Keswick Museum
Come rain or shine, no visit to Keswick is complete without a trip to the Town’s award-winning museum, situated next to the beautiful Fitz Park and near the popular Keswick to Threlkeld railway trail.
Through exhibitions, family activities and special events, find out about life in the Keswick area, its characters and the many stories that have put the town firmly on the map.
Just a five-minute walk from the centre of town.
“A fantastic little museum- don’t miss it.”
Open daily 10am to 4pm. (Closed 24 – 27 Dec 2024 and 4 - 19 Jan 2025 inclusive)
Entry price: All tickets include free return visits for 12 months. Free admission to shop, café and Community Gallery.
Adult (16 years +) £7.00
Student with card £4
Child (5–15 years) £4
Child (under 5 years) Free
2 Adult Family (up to 4 children) £17
1 Adult Family (up to 4 children) £10
Children 15 years and under must be accompanied by responsible adult.
“Don’t wait for a rainy day to experience it.”
Contact us: [email protected]
017687 73263
www.facebook.com/keswickmuseum
Twitter: @keswickmuseum
Location
Find us:
On Station Road, Keswick CA12 4NF
Regular buses to Keswick from Grasmere, Windermere, Workington and Penrith. Make the most of the £2 capped single fare until December 2024.
www.keswickmuseum.org.uk
Accessibility:
All areas are accessible. Access/Assistance dogs welcome.
Keswick Museum & Art Gallery Management Ltd is a charity no 1156330
Re-imagining Goldilocks: From Southey to Puss in Boots
A new exhibition at Keswick Museum celebrates the 250th anniversary of the birth of one of Keswick’s most famous characters – Poet Laureate and writer of the Three Bears tale Robert Southey.
Southey was a prolific and influential poet, essayist, historian, travel-writer and biographer who lived with his family at Greta Hall in Keswick from 1803 onwards. This new exhibition reveals the many different versions of the classic ‘Three Bears’ fairytale for which Southey became famous. From Goldilocks to Puss in Boots and everything in between, the exhibition explores what stories we tell when we reimagine classic tales.
www.keswickmuseum.org.uk/whats-on/exhibitions/
Thirlmere Be-dammed: The story of Thirlmere before & after the reservoir
A hundred and fifty years ago, in a quiet valley not far from Keswick, a small community of families made up of farmers, miners, labourers, blacksmiths, joiners, carters, a shoemaker, a nurse and a vicar (amongst many others) suffered a massive upheaval in their lives. The city of Manchester needed a more reliable water supply and the Waterworks Committee decided that building a dam across the Thirlmere valley and a 100 mile aqueduct to Manchester was the best way to get it. As a result, the homes, gardens, roads and fields that bordered the original twin lakes in the valley bottom were submerged by a new reservoir. Thousands of people pass by the Thirlmere reservoir on the main road each day without ever knowing the history behind it. It’s a valley that changed forever with the building of the dam and this exhibition is a small part of its story.
Lunchtime Talk – Old Thirlmere before the Dam
Speaker: Ian Hall
Before Manchester dammed Thirlmere in the 1890s it was a peaceful little valley with two jewels of lakes bridged at their waist by iconic pedestrian footbridges. It was home to the enigmatic Countess Ossalinsky who battled to prevent its damming. This illustrated lecture brings together paintings, sketches and photographs of the lakes, farms, inns and church, together with drone shots of some of the drowned farmsteads which last emerged in the drought of 2021, and tells a little of the Countess’s astonishing story.
1pm. The talk will last around 45-60 minutes, including time for questions and discussion.
FREE OF CHARGE but booking recommended via www.keswickmuseum.org.uk as spaces will be limited
Summer Family Crafts – 3D Mirror Art
Amazing 3D Clay Mirror Art Workshop
Let your creativity shine! Design and make a stunning 3D clay mirror and watch as your ideas come to life in this fun reflective workshop!
Suitable for all ages.
