Exhibition Gallery
Open Monday to Saturday, 9.30am till 4.30pm
FREE ENTRY
Our gallery shows a changing programme of exhibitions from local and national artists and crafts people. We showcase community projects and our museum collection. There are lots of opportunities to get hands on with workshops and interactive elements of our shows.
Current Exhibition
Designed for War: The graphic power of Second World War posters
Saturday 3 May – Wednesday 23 July 2025
Marking the 80th Anniversary of VE Day, this exhibition explores the power of design in shaping public perception and fueling the war effort. Highlighting a wide selection of posters donated to Craven Museum by W.W Holgate which were collected during the war itself alongside objects from the museum’s collection, it connects national narratives to the local histories of Craven and beyond.
Image: Image IWM (Art.IWM PST 8297)
Gallery & Museum Phone Boxes
Gallery Phone Box
In Spring 2024, Yorkshire based illustrator Ekaterina Sheath was commissioned to create this installation in the Gallery phone box.
The recent restoration of the front of Skipton Town Hall included the refurbishment of two red telephone boxes that have stood at the main entrance to the building for over sixty years. They are much loved by the town and its visitors, and we wished to create a space to celebrate our local heritage, creativity, and community.
Skipton Town Hall’s Exhibition Gallery shows an exciting changing programme of exhibitions throughout the year, ranging from fine and applied arts and crafts, heritage themes relating to our museum collections – to showing work evolved from working in partnership with varied community groups.
Ekaterina drew inspiration from past exhibitions – choosing to celebrate behind the scenes curation, visitors, archival objects, and artworks. This includes illustrations from Ekaterina’s own 2022 exhibition ‘Transient Treasures’, which was displayed in the Gallery.
Museum Phone Box
In the spring and summer of 2023, emerging artists Caitlin Mawhinney and Charlotte Murray were commissioned to create the art installation in the Museum phone box.
The recent restoration of the front of Skipton Town Hall included the refurbishment of two red telephone boxes that have stood at the main entrance to the building for over sixty years. They are much loved by the town and its visitors, and we wished to create a space to celebrate our local heritage, creativity, and community.
The artists explored memories of Skipton’s historic Town Hall and the town it inhabits and worked with local community groups to uncover moments of life throughout Skipton and the Town Halls’ past.
The dioramas explore a timeline of significant moments through local history up to the present day – to encourage visitors to reflect on their own special memories of growing up, living, or holidaying in Skipton while exploring Craven Museum.
Thank you to the local community for sharing their stories with us.
Past Exhibitions
Exhibition Gallery Archive
Visit our archive to look back through past exhibitions and events in the Exhibition Gallery since 2021.
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