This year, we have been delighted to welcome four fantastic work experience students to Bailiffgate Museum & Gallery – Eli, Vinny, Harry and Zoe. Over their time with us here at the museum they have learnt behind the scenes of how our volunteer run museum works. From supporting visitors on our welcome desk to spending […]
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Alnwick could be the UK Town of Culture 2028! This competition, announced by the Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy in October 2025, provides a platform for communities across the country to tell their own unique story and shines a spotlight on the vital role towns play in our national life. The UK Town of Culture competition
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Many of our visitors are not aware that Bailiffgate holds literally thousands more items than are on show at any one time. These will be used in specialist exhibitions from time to time, or are held because they constitute an important physical reminder of the history of Alnwick area and its people. Items range across
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I’m delighted to share with you all that The Out of Town (OOT) Museum Project Team has received a Highly Commended award from the Marsh Trust in recognition of an outstanding contribution to engaging museum audiences. The judges commented “ We were overwhelmed by the number and quality of the applications which we received, with some regions
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In June we announced that we had been awarded a grant of £192,697 from The National Lottery Heritage Fund, thanks to National Lottery players. We are delighted to be able to tell you about the progress we have made in our heritage project over the last two months. We have engaged a wide range of
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Is there a chance that you recognise anyone in this rather bizarre image from faces in your family photographs, or perhaps you have learnt from family stories that they took part in this tableau? It shows one participating group from the Conservative Pageant at Alnwick Castle on July 6th 1927. The “Rothy and Combo” Conservative
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There are around 600 different photographs already on the Bailiffgate Collections website ( see them here if you wish). Every one of them tells a fascinating story of our District and how its occupations, life and leisure developed between the latter part of the 1800’s and the 1950’s. If you have spent a little while
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Have you ever held a second hand book in your hands and wondered about who used to own it and how it came to be there? While tidying up the baskets of books for our Wonderful World of Ladybird Books Artists exhibition, I became fascinated by the many stories these books have to tell about
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Intrepid reporters Thea and Eva set out to investigate… Having volunteered for years at the museum and listened to so many children of all ages enjoying themselves, it was the turn of my own granddaughters Thea aged 3 ¾ and Eva aged 1 ¾ . On Saturday we visited, and I had the wonderful experience
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Pictured : Chair of Alnwick Civic Society Peter Reed (far left) donating one of the large-scale maps to Bailiffgate Museum and Gallery Chair Jean Humphrys In 2021 Alnwick Civic Society undertook a project with the Historic Towns Trust, and a number of local community groups, to develop and publish a historic map of Alnwick and
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14 Bailiffgate, Alnwick, Northumberland NE66 1LX
Opening Times - 10am - 4pm Tuesday to Sunday
Tel: +44 (0) 1665 605847