The Museum of Small and Overlooked Things
Friday 13th November – Sunday 13th December 2026
The Harpur Centre
Bedford
MK40 1TJ
See below for opening hours
Bedford Creative Arts (BCA) has been working with artists Andy Field & Beckie Darlington (previous collaborations include The Book of Bedford) on The Museum of Small and Overlooked Things, a project created with children from four schools across Bedford. The children have been asked to choose objects that they care about or value, but that they believe adults think are unimportant. Curated by a smaller group of the young participants, a selection of these objects is presented for the public as a free, miniature temporary museum.
The exhibition is open to children, families, schools, and the public and will have a gift shop where you can buy the catalogue with the complete collection of all objects, a museum poster, postcard and a few more fun items.
Weekly opening times starting Friday 13th November
Wednesday to Saturday: 10am – 5pm
Sunday: 10am – 4.30pm
Sunday 13th December is the last day to visit.
Find out more on The Museum of Small and Overlooked Things project page here.
The Museum of Small and Overlooked Things was originally commissioned by Staatstheater Mainz.
Image credit (c) Andreas Vetter.