By Louise Irvine Chelsea Rousso’s Unity in the Community installation has returned to WMODA for our reopening. Chelsea has been busy during the last year developing her exciting public art project. Since September, she has been exhibiting at Plunge Beach Resort and has recently unveiled a spectacular new wall of

By Louise Irvine Our new Elephant Safari exhibition at WMODA features luxurious home furnishings created by the Ardmore Design Studio. For over a decade, Ardmore has been reimagining motifs from their iconic ceramics into textiles and wall coverings to transform our living spaces. Celebrate the beauty of the natural world

By Louise Irvine Get into the festive holiday spirit with our Cheers exhibition featuring Royal Doulton character jugs. Many of them are enjoying a glass of ale or a nip of whisky as a winter warmer. Toby jugs originated in British pubs at the end of the 18th century and

As we prepare for the reopening of WMODA, we are seeking volunteers to join our dedicated museum team. We need help welcoming visitors to our new Hollywood location and enhancing their experience in the exhibition galleries. We have a new audio tour to guide guests through the collections on display

By Louise Irvine John Eyre was one of the stars of Doulton’s Lambeth Studio, creating stunning exhibition vases and tile murals for the world’s fairs. He taught pottery painting to young women and was also a very talented painter and book illustrator. Towards the end of his career, he produced

By Louise Irvine Elephants have been our focus recently as we prepare for our upcoming WMODA exhibition and the arrival of the Great Elephant Migration in Miami Beach. However, we must not forget the other pachyderm in peril, the magnificent rhinoceros. It is estimated that poachers kill one rhino every

By Louise Irvine Dale Chihuly’s brilliant glass art has been reimagined as magic carpets thanks to a successful partnership between his glassblowing studio in Seattle and The Rug Company’s weavers in Kathmandu, Nepal. He has created four more magical designs for his Masterpieces Collection, which was launched in 2020. WMODA

By Louise Irvine The cornucopia, also known as the horn of plenty, is a symbol of abundance and prosperity which originated in Greek mythology. The cornucopia became popular in European harvest festivals and is now associated with the Thanksgiving holiday. Enjoy this cornucopia trivia with your friends and family around

By Louise Irvine The ghoulish faces of jack-o’-lanterns are a familiar sight at Halloween. They were inspired by an Irish myth about Stingy Jack, who tricked the devil and was denied entrance to heaven and hell. Grotesque faces were also a specialty of the eccentric Martin Brothers, who sought inspiration