The latest fascinating exhibition at Bailiffgate Museum & Gallery in Alnwick looks at the 1950s and 1960s – two decades of major social change.

This wide-ranging show beautifully captures a period of rapid acceleration, bookended by postwar austerity and cosmic ambition. Visitors will be transported from an era of strict food rationing – where an adult’s weekly allowance was a single egg and four ounces of bacon – to the thrilling dawn of the space age and the 1969 lunar landing. A major highlight of the show is its exploration of personal expression and style. Drawing from the museum’s extensive archive, the display tracks the dramatic evolution of women’s fashion, contrasting the structured, full skirts of the conservative 1950s with the liberating, radical miniskirts that came to define the swinging sixties. Whether you want to reminisce about life before the internet or discover how the north-east navigated away from an era of outdoor loos (brrr…) towards new high streets and emerging colour TVs, this family-friendly exhibition offers a wonderful, reflective look at the ingenuity that shaped our modern world.

Ration Books to Moon Landings, until 30 August, Bailiffgate Museum & Gallery, Alnwick, bailiffgatemuseum.co.uk