Sessions at 11am-12pm and 1.30-2.30pm
Book via museum website www.keswickmuseum.org.uk/whats-on/families/
Summer Family Crafts – 3D Mirror Art
Amazing 3D Clay Mirror Art Workshop
Let your creativity shine! Design and make a stunning 3D clay mirror and watch as your ideas come to life in this fun reflective workshop!
Suitable for all ages.
Sessions at 11am-12pm and 1.30-2.30pm
Book via museum website www.keswickmuseum.org.uk/whats-on/families/
Summer Family Crafts – Canvas Poly-Print Workshop
Canvas multi tone poly-print workshop. Learn about the exciting art of Poly printing.
Discover how to design, carve, and print your own ideas onto canvas with this step-by-step guide to simple printmaking.
Sessions at 11am-12pm and 1.30-2.30pm
Book via museum website www.keswickmuseum.org.uk/whats-on/families/
Summer Family Crafts – Canvas Poly-Print Workshop
Canvas multi tone poly-print workshop. Learn about the exciting art of Poly printing.
Discover how to design, carve, and print your own ideas onto canvas with this step-by-step guide to simple printmaking.
Sessions at 11am-12pm and 1.30-2.30pm
Book via museum website www.keswickmuseum.org.uk/whats-on/families/
Summer Family Crafts - Clay Cats and other animals
Clay cats and other animals – Robert Southey 250th celebration/international cat day.
Join us for this fun workshop inspired by our cute feline friends! Learn pinch pot sculpting techniques to make your cat a one-of-a-kind treasure!
Session at 11am-12pm
Summer Family Crafts – Clay Cats and other Animals
Clay cats and other animals – Robert Southey 250th celebration/international cat day.
Join us for this fun workshop inspired by our cute feline friends! Learn pinch pot sculpting techniques to make your cat a one-of-a-kind treasure!
Sessions at 11am-12pm and 1.30-2.30pm
Summer Family Crafts – Creative Book Covers
Creative book covers. Poly-printing. Robert Southey 250th Celebration
Learn how to design and create a unique book cover for your favourite book in this fun printmaking workshop
Sessions at 11am-12pm and 1.30-2.30pm
Summer Family Crafts – Creative Book Covers
Creative book covers. Poly-printing. Robert Southey 250th Celebration
Learn how to design and create a unique book cover for your favourite book in this fun printmaking workshop
Sessions at 11am-12pm and 1.30-2.30pm
Summer Family Crafts – Clay Gnomes, Gargoyles and Fantastic Creatures
Creative clay workshop. Gnomes, gargoyles, and fantastic fantasy creatures!
Unleash your imagination and explore the enchanting world of mythical creatures in this fun and creative clay workshops. Go bold or go gnome!
Session at 11am-12pm
Summer Family Crafts – Clay Gnomes, Gargoyles and Fantastic Creatures
Creative clay workshop. Gnomes, gargoyles, and fantastic fantasy creatures!
Unleash your imagination and explore the enchanting world of mythical creatures in this fun and creative clay workshops. Go bold or go gnome!
Sessions at 11am-12pm and 1.30-2.30pm
Summer Family Crafts – My Story Mono Printing Workshop
My story mono printing workshop
Learn about the incredible art of printmaking with a step-by-step guide to mono-printing. Inspired by the beautiful scenery, patterns and nature surrounding us in the Lake District, you will create your own unique piece of printed artwork!
Suitable for all ages.
Sessions at 11am-12pm and 1.30-2.30pm
Summer Family Crafts – My Story Mono Printing Workshop
My story mono printing workshop
Learn about the incredible art of printmaking with a step-by-step guide to mono-printing. Inspired by the beautiful scenery, patterns and nature surrounding us in the Lake District, you will create your own unique piece of printed artwork!
Suitable for all ages.
Sessions at 11am-12pm and 1.30-2.30pm
Your enquiry will be sent directly to Keswick Museum. Please fill in as much detail as you can.
