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Museums & Art Galleries in Cumbria
| Museums and Art Galleries in Cumbria, such as Museum of the Border Regiment & Kings Own Royal Border Regiment and Dove Cottage & the Wordsworth Museum are listed below. The county of Cumbria, consisting of the old counties of Cumberland, Westmorland and a substantial slice of Lancashire, is now the second largest of the English counties, containing within its boundaries the Lake District, a region of impressive grandeur. Cumbria...
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Museum of the Border Regiment & Kings Own Royal Border Regiment
Queen Marys Tower, The Castle, Carlisle, Cumbria
The Museum of the Border relates the history of Cumbria´s County Infantry Regiment, local Militia and Volunteer units from 1702 to the present day. Regiment & Kings Own Royal... more
Dove Cottage & the Wordsworth Museum
The Wordsworth Trust, Dove Cottage, Grasmere, Cumbria
In 1799 William Wordsworth went on a walking tour of the Lake District with his friend and fellow poet, Samuel Taylor Coleridge. He fell in love with Grasmere and Dove Cottage... more
Beatrix Potter Gallery
Main Street, Hawkshead, Ambleside, Cumbria
Beatrix Potter Gallery has the largest collection of Beatrix Potter´s published work, including most of the original watercolour illustrations and manuscripts from the `Peter... more
Museum of Lakeland Life & Industry
Abbot Hall, Kendal, Cumbria
Museum of Lakeland Life, situated in the stable block of Abbot Hall Art Gallery tells the story of how Lakeland folk lived and entertained themselves in the Lake District from... more
Lakeland Motor Museum
Holker Hall and Gardens, Cark-in-Cartmel, Grange-over-Sands, Cumbria
Lakeland Motor Museum houses over 30,000 motoring related exhibits that include cars, motorcycles and engines, plus one of the largest collections of automobilia including... more
The Ruskin Museum
Yewdale Road, Coniston, Cumbria
The Ruskin Museum is acclaimed by the Rough Guide to The Lake District, as `the most thought-provoking in the Lakes´. Telling the story of Coniston from the Stone Age to the... more
Cumberland Pencil Museum
Southey Works, Greta Bridge, Keswick, Cumbria
Visit Keswick´s Cumberland Pencil Museum, the home of the first pencil, and the Cumberland Pencil Co, home of pencil perfection since 1832. Walk through a replica of the... more
The Dock Museum
North Road, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria
The Dock Museum is built over an original Victorian Graving Dock, this modern Museum tells the history of Barrow-in-Furness. Discover the remarkable story of Barrow's rapid... more
Tullie House Museum & Art Gallery
Castle Street, Carlisle, Cumbria
Tullie House Museum has refurbished two of its permanent galleries to improve the display of its nationally important collection of Pre-Raphaelite art. This exciting... more
Abbot Hall Art Gallery
Abbot Hall, Kendal, Cumbria
Abbot Hall Art Gallery is a fine Georgian house containing an outstanding collection of fine art. Works are shown in period settings along with furniture and objets d´art of... more
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