Celebrating 500 Years of Nottingham High School in the Community

Friday 28 September to Sunday 13 January at Wallner Gallery. Open 11am to 4pm, Monday to Saturday, and noon to 4pm, Sundays and bank holidays. Admission is free.

The exhibition explores the relationship between Nottingham High School and its community, illustrated through the lives of the people who belong to it. Drawing on material from the school’s archives and from collections at the University, it shows how early efforts to organise education in a small market town helped lay the foundations for a great city driven by learning.

The story touches on the lace industry, international sport, military service, public service and migration. It demonstrates the intelligence and commitment of the people who dedicated their lives to the education of local boys, and whose influence spanned lifetimes. It encompasses the climate of change that blew a Nottingham miner’s son through education to become the most controversial British writer of the 20th century.

The exhibition has been curated by Nottingham High School in collaboration with Manuscripts and Special Collections at the University.