A look back at the building excitement at Petersfield Museum & Art Gallery ahead of the opening of their milestone Peggy Guggenheim: Petersfield to Palazzo exhibition to mark their 25th anniversary. Visitor numbers are up 200 per cent on last year.
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00:00When I became a trustee a few years ago, one of our dreams was that we would
00:09create a museum that could bring in loans that would put Petersfield on the
00:17map. It will bring people in to Petersfield. The exhibition has been
00:22inspired by the five years that she lived just outside Petersfield, between
00:28Petersfield and South Harting in Hearst, and it was here that she began her life,
00:35dedicating her life to collecting art, supporting artists and opening galleries
00:40and museums. So that's why it's called Petersfield to Palazzo, because her
00:44collection, her world-renowned collection of contemporary avant-garde modern art
00:49can now be seen at her former home, which was a Palazzo in Venice.