Come rain or shine, no visit to Keswick is complete without a trip to the Town’s award-winning museum, situated next to the beautiful Fitz Park and near the popular Keswick to Threlkeld railway trail.
Through exhibitions, family activities and special events, find out about life in the Keswick area, its characters and the many stories that have put the town firmly on the map.
Just a five-minute walk from the centre of town.
“A fantastic little museum- don’t miss it.”
Open daily 10am to 4pm. (Closed 24 – 27 Dec 2024 and 4 - 19 Jan 2025 inclusive)
Entry price: All tickets include free return visits for 12 months. Free admission to shop, café and Community Gallery.
Adult (16 years +) £7.00
Student with card £4
Child (5–15 years) £4
Child (under 5 years) Free
2 Adult Family (up to 4 children) £17
1 Adult Family (up to 4 children) £10
Children 15 years and under must be accompanied by responsible adult.
“Don’t wait for a rainy day to experience it.”
Contact us: [email protected]
017687 73263
www.facebook.com/keswickmuseum
Twitter: @keswickmuseum
Location
Find us:
On Station Road, Keswick CA12 4NF
Regular buses to Keswick from Grasmere, Windermere, Workington and Penrith. Make the most of the £2 capped single fare until December 2024.
www.keswickmuseum.org.uk
Accessibility:
All areas are accessible. Access/Assistance dogs welcome.
Keswick Museum & Art Gallery Management Ltd is a charity no 1156330
Re-imagining Goldilocks: From Southey to Puss in Boots
A new exhibition at Keswick Museum celebrates the 250th anniversary of the birth of one of Keswick’s most famous characters – Poet Laureate and writer of the Three Bears tale Robert Southey.
Southey was a prolific and influential poet, essayist, historian, travel-writer and biographer who lived with his family at Greta Hall in Keswick from 1803 onwards. This new exhibition reveals the many different versions of the classic ‘Three Bears’ fairytale for which Southey became famous. From Goldilocks to Puss in Boots and everything in between, the exhibition explores what stories we tell when we reimagine classic tales.
www.keswickmuseum.org.uk/whats-on/exhibitions/
Thirlmere Be-dammed: The story of Thirlmere before & after the reservoir
A hundred and fifty years ago, in a quiet valley not far from Keswick, a small community of families made up of farmers, miners, labourers, blacksmiths, joiners, carters, a shoemaker, a nurse and a vicar (amongst many others) suffered a massive upheaval in their lives. The city of Manchester needed a more reliable water supply and the Waterworks Committee decided that building a dam across the Thirlmere valley and a 100 mile aqueduct to Manchester was the best way to get it. As a result, the homes, gardens, roads and fields that bordered the original twin lakes in the valley bottom were submerged by a new reservoir. Thousands of people pass by the Thirlmere reservoir on the main road each day without ever knowing the history behind it. It’s a valley that changed forever with the building of the dam and this exhibition is a small part of its story.
Lunchtime Talk – Old Thirlmere before the Dam
Speaker: Ian Hall
Before Manchester dammed Thirlmere in the 1890s it was a peaceful little valley with two jewels of lakes bridged at their waist by iconic pedestrian footbridges. It was home to the enigmatic Countess Ossalinsky who battled to prevent its damming. This illustrated lecture brings together paintings, sketches and photographs of the lakes, farms, inns and church, together with drone shots of some of the drowned farmsteads which last emerged in the drought of 2021, and tells a little of the Countess’s astonishing story.
1pm. The talk will last around 45-60 minutes, including time for questions and discussion.
FREE OF CHARGE but booking recommended via www.keswickmuseum.org.uk as spaces will be limited
Summer Family Crafts – 3D Mirror Art
Amazing 3D Clay Mirror Art Workshop
Let your creativity shine! Design and make a stunning 3D clay mirror and watch as your ideas come to life in this fun reflective workshop!
Suitable for all ages.
