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Antiques Roadshow returns for another spectacular search at Firstsite
14th November 2024
Press release: The second episode filmed at Colchester’s Firstsite, will air Sunday 17 November on BBC One at 20.00 The Antiques Roadshow returns to Essex with more antiques discoveries, heirloom histories and treasure hunting amongst the galleries…
Find out moreFirstsite Collectors’ Group Bursary Awards 2024
7th November 2024
Apply for the Firstsite Collectors’ Group Bursary Awards 2024 The Firstsite Collectors’ Group Bursary Awards scheme aims to support artists working in Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk with their professional career development. These annual awards are made possible through…
Find out moreAntiques Roadshow’s return to Essex after eight years will broadcast this Sunday
5th September 2024
Press release: The first episode filmed at Colchester’s Firstsite, will air Sunday 8 September on BBC One at 20.00 An episode of one of the BBC’s most celebrated programmes, Antiques Roadshow, will be broadcast this Sunday, featuring…
Find out moreLeonora Carrington returns to the region that helped inspire her surrealist world
12th August 2024
Press release: Leonora Carrington: Avatars & Alliances 26 October – 23 February 2025 This autumn, the first exhibition of Leonora Carrington’s artwork in the East of England will take place at Firstsite in Colchester. Leonora Carrington:…
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