visitors to the exhibition will be asked to respond by telling museums what museums should be collecting to represent their recent history- not just sport – so that future museum displays are relevant and representative.

The exhibition is at Powysland Museum Welshpool until February 28th 2012 and then tours other museum venues in Wales during 2012 and 2013.

The exhibition is part of Contemporary Collecting Wales, a Museums Association Effective Collections Special Project funded by the Esmee Fairbairn Foundation. The exhibition is also supported by Welsh Government through the Federation of Museums and Art Galleries of Wales. The project has come about as Curators are more aware of the need to collect the present and the project will look at how museums should do this working together across Wales.

Opening hours

Weekdays (except Wednesday): 11am-1pm and 2-5pm; Saturdays: 11am - 2pm