Sessions at 11am-12pm and 1.30-2.30pm
Book via museum website www.keswickmuseum.org.uk/whats-on/families/
Summer Family Crafts – 3D Mirror Art
Amazing 3D Clay Mirror Art Workshop
Let your creativity shine! Design and make a stunning 3D clay mirror and watch as your ideas come to life in this fun reflective workshop!
Suitable for all ages.
Sessions at 11am-12pm and 1.30-2.30pm
Book via museum website www.keswickmuseum.org.uk/whats-on/families/
Summer Family Crafts – Canvas Poly-Print Workshop
Canvas multi tone poly-print workshop. Learn about the exciting art of Poly printing.
Discover how to design, carve, and print your own ideas onto canvas with this step-by-step guide to simple printmaking.
Sessions at 11am-12pm and 1.30-2.30pm
Book via museum website www.keswickmuseum.org.uk/whats-on/families/
Summer Family Crafts – Canvas Poly-Print Workshop
Canvas multi tone poly-print workshop. Learn about the exciting art of Poly printing.
Discover how to design, carve, and print your own ideas onto canvas with this step-by-step guide to simple printmaking.
Sessions at 11am-12pm and 1.30-2.30pm
Book via museum website www.keswickmuseum.org.uk/whats-on/families/
Summer Family Crafts - Clay Cats and other animals
Clay cats and other animals – Robert Southey 250th celebration/international cat day.
Join us for this fun workshop inspired by our cute feline friends! Learn pinch pot sculpting techniques to make your cat a one-of-a-kind treasure!
Session at 11am-12pm
Summer Family Crafts – Clay Cats and other Animals
Clay cats and other animals – Robert Southey 250th celebration/international cat day.
Join us for this fun workshop inspired by our cute feline friends! Learn pinch pot sculpting techniques to make your cat a one-of-a-kind treasure!
Sessions at 11am-12pm and 1.30-2.30pm
Summer Family Crafts – Creative Book Covers
Creative book covers. Poly-printing. Robert Southey 250th Celebration
Learn how to design and create a unique book cover for your favourite book in this fun printmaking workshop
Sessions at 11am-12pm and 1.30-2.30pm
Summer Family Crafts – Creative Book Covers
Creative book covers. Poly-printing. Robert Southey 250th Celebration
Learn how to design and create a unique book cover for your favourite book in this fun printmaking workshop
Sessions at 11am-12pm and 1.30-2.30pm
Summer Family Crafts – Clay Gnomes, Gargoyles and Fantastic Creatures
Creative clay workshop. Gnomes, gargoyles, and fantastic fantasy creatures!
Unleash your imagination and explore the enchanting world of mythical creatures in this fun and creative clay workshops. Go bold or go gnome!
Session at 11am-12pm
Summer Family Crafts – Clay Gnomes, Gargoyles and Fantastic Creatures
Creative clay workshop. Gnomes, gargoyles, and fantastic fantasy creatures!
Unleash your imagination and explore the enchanting world of mythical creatures in this fun and creative clay workshops. Go bold or go gnome!
Sessions at 11am-12pm and 1.30-2.30pm
Summer Family Crafts – My Story Mono Printing Workshop
My story mono printing workshop
Learn about the incredible art of printmaking with a step-by-step guide to mono-printing. Inspired by the beautiful scenery, patterns and nature surrounding us in the Lake District, you will create your own unique piece of printed artwork!
Suitable for all ages.
Sessions at 11am-12pm and 1.30-2.30pm
Summer Family Crafts – My Story Mono Printing Workshop
My story mono printing workshop
Learn about the incredible art of printmaking with a step-by-step guide to mono-printing. Inspired by the beautiful scenery, patterns and nature surrounding us in the Lake District, you will create your own unique piece of printed artwork!
Suitable for all ages.
Sessions at 11am-12pm and 1.30-2.30pm
Your enquiry will be sent directly to Keswick Museum. Please fill in as much detail as you can.