Advantages: Strong on local history Disadvantages: Not good for the disabled
...set the record straight. The Portsmouth City Museum and Records Office is barely a mile from where I live, so I decided one Sunday morning to see what sort of culture there was right on my doorstep. To my surprise, I discovered a small sculpture by Barbara Hepworth as well as a work by Victor Pasmore. I therefore stand corrected.
An imposing red brick building, the museum is not purpose built but a former barracks. It is situated on Museum Road, ... ...who had been lecturers at Portsmouth Polytechnic (now Portsmouth University), and I actually recognised the names of one or two of them, having attended as a student for a year many moons ago. It was here too that I found the small but delightful 'Figure in a Landscape' by Barbara Hepworth. Interspersed with these modern works were a grandfather clock, one or two contemporary chairs, a porcelain water fountain and various other treasures. A strange ...
denella 21.04.2008
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I have just read this review and feel that I must point out that there is adequate disabled access as there is an internal lift. the reviewer must have missed it.
I have been to the museum many times and it is very good. I worked on the embroidery mentioned. ...
anniestuns 23.09.2008
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