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Abbot Hall Art Gallery
Abbot Hall, Kendal,
Cumbria
LA9 5AL
Tel: 01539 722464
Email: info@abbothall.org.uk
Web: www.abbothall.org.uk
Abbot Hall
is a Grade I Listed Georgian building
and is one of Britain's finest small art galleries.
The excellent variety in
our exhibition programme ensures that there is always something exciting and
new to see at Abbot Hall. In addition the Gallery Coffee Shop serves
everything from a cup of fresh coffee to an appetising light meal.
Armitt Library Museum
Tel: 015394 31212
Rydal Road
Ambleside, Cumbria.
Library of famous historical literary figures in
the area.
Beatrix Potter
Gallery
Main Street, Hawkshead
Tel: 015394 36355
Annually changing exhibitions of
original drawings and illustrations
Border Regiment Museum
Carlisle Castle
The
Border Regiment Museum contains the history of
Cumbria's County Infantry Regiment, the Border Regiment and the King's Own
Royal Border Regiment and local Militia.
Displays comprise uniforms,
weapons, equipment, medals (including four VCs), silver, pictures,
memorabilia, dioramas, video presentations and anti-tank guns. Outside is a
25-Pounder Field Gun of 1940 and a Ferret Scout Car.
Within the Castle walls are the
barrack and other military buildings dating from the 19th century. The museum
has a shop with many souvenirs and publications.
Cumberland
Toy and Model Museum
Banks Court, Market Place,
Cockermouth, CA13 9NG
Tel: 01900 827606.
Web:
www.toymuseum.co.uk
This is a
museum where everyone can re-live their childhood.
The museum exhibits a wide
selection of mainly British toys from 1900 to the present in adjoining
carefully restored late 18th Century buildings.
There are many visitor operated displays including
0 and 00 gauge tinplate trains, Scalextric cars, Meccano, Lego models and
even a helicopter to fly. Whatever your age there should be something to
remind you of your childhood.
Cumberland Pencil Museum
Southey Works, Keswick,
Cumbria
CA12 5NG
Tel: 01768 773626
Email: museum@acco-uk.co.uk
Web: www.pencils.co.uk
The museum traces the
history of pencil making from the discovery of graphite to present day
methods of pencil manufacture. The story is told using exhibitions and video
presentations.
The Dock Museum
North Road,
Barrow in Furness, Cumbria LA14 2PW
Tel: 01229
894444
Email:
dockmuseum@barrowbc.gov.uk
A
spectacular modern museum built over an original Victorian Graving Dock. Here
you can explore the fascinating history of Barrow-in-Furness, and discover
how it grew from a tiny 19th Century hamlet to the biggest iron and steel
centre in the world. The galleries and dockside
site include a special exhibitions gallery, and a landscaped site with an
adventure playground.
There is a cafe and a museum
shop, and ample free car parking. Admission is free.
Dove Cottage and Wordsworth Museum
Town End, Grasmere,
Ambleside
Cumbria
LA22 9SH
Tel: 01539 435544
Email: enquiries@wordsworth.org.uk
Web: www.wordsworth.org.uk
Dove Cottage was William
Wordsworth's home from 1799 to 1808.
The award winning museum
displays the Wordsworth Trust's unique collection of manuscripts, books and
paintings interpreting the life and work of Wordsworth, his family and
circle. There is a major special exhibition every year.
Haig Colliery Mining Museum
Solway Rd, Kells, Whitehaven CA28
9BG.
Tel: 01946 599949
Situated on the site of
the former Haig Pit in Whitehaven, which closed in 1986.
The winding engine house and headgear are being
restored to their former glory.
The museum is open all year from
11.00am to 5.00pm everyday except Wednesday.
Entry is FREE.
Kendal Museum
Station Road, Kendal,
Cumbria
LA9 6BT
Tel: 01539 721374
Email: info@Kendalmuseum.org.uk
Web: www.kendalmuseum.org.uk
Kendal Museum is one of
the oldest museums in the country. It’s fascinating collections include local
Archaeology, History, Geology and a Natural History collection from around
the globe.
