News: Children’s surfboard art competition launches
added to the website on May 06, 2012
As part of our 2012 exhibition ‘The Art of Surf’ the Museum of British Surfing has launched a children’s surfboard art competition in partnership with local award-winning board builder Gulf Stream. Young people visiting the museum can let their imagination run riot and come up with designs they’d like to see on a surfboard. There ……»
News: Surf museum donates funds to Braunton Youth Club
added to the website on Apr 24, 2012
The Museum of British Surfing has donated £300 to Braunton Youth Club to help provide extra activities for local young people. The award is the latest community initiative by the charity, first established in the North Devon village in late 2009. Earlier this year it organised a gardening project involving youth centre members and pupils ……»
News: Museum of British Surfing VIP launch party
added to the website on Apr 19, 2012
News: New surf museum’s 1,000th visitor
added to the website on Apr 15, 2012
The Museum of British Surfing was delighted to welcome its 1,000th visitor on Saturday April 14th. London surfer Matt Philpott walked through the doors straight from a surf session to be presented with one of the museum’s new organic t-shirts to mark the milestone. The museum opened just 8 days earlier in its new permanent ……»
News: Museum of British Surfing launch party
added to the website on Apr 14, 2012
The Museum of British Surfing launch party saw legends of British surfing rubbing shoulders with current champions, grant funders and supporters from across the UK. More than 150 people attended the event, sponsored by Skinners’ Brewery and Finisterre clothing, which featured an exclusive performance from Cornish musician Neil Halstead. Representatives from the museum’s grant funders ……»
News: Young people make a difference
added to the website on Mar 23, 2012
What a difference a day makes! Teams from Braunton Youth Centre and Kingsacre Primary School got their hands dirty yesterday creating sustainable mini gardens in Braunton’s main Caen Street car park. Just 24 hours earlier there were six old and neglected concrete planters (see photo gallery below) – not a great sight for the thousands ……»
News: Youth planting project at surf museum
added to the website on Mar 20, 2012
Young people are sprucing-up a run down part of Braunton in a youth community gardening project this week. Teams from Kingsacre Primary School and Braunton Youth Centre will replace neglected old concrete planters on the village’s main Caen Street car park, with new timber framed ‘mini gardens’. The scheme is being run by the Museum ……»
Corporate Supporters: Skinner’s Brewery
added to the website on Mar 15, 2012
Skinner’s Brewery in Truro are a key partner for our launch event in April 2012. Founder Steve Skinner is a surfer, his son Ben is one of the world’s top longboard surfers. The Cornish brewers have a long track record with surfing & we’re proud to have them as a sponsor.
Corporate Supporters: Marsdens Cottage Holidays
added to the website on Mar 15, 2012
Marsdens Cottage Holidays are a Braunton business who understand what it means to make a difference in their local community. They provided generous sponsorship for our community gardening project involving young people in the village. If you’re coming to stay in North Devon to visit the Museum of British Surfing, Marsdens have a great range ……»
Corporate Supporters: Bates Wells & Braithwaite
added to the website on Mar 15, 2012
Our registration as a Charity has been made possible by the donation of legal fees by Thea Longley at charity specialists Bates Wells & Braithwaite in London. Thea is a bodyboarder who regularly travels to North Devon in her VW camper. The pro bono work by Thea and her team has been invaluable and efficient ……»
News: Museum of British Surfing opens April 6, 2012
added to the website on Mar 01, 2012
The Museum of British Surfing opens the doors to its new exhibition venue in Braunton, North Devon for the first time on Good Friday. Its inaugural exhibition is ‘The Art of Surf’ – displaying 200 years of art in surfing from the sketches of early explorers through to works by contemporary British surfing artists. Among ……»
News: Charity skate marathon ends at Braunton Bowl
added to the website on Aug 08, 2011
The newly painted Braunton Bowl hosted the final leg of a truly amazing 24 mile skateboard marathon on Tuesday, August 9th. The Four Parks Tour 2011 was organised by Lampard Skate Club – Lampard is a school for students aged 7 to 16 with complex needs including autism, speech and language difficulties. The skaters pushed-off ……»
News: A private view
added to the website on Oct 09, 2010
We’re working flat out at the moment putting together the design & build contracts for our new exhibition & event space at The Yard in Braunton, finalising all the legal stuff and getting stuck in to some serious fundraising to add to our existing Leader 4 grant. So while we’re bashing away at the laptop ……»
News: Revealing our new home
added to the website on Sep 15, 2010
Work is set begin to create the UK’s first surfing museum following confirmation that a £250,000 core funding package and building has been out together. The Museum of British Surfing, the national registered charity, will be based in Braunton, North Devon and will open soon. The museum has a vast collection of surfboards and memorabilia ……»
News: UK surf museum plans move forward
added to the website on Jul 19, 2010
The Museum of British Surfing is on target to open in North Devon, following the news that its major grant application has been approved and an agreement reached on a building. The funding through Leader 4 will allow the museum to start recruiting staff from October this year, begin work to design new exhibitions, and ……»
News: New website and branding
added to the website on Jun 02, 2010
We are stoked to launch our new branding and website for the Museum of British Surfing – part of our development work funded by Leader 4. We hope our new identity will let the world’s surf community know how proud we of our surfing and heritage here in Great Britain. The emphasis on the ‘wave’ ……»