Published Wednesday 19 May 2021 at 15:59
Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery is open again today after lockdown restrictions closed its doors back at the beginning of November 2020.
To ensure your safety and that of our team members, there are some changes to the way you visit and some areas of the Museum and Art Gallery may look a little different.
Pre booking is not necessary, but to aid social distancing and reduce contact there will be limits to the number of people in the Museum and Art Gallery at any one time. There will be enhanced cleaning, cleaning stations with hand sanitiser, perspex screens have been installed and all staff fully trained in new procedures and guidance.
Following Government guidance it will be mandatory for you to wear a mask/face cover during your visit to the Museum and you will be required to leave Test and Trace contact details.
The team is raring to welcome residents and families from across the borough with plenty of exciting exhibits on display:
Craig Easton ‘Banktop’ Photography exhibition May 19th – Sept 18th
Refurbished Egyptian Room
The Watercolours of JMW Turner (A selection from our collection) May 19th – Sept 18th
20th Century Art – The Contemporary Art Society at Blackburn: 1950 – 1970 May 19th – July 3rd
Blackburn with Darwen’s Executive Member for Wellbeing, Councillor Damian Talbot, said: “It’s wonderful that we’ll be able to enjoy the museum and art gallery again, after such a difficult year enduring the pandemic. The team have worked hard to make visiting as safe for everyone as possible.”
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Entry to the Museum is free but to help us maintain social distancing we are limiting numbers into the Museum each day.