Must-see exhibition at River & Rowing Museum
The Henley-on-Thames-based River & Rowing Museum is to stage a unique exhibition, celebrating the past and present triumphs of rowing in the UK.
‘The Perfect Rower – 100 years of racing for glory’ explores the gruelling training, strict nutrition and cutting edge equipment that modern Olympians use in their quest for gold-medal triumphs.
Visitors to the exhibit will learn about the training regimes of past rowers competing at the previous two London Olympic Games in 1908 and 1948, in a fascinating exhibition that charts the vast changes that have occurred in the sport over the past century.
The River & Rowing Museum already hosts the famous boat that carried Sir Steve Redgrave to his historic fifth Olympic gold medal, but the new exhibition is also set to include:
- Tom Aggar’s gold medal from the 2008 Beijing Paralympic Games,
- The gold medals of 1948 rowing duo Burnell and Bushnell, who upset the odds to become Olympic champions,
- The 1912 gold medal awarded to William Kinnear in the Single Scull in Stockholm,
- Fascinating items from the 1908 Olympics, including an illuminated oar awarded to the victorious British eight,
- A catalogue of memories from those who attended the 1948 Olympic Regatta in Henley, where Great Britain’s Richard Burnell took gold,
- A detailed insight into the changing dietary habits of a champion rower.
‘The Perfect Rower – 100 years of racing for glory’ will run from 31st March – 30th September 2012.
The River & Rowing Museum will also play host to two weeks of free, daily Easter egg hunts – allowing children to scour the museum looking for clues, with tasty prizes on offer.
For more information about the River & Rowing Museum, visit http://www.rrm.co.uk/.
