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.
2BU - Exhibition at Central Library
4-29 March 2024
The 2BU exhibition is an exhibition of creative work by group members from Phoenix Rising MK and includes some of the work that was exhibited during the BU Festival at Milton Keynes Museum in August 2023.
All the work on show has been produced by group members from the day service, all of whom are adults with varying learning disabilities and support needs. Phoneix Rising MK is dedicated to providing high quality creative opportunities and professional standard resources, allowing each person to flourish and work to the full potential of their individual abilities.
“B.U.” is all about being you, embracing diversity and difference, standing up for yourself and your abilities whilst accepting others’ differences, challenges and insecurities. The work on show reflects each individual artist, their passions, interests, individual personalities and unique way of seeing the world.
Visit the exhibition in the Event Space on the ground floor at Central Library during regular opening hours.
Watch a virtual tour of the exhibition on YouTube.
Uniquely Wired Art Exhibition
7 March to 4 April 2024
The Uniquely Wired exhibition is a showcase of talented Milton Keynes based artists. Exploring and celebrating neurodiverse creativity it brings together a broad range of artistic mediums including paint, photography and 3-D design.
Visit the exhibition on the first floor at Central Library between 7 March and 4 April to be taken on a journey from the streets of Milton Keynes to the fjords of Iceland before heading to outer space ...
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.