CEREDIGION Museum is looking for people who have memories they would like to share about their experiences at the Coliseum.

Ceredigion Museum in Aberystwyth is starting a project called Gathering Memories to create an oral history archive about the Coliseum. The project is part of the New Approaches project worth £1.3m, paid for by the Heritage Lottery Fund.

The memories will form an archive that will be used for creating new displays and a film about the history of the Coliseum. The memories will also be used as inspiration for the creative design of the new shop and café.

The Coliseum was opened as a theatre in 1905 and became a cinema in 1933. It closed in 1976 and reopened as the Ceredigion Museum in 1982.

Carrie Canham, curator at Ceredigion Museum said: “The Coliseum is a very special building and visitors often tell us about their fond memories when they visit. We’ve started to record these memories for posterity, including those of Walford Hughes, who was born in 1920 and remembers seeing performances and magic lantern shows here when it was still a theatre.”

To find out how to get involved please call the team on 01970 833 087 or e-mail [email protected].

Or drop in at the Museum on Saturday, 6 August, between 2pm and 4pm for a cup of tea, when there will be Coliseum memorabilia for visitors to look at that may jog memories further.

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