Keswick Museum
and Gallery
Station Road,
Keswick
Tel: 017687
73263
Large
collection of original manuscripts from lake poets and writers
Lakeland Motor Museum
Holker Hall, Cark in Cartmel,
Grange-over-Sands
Cumbria
LA11 7PL
Tel: 01539 558509
Email: publicopening@holker.co.uk
Web: holker-hall.co.uk
The Museum is situated
within the idyllic surroundings of Holker Hall
and
features a 1930’s garage re-creation complete with authentic workshop tools
and equipment plus rare automobilia providing a fascinating insight into the
pioneering days of motoring.
4c
Upper Brook St, Ulverston, LA12 7BH.
Tel
01229 582292
Everything you
want to know about them is here. This amazing collection of memorabilia is
believed to be the largest in the world and includes letters, photos,
personal items and furniture. A small cinema shows free films and
documentaries all day.
Disabled persons have full access
- fun for all the family.
Maryport Maritime Museum
Senhouse Street, Maryport
Tel: 01900 813738
Wealth of objects, models and
paintings illustrating Maryport's maritime tradition.
Mineral and Fossil Museum
2 Crown St, Cockermouth, CA13
0EJ.
Tel/Fax 01900 828301
Mining for minerals in
Lakeland and Northern England dates back to Roman times
and the museum exhibits some of the finest Northern England mineral
specimens. There is an extensive range of miner's
lamps, tools and artefacts. An unusual feature of the museum is the
impressive fluorescent display of minerals. A wide
range of mineral and fossil specimens can be purchased to suit everyone from
the beginner to the serious collector in the
adjoining Museum Shop.
Museum of Printing
102
Main St, Cockermouth, CA13 9LX
Tel:
01900 824984
The Printing Museum has a varied
and fascinating range of printing presses brought together from all over
Britain. The collection is housed in a building dating back to the 16th
Century. Walking round the museum takes you on a journey through time,
starting with a display describing printing from its 15th Century origins.
The museum aims to cater for all tastes and the
large, varied and ever-changing displays will appeal to all ages.
Middlegate, Penrith, CA11 7PT.
Tel: 01768 867466
The recently refurbished museum
is housed in an
Elizabethan building which was altered in 1670 and used as a school until the
early 1970's. Here you can see
the history, geology and archaeology of the Penrith area. Exhibits include
some Roman pottery from the Roman Fort near Plumpton, and 'cup and ring'
stones from Maughanby.
Ruskin Museum
Yewdale Road, Coniston,
Cumbria
LA21 8DU
Tel: 01539 441164
Web: www.coniston.org.uk
This award-winning museum
presents an interesting introduction to the philosopher, John Ruskin.
Displays include local geology, the history of slate working, copper
mining, sheep husbandry and Ruskin linen and lace.
Threlkeld Quarry and Mining Museum
Threlkeld Quarry, Threlkeld,
Keswick
Cumbria
CA12 4TT
Tel: 01768 779747
The Museum is
situated on the site of a disused granite quarry at the northern tip of the
Helvellyn mountain range and has interpretive
displays of Lakeland Geology and quarrying, mining history and a mineral
display.
Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery
Castle Street, Carlisle
Cumbria
CA3 8TP
Tel: 01228 534781
Email: tulliehouse@carlisle-city.gov.uk
Web: www.historic-carlisle.org.uk
Award winning Tullie
House Museum & Art Gallery - the story of Carlisle and the Borders. Hadrian's
Wall, Romans, railways, local history, wildlife and a stunning Border Reivers
audio-visual show.
Windermere Steamboat Museum
Rayrigg Road, Windermere
Tel: 015934 45565
Steamboats and other vintage
crafts on a lakeside setting
The
World of Beatrix Potter
The Old Laundry, Crag Brow,
Bowness-on-Windermere, Windermere,
Cumbria
LA23 3BX
Tel: 01539 488444
Email: beatrixpotter@hop-skip-jump.com
Web: www.hop-skip-jump.com
At the world of Beatrix
Potter you can discover Peter Rabbit, Jemima Puddle-duck and all their
friends in a magical recreation of Beatrix Potter's little books, complete
with the sights, sounds and even the smells of the countryside.
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