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The Bowes Museum is working with schools, care homes and many different community groups in a series of projects that complement its North Country Quilts: In Celebration of New Acquisitions exhibition.

The Museum's education team have taken inspiration from the book "The Kindness Quilt" by Nancy Elizabeth Wallace and are running, among other events, an intergenerational project linking Primary Schools across the region with Care Homes in Barnard Castle.  The artist Claire Ford is leading zoom workshops where the children and elderly people collaborate on making squares for a quilt.

Participation in the scheme has been so popular that it has now been rolled out to a total of 55 schools ranging from Bedlington to Northallerton and the Museum is inviting people to send in their own 15cm by 15cm square of fabric or paper to be included in a Great Giant Kindness Quilt.

The Bowes Museum is ready to welcome visitors back from Monday May 17.

There are lots of new and exciting things for people to enjoy when they visit.  North Country Quilts: In Celebration of New Acquisitions is hanging in the temporary exhibition hall ready to wow visitors and Cafe Bowes has undergone a refurbishment, complete with a tasty new menu.

Visitors can be reassured as the Museum has been deep cleaned, hand sanitisers have been refilled, guidance signage renewed and staff have been trained to greet people in a safe and timely manner.  An enhanced cleaning programme has also been put in place for regularly touched points.

The Museum also holds VisitEngland's 'We're Good to Go' certification, which means it's going above and beyond in everything to keep everyone safe.

We look forward to welcoming you back soon.

The Bowes Museum is thrilled to announce that it is to receive £704,161 from the Government's Culture Recovery Fund.

The award will help the Museum become more financially secure, undertake audience research and development, create a classroom and shelters in the grounds, hold more events and activities for all in the parkland and expand the outreach work it does with schools and care homes in the wider community.

The Museum is among more than 2,700 organisations to benefit from the latest round of awards from the £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund. 

There's lots of eggciting fun for everyone with The Bowes Museum this Easter.

Although the main doors may be closed, there are lots of events planned, including a return of the socially distanced outdoor guided tours and another virtual family fun day where you can join Julia Dunn 'live' from inside the Museum as she guides you through creating 3 different items inspired by our founders John and Josephine's magical love story, all from the comfort of your own home.

With two trails to enjoy in the grounds and various craft activities online, there's something for everyone to keep boredom at bay during the holiday.

For details about these and much, much more please click the 'Read more' button!

 

The Bowes Museum has received £20,000 from the Heritage Stimulus Fund, administed on behalf of the government by Historic England, to carry out a full condition survey on the grade 1 listed main building.

The survey's findings will help develop a five-year maintenance plan and the Museum will start a fundraising campaign to carry out any necessary work.

The Museum has appointed the York based specialist firm, Ferrey and Mennim to carry out the survey from March.