Northumberland Hall

The relocation would provide the museum with a prominent, more central location in Alnwick. This would make it more accessible to residents and visitors, whilst also bringing its audience to the heart of the town, supporting local shops, services and facilities.

Northumberland Hall provides an impressive, more flexible and increased space for the museum to re-imagine and grow their offer, in a way that will appeal to existing visitors and new audiences – this is vital to the museum’s long term appeal and sustainability.

The revised museum would provide:

• A new, more accessible public entrance to the building / museum.
• More space to display our collections.
• An impressive exhibition space, with an enhanced offer for local and visiting exhibitions.
• More flexible space to accommodate new activities, groups etc. (e.g. visiting schools).
• Meeting space for community use and with the potential to generate an income.  
• An improved museum-related retail offer that will complement local retail provision.
• Additional back of house space for administration, volunteers and storage.

The proposals also provide an opportunity to secure a new use and the future of this important building, bringing new visitors and activity to the heart of the town. 

LATEST NEWS: 

Bailiffgate Museum and Gallery (Bailiffgate) is delighted to have been offered a grant of £15,000 from the Architectural Heritage Fund (AHF) to support survey work on Northumberland Hall.

Bailiffgate is currently in the development stage of the work on Northumberland Hall, which means that we are gathering further information about this wonderful building, including its current condition and running costs, and putting together proposals for turning it into a creative community and heritage hub. The money from the AHF will allow us to complete survey work, which will give us a thorough understanding of the condition of the Hall and provide us with appropriate costs to include in our grant application to The National Lottery Heritage Fund.

We are really grateful for this grant from the AHF, as it will allow us to continue important work to de-risk our project and give us the best chance in our major grant application, hopefully enabling us to secure funds to complete our project and bring Northumberland Hall back into regular use.