19/12/18 S crutiny C o m m i s s i o n : Heritage, Culture, L e i s u r e a n d Sport 2 0 t " November 2018 , 4rts d ~ ` i u s ~ u f ~ l s ~ ~ ` F ~ i ~ ~ ~ A , ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ u m i m e r 2O1S ~o~ C ~ ~ L eicester C i t y C o u n c i l M ay t h e Toys B e W i t h Y o u 2 1 s t J u l y — 2 8 t h October 2018 • The ' M a y the Toys B e W i t h Y o u e x h i b i t i o n ' s howcased o n e of the UK's f i n e s t c o l l e c t i o n s o f vintage S t a r Wars f i g u r e s and t o y s with o riginal cinema posters. • The e x h i b i t i o n r e v e a l e d the r o l e L eicestershire toy c o m p a n y P a l i t o y p l a y e d i n t his r e m a r k a b l e global s u c c e s s s t o r y . • The e x h i b i t i o n w a s based upon t h e c ollection of S t a r Wars enthusiast Matt F o x . I t included i n d i v i d u a l a c t i o n f i g u r e s , vehicles a n d p l a y s e t s and a fine c o l l e c t i o n of S t a r W ars f i l m posters C Q ' 1 J ~ V L eicester i r y C o u n c i l G 1
19/12/18 M ay The Toys Be With You . ~ , :~ /. I h j . . ~~~ c ~ . ~ 'o h —4 _ , ;_ ~~ ~' P 4 ~ ~~ `;i3,~ 1 `~~ ' ~ ~ ;tl ~ t 1. ~, r ~~ . , ~~ ~ ~ ` ~' ~p~ ~ J~ / - Leicester C ity Council . . ~ MTTBWY ~- ~_ ~ q 1 ~ ~ '~ 1 ~ . - r' ~ `. ~. ~ ~ ~ ~- - ~~ . ~ ~J - - Cow G ~ ~ Leicester a cy co~~~u 2
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19/12/18 M TTBWY: Visitors E xhibition May the Toys Be With You Fearless Foxes Splendours of the Subcontinent 2018 2016 2017 Y ear T otal Days 140 115 105 E xhibition Open T otal Visitors 75,570 100,208 61,600 A verage Visitors 720 716 535 P er Day * Comparable 75,570 65,234 53,269 E xhibition Dates • May The Toys Be With You: *21st July — 28th October 2018 • Fearless Foxes: 6th June — 23rd October 2016 (Fearless Foxes ~ O ~ w as originally due to close on the 11th of September 2016 but w as extended) ~~ • Splendours of the Subcontinent: 9th July — 29th October 2017 Leicester C ity Council M TTBWY: Social Media • Total social media reach (Leicester Museums F acebook — 381,931 and twitter — 189,255): 5 71,186 • Total Visit Leicester exhibition webpage views: 7 7,118 Cow C 1v L eicester C iry Coundl ~i
19/12/18 M TTBWY: Effect o n sa I es S ales at Walk New Museum - 2018119 compared with 2017118 £ 20,000 ~ a,~,x , —__~-~ £ 0 A YE 11ry June Juy A~pust Se9tmber C:;:::. ~O \ -J V V L eicester C ity Coundl A lice Hawkins and Votes for Women! . _ - ~~ -- ,, ; ~ ~ __ ~ ~ ,~~ r, ~ t ; r. » .,, _ ~ ~ :; cow w L eicester C iry Council 5
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19/12/18 L eicestershire Society o f Artists • 1 9 5 attended l a u n c h o n N o v e m 8t" b e r • 2 5 8 s e l e c t e d w o r ! < s a r e in the exhibition • A r e c number of o r d (nine) sponsors p r i z e s a n d L SA Student i n Award c l u d i n g a n e w s c u l p t u r e p rize ( ' T h e B u r g e s s Prize') and the arts a n d h ealth prize sponsored by U n i v e r s i t y of n L eicester N H S Trust ~~o~~ L eicester c r y co~~~~i L SA Exhibition h'~~ ~ - - _ _ -~ . F~ ~~ ~ ~ ~ ail Artists L eicerder S o c i e t y o f ~ l t : r ~. T : ~ - ' :y ~ t ~ r 1 1 f - " ` h 1 ' ~ ' _ r . S F ~ ` ~ ~ ` ' r . ~ ~O~ C .JL~ P hoto c r e d i t : M i c h a e l Moralee L eicester G iry Council II
19/12/18 A ncient Egypt Gallery ; ` F I ~. J ~, ~~ ~~~ — _ J _, , 9 L eicester _ Council City Gallery A ncient Egypt :y , I ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ i i _~ i 9 I ~ ~~ ~ ~ Cpl G ~ L eicester a ny ca~~~~i
19/12/18 A ncient Egypt Gal lery _ -~ =~~ n % ;\ L ~~ ~ 3 9 ~ 3119 - _ ~ ` / " ~' ~ i - ~ , y ~ ~ y ` ` ` ~ = -"' ~ ~ - Leicester A ncient Gal lery Egypt • 98 people attended the evening launch on O ctober 19t" 2018 • 1798 visitors in museum on opening day ( compared to 788 for same Saturday in 2017) • 222 participants in activities at Saturday l aunch Cod C 1~ L eicester c ~~y co~~~~i
19/12/1s O pen 29 Exhibition exhibition runs from 15t" December 2018 to T he Open 29 3 rd February 2019 £4,727 • The Income from entry fees is approximately indicative figure) ( this is an 352 artists have entered the main open producing 733 • i tems of artwork 1 72 young people have entered works generating a t otal art works across youth and main of 905 c ategories. ~o~ C ~~] L eicester C ity Council O pen 29 Exhibition C omparison to last year: • Last year's exhibition Open 28, was in the old library exhibition in the adult education building) s pace. (i.e. • Entry Fees generated £2,256* • 202 artists entered the main open, there were 178 youth entries. * Note: the entry fees were halved in 2017 to offset the impact of the location (some feed back had been received privately that c hanged v ery few artists were going to submit). At all other times during the show artist work Adult Education. ~~~ y ear it is free to at ~ JL~ L eicester C iry Council 10
19/12/18 E xhibitions 2019: Some Highlights • `Siam through the lens of John Thompson 1856-66', 8th Feb — 31St March. A stunning exhibition of large -size photographs e nlarged from the original 19th century photographic plates • 'MODS: Shaping a generation', 12th April — 30th June. The and Nottingham s tory of the 1960's Mod scene in Leicester w ith scooters, ephemera and original 1960's clothing as seen i n the Who's cult film `Quadrophenia • Richard III Portrait loan from National Portrait Gal lery, J uly —October 2019. Iconic portrait of Richard I II. ~`p'.J ~ l~ L eicester C i[y Council 11
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