Leicester City Council will host the exhibition at its New Walk Museum. Deputy City Mayor Cllr Piara Singh Clair said: “New Walk Museum has a long history of celebrating key moments in local social history, so I’m delighted that our flagship museum will be hosting this fascinating exhibition of 1960s youth sub-culture next spring.”
“The fashion, art and music that were such key elements of Mod life will help bring the exhibition to life, but what makes it particularly interesting is that the content will be inspired by local people’s true stories, with eye-witness accounts provided by Mods from both Nottingham and Leicester.”
Jo Jones, Head of Arts and Museums:
“The exhibition provides a great opportunity for both the local community and visitors from other parts of the UK to learn about and experience social history and heritage that might otherwise not be available or recorded and the link with the 40th year of Quadrophenia could help to generate economic advantages for the city. The project provides an opportunity for existing and new museum volunteers to learn new skills and get training to help visitors to the exhibition to learn about social history from 1960s and work alongside Mods who are contributors to the exhibition and the young people involved with making the creative content for the Soft Touch exhibition.”
