Make! Believe! Make!

Take a fresh look at fascinating works of art as the old meets the new in this exciting exhibition at the City Museum. A number of different modern crafts artists have been exploring the museum’s stores to find their inspiration. Find out what they chose and why. Some artists have made new work in response to the museum objects they have chosen; others have made intriguing links between their existing work and museum’s collections.

You can discover what unusual connections have been made, for example between major maritime disasters and delicate porcelain, natural science and ceramics, and images of massive volcanic eruptions combined with tiny decorative objects.

This thought-provoking show reveals how the making of art has changed over time and how these artists created their work.