The Museum of Walking is 15 years old… In 2007 we were lucky to be included in a walking an art residency took place in Banff in the Canadian Rockies. Our proposal was to create a museum of walking to showcase new works and to share the work of walking artists. The Banff experience was […]
Adapting the catchy lyrics of an Eddy Grant hit from the 1980s, this post on the All About Walking blog, is about a project we began in 2012. We had just won a contract from Greenwich Healthy Living Services to create walking and cycling routes around every health centre in the borough. To undertake this, […]
We don’t usually publish a review of the year but 2020 was somewhat exceptional for everybody including the Museum of Walking. We began the year with great hopes and a desire to broaden our offer over each season. We are not usually out and about in the winter months because the weather is inclement and […]
Probably the most well known quote regarding walking in the last fifty years and the key reason why we chose the 20 July 2019, that marked the 50th anniversary of the first Moon Walk, as the perfect day to run a creative writing walkshop with writing tutor and Museum Co-creator Rebekah Lattin-Rawstrone, to complement our flash […]
The title of the blog series is All About Walking but this week it’s all about Writing not just putting pen to paper but also reading the work of others, and encouraging people to write their own stories, all wrapped up around walking. This year marks the 60th anniversary of the publication of Laurie Lee‘s […]
We’ve been working with some great partners and co-creators in the last few weeks to bring together Sound Walk Sunday / September One such partner has been George Fort from Placecloud app – the app that allows you to record your opinions of a place, building, park, river or even a tree and have your […]
We are shouting from the roof tops about Sound Walk Sunday that launches on Sunday 1 September and runs throughout the following month. We thought it was only fair to give our co-producers and partners a chance to tell you a little about who they are and their interest in supporting Sound Walk Sunday. First […]
The first of September marks the first day of Spring in the southern Hemisphere and is celebrated in Australia as Wattle Day. Although the Museum of Walking resides in the northern hemisphere, we are keen to celebrate the 1st of September as well. Sound Walk Sunday, on the first of September 2019 will be the […]
