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Museum Director invited to Buckingham Palace

Category: In the press

May 22nd, 2024


First published in Bedfordshire Times & Citizen, 22/05/24

www.bedfordtoday.co.uk

Director Zara Matthews in front of Buckingham PalaceDirector Zara Matthews in front of Buckingham Palace


Panacea Museum Director Zara Matthews recently attended the King’s Garden Party at Buckingham Palace for the Creative Industries, as a representative of the museum sector.

The event, hosted in collaboration with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, saw 4,000 guests from the worlds of art, heritage, film, broadcasting and fashion enjoy tea and cake on the palace lawn. The King and Queen, and the Duke of Edinburgh were in attendance.

The lucky guests catch sight of King Charles, Queen Camilla and Andrew Duke of EdinburghThe lucky guests catch sight of King Charles, Queen Camilla and Andrew Duke of Edinburgh

Zara has worked in museums for over 30 years, taking on the role at the Panacea Museum in 2022. Additionally, she is also a trustee of Ramsey Rural Museum and Chair of the Museum Managers Network.

Zara said: ‘Guests were delighted to see the King and Queen, and I came within feet of meeting the King as His Majesty spoke with Tess Daly and Vernon Kay. It was a lovely day and a wonderful celebration of arts, media and heritage in the UK.’

Zara feels that the Panacea Society ‘Would have enjoyed the immaculate lawns, beautiful trees and colourful flowers, as well as the cucumber sandwiches (crusts cut off of course).’

A sunny and lush day in the palace gardensA sunny and lush day in the palace gardens

The Society believed in signs and dates, and it’s likely they would have found great significance in so many of their most important events having an anniversary in 2024.

The King’s Garden Party took place on the 15th May, the same day Southcott’s cradle arrived in Bedford.

The Panacea Society were ardent Royalists and believed in the Divine right of the King. They kept scrapbooks of the royal family and especially followed the progress of Prince Charles as he was then. That the Garden Party took place on the anniversary date of the cradle arriving in Bedford would surely have meant something to them.

The Panacea Museum is holding a day of centenary celebrations on Saturday 25th May, find details here: panaceamuseum.org/events


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