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Community Pop-up Exhibition
With content contributed by Runnymede Art Society, Strode’s College, Magna Carta School,
local churches and residents’ associations and local branches of NADFAS, the WI and U3A, our
exhibition in the United Church of Egham was not only a celebration of 800 years of Magna
Carta but a showcase of community engagement with the anniversary. The exhibition included
the Magna Carta story told through graphic novel banners and Lego, banners that explored the
grievances behind the charter’s clauses with specially commissioned illustrations and the stories
of how Magna Carta has influenced generations of reformers, radicals, statesmen and lawyers
across eight centuries. Over 4,000 people visited the exhibition in Egham (which ran from the 1st
June to the 29th August), with over 1,400 visiting on Magna Carta Day alone.
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