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Visitors to The Bowes Museum have the chance to see an in depth exhibition focussing on a small but career defining painting created during a turning point in the life of the Spanish painter Goya, before a group of the Museum's key Spanish paintings go on loan to The Meadows Museum in Dallas in September.

The Director of The Bowes Museum, Adrian Jenkins, has curated this show, which looks specifically at the Museum's The Interior of a Prison.

This work was created after a tumultuous period in the painters life when he became severely ill and although he eventually recovered he was left profoundly deaf.

If you're planning on getting married then The Bowes Museum is the place to be this weekend.

We're holding a Wedding Open Day on Sunday 3rd March from 11am until 2pm.

See our magnificent venue, meet our Wedding Coordinator and suppliers who have everything to make your day truly special.

The Bowes Museum is holding a number of events before the end of its poignant WW1 'To Serve King and Country' exhibition.

The Heritage Lottery Funded First World War Commemorative Project is the culmination of five year’s work with the Community and its last day is Sunday 3 March.

We're running an introductory course on Art History.

Our Assistant Curator of Fine Art, Bernadette Petti will be holding six sessions exploring the history, meaning and significance of different art works and looking at the techniques and theories that have influenced artists.

The Bowes Museum is pleased to announce it has successfully won a quilt made by Hannah Hauxwell's grandmother at auction.

The quilt, made by Elizabeth Bayles, will become part of the Museum's internationally recognised North Country quilt collection.

It was one of 22 lots, 13 of which we quilts, from Hannah Hauxwell's estate that came under the hammer at Tennants Auctioneers on Saturday 9 February.