Discover MK
The Discover MK Showcase area is on the first floor at Central Library. It is the primary showcase for the archive, museum and heritage of Milton Keynes and the surrounding area. It has a regularly changing series of exhibitions throughout the year and more information can be found on the Discover MK website.
Nightlife MK - from September 2023
A nostalgic look back at some much-loved nightclubs and venues from the city centre’s past - if you lived it up at The Point, Zazoos, Austens, Ultra Vegas (and more) back in the day pop along and see if you can see yourselves in any of the photos!
This is another fantastic exhibition brought to you by Living Archive MK.
A Music Icon: I K Dairo MBE - Exhibition at Central Library - 4 October to 1 November 2023
Exhibition in the Event Space at Central Library
4 October to 1 November
Celebrating 60 years of I K Dairo's MBE award to services to music across the Commonwealth - the only African musician to have received this honour. Free admission during library opening hours.
I K Dairo is the only African musician to have received the honour of MBE.
Amongst other accomplishments, he started STAR Records Ltd in 1969. This was the first African record label owned by its artists. He has performed in England and represented Nigeria at the Negro Arts Festival held in Dakar in 1965 as well as the World Music Festival in Tokyo in 1972.
Saluting our Sisters - Exhibition at Central Library - 4 October to 1 November 2023
Exhibition on the first floor at Central Library
4 October to 1 November
Commissioned for this year's Black History Month theme 'Saluting our Sisters' this exhibition tells the stories of the lives and contributions of ten pioneering black women of Milton Keynes. The women will be honoured at the MK Black Excellence Awards on 28 October 2023.
JOIN ME: Our 2020 Events - Memorial Quilt at Stony Stratford Library
Visit Stony Stratford Library to see this lockdown memorial quilt on display. It’s a community quilt project by Thread Thread Wine to memorialise the events that we most missed in 2020, whether cancelled, lost or postponed because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Soraya Tate, founder of Thread Thread Wine
At Christmas 2020 I decided to make a memorial quilt, dedicated to acknowledging the events and opportunities that we lost in 2020.
- I would create a quilt square about my own losses.
- I would invite others to do the same about their losses.
- I would join the pieces to make a quilt.
- I would display the quilt in December 2021 at an event for the makers.
This is the project so far; I hope you enjoy viewing it and reading about it. We have 42 submissions and the quilt is 3m long.
We have made some of the squares into cards for sale, to raise money for the mental health charity MIND.
If you would like to contribute your artwork to this project, please email Soraya or visit the Thread Thread Wine (TTW) Facebook page.
Read more about the background to this project, the inspiration and the artists who have contributed by visiting the Memorial quilt project page.