Art Competition. What’s Your Favourite Wonder?

What’s your favourite wonder? 

What’s your favourite treasure at Saffron Walden Museum? We invite you to unleash your creativity and celebrate our 190th birthday in style! Grab your pens and pencils to illustrate your favourite wonder from the Saffron Walden Museum Collection. Are you captivated by animals, enchanted by buried treasure, or inspired by global adventures? Everyone has something special that catches their eye, so why not bring it to life on paper? Join the fun and let your imagination run wild! Enter for a chance to see your design brought to life on our 1840s printing press.  Four lucky winners will have a VIP printing experience where their designs will be transformed into tote bags and printed on the big press. Due to the nature of the press design will be printed in single colour.

Shortlisted entries will be displayed at the museum reception from 14 April to 20 April, and the winners will be decided by public vote.

To enter, draw your favourite wonder from the Saffron Walden Museum and send it to  Museum@Uttlesford.gov.uk, Saffron Walden Museum, Museum Street, Saffron Walden, CB1 1BN, or drop it off at the museum’s welcome desk. Remember to label it Favourite Wonders competition. 

Closing date for competition entries is the 11/04/2025

Competition Terms and Conditions.

• The competition is organised into age categories: 6 and under, 7 to 12, 13 to 17, and 18 and over.
• The winning designs will be printed onto 100% cotton tote bags. Each winner will receive a complete set of designer bags.
• All creators retain ownership of their work; however, by submitting it, you grant Saffron Walden Museum a royalty-free license to publish, broadcast across all media, sub-license, print, or reproduce your entry and display it on any other platforms, including those yet to be envisaged.
• This licence will be deemed to include all the necessary rights and permissions for the Saffron Walden Museum to use it to complete the administration of this competition.
• You can contact Museum@uttlesford.gov.uk to withdraw consent for the use of your artwork.
• Your submission may be shared publicly on social media, the Saffron Walden Museum website, and within the museum itself during and after the submission period.
• Your entry must be original work and should not be copied, must not include any third-party materials or content you do not have permission to use, and must not violate the rights of any other party.
• If the Saffron Walden Museum believes your entry is not your own work or otherwise violates this paragraph, it may, at its sole discretion, choose not to consider it.
• Any false information presented in relation to the art competition regarding identity, details, ownership rights, non-compliance with these terms and conditions, or similar matters may lead to the immediate withdrawal of your entry from the art competition.

Winning Entry Selection.

Entries will be shortlisted by museum staff and volunteers.

Shortlisted works will be judged by the public from April 14 to April 20, 2025, in the main reception area of the Saffron Walden Museum.

The finalists will be notified via email and/or telephone by Wednesday, May 28th 2025

There is no guarantee that your work will be used at any point during the campaign.