A photography competition has been launched to celebrate the 30-year anniversary of Witney's Cogges Manor Farm being a working Victorian farm museum. Pictures should be based around the theme of the photographer's favourite memory of the Oxfordshire County Council-run museum. The idea relates to a photographic display of images of Cogges in the Church Lane museum's Barley Barn, which has been on view for 30 years.
Entries to go on display - All photos will be shown to the public in a special exhibition in the museum's tearoom during the last week of August. They will then be kept in the county council's Oxfordshire County Photographic Archive.
Francesca Jones, Oxfordshire County Council's Manager for Cogges Manor Farm Museum , said: "There are lots of photogenic buildings, animals and scenes at Cogges that make for great pictures to be taken of. I am sure that the competition will receive many excellent entries which will prove a difficult job to judge." The responsibility for the running of Cogges will transfer to a charitable trust from April next year.
Prizes available - Pictures will be judged in three categories: under-10s, 11-16s and adult entries, with first, second and third prizes of book tokens to the value of £25, £15 and £10 donated by the Cogges Agricultural Heritage Museum Development Trust. Joan Brasnett from the county council's Museums Resource Centre will judge the entries on subject matter and composition. Photos should not include images of the public or children.
Prints should be 10" by 8" (200cm by 255cm). Entry forms are available from the museum or can be downloaded at www.cogges.org Entries should be posted to:
Photography Competition
Cogges Manor Farm Museum
Church Lane
Witney
Oxfordshire
OX28 3LA
Entrants should write their name and address on the back of all photos and enclose a stamped addressed envelope if they want their images returned. The closing date for entries is Friday, July 31.
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