Published on Thursday 21 March 2024 at 1:38 pm
Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery has announced new opening hours from April.
The museum will open Tuesdays to Saturdays from 11am to 4:45pm from the 2nd of April.
Filed under: Art | Art Gallery | arte et labore | Blackburn Museum | Blackburn Museum & Art Gallery | Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery
Published on Thursday 18 November 2021 at 5:55 pm
Blackburn born George Dewhurst fought for reform and workers’ rights all his life, it is due to his passionate campaigning that he is being remembered on November 20th.
Published on Friday 2 April 2021 at 7:38 am
The immediate future of cultural venues in Blackburn with Darwen is more secure, thanks to a grant of £165,613 from the Government’s Culture Recovery Fund.
Filed under: Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery | coronavirus | COVID-19 | culture recovery fund | Darwen Library Theatre | King George's Hall | Turton Tower
Published on Friday 28 June 2019 at 10:56 am
The borough’s ‘artists of tomorrow’ are set to showcase their works in a brand new exhibition at the Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery after being inspired by art from the V&A in London.
Filed under: Blackburn Museum | Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery | Cllr Mohammed Khan
Published on Monday 4 February 2019 at 9:48 am
A new film capturing the friendly face of Blackburn is being screened in the town’s museum.
Filed under: Blackburn | Blackburn Museum | Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery | film
Published on Tuesday 29 May 2018 at 9:30 am
An atmospheric painting of a rural scene owned by Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery has gone on loan.
Filed under: Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery | Edward Stott | The Watering Place | Towner Art Gallery
Published on Friday 20 October 2017 at 2:25 pm
A new study space that will give the public greater access to the collections at Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery is set to open with a special launch event and international conference.
Filed under: Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery | Councillor Damian Talbot | Edward Hart
Published on Thursday 5 October 2017 at 10:52 am
Blackburn will host a national conference focusing on the manuscript and coin collection at Blackburn Museum.
Filed under: Blackburn College | Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery | Councillor | Damian Talbot
Published on Friday 11 August 2017 at 11:39 am
A British Museum exhibition featuring items made in India for courtly patrons including a stunning album of ragamala paintings (c.1610) an ivory sarinda instrument (c.1700) and five ragamala painting are currently on display at Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery.
Filed under: Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery | British Museum | Indian artefacts
Published on Wednesday 14 June 2017 at 4:08 pm
Come and find out about how photographer Tim Smith put together a new exhibition at Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery that aims to explore the many ties that bind Britain and India.
Filed under: Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery
Published on Wednesday 18 January 2017 at 11:22 am
Artist Julia M. Swarbrick will be showcasing her incredible hand pulled prints created at Blackburn Museum starting this Saturday.
Filed under: Art | Blackburn Museum | Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery | exhibition | January | Printing
Published on Thursday 1 September 2016 at 10:38 am
Have you ever found an interesting object while metal detecting, walking or digging in the garden?
Filed under: Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery | museum
Published on Wednesday 6 July 2016 at 12:47 pm
World authority on Shakespeare, Professor Sir Brian Vickers, will give a talk about the playwright’s distinguished work in Blackburn this Friday.
Filed under: Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery | literature | poetry | Shakespeare | talk
Published on Tuesday 10 November 2015 at 11:24 am
See the highlights of the Cotton to Gold exhibition at Blackburn Museum in this short video.
Filed under: Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery | Cotton to Gold
Published on Friday 21 August 2015 at 2:36 pm
Fresh from a London exhibition that won rave reviews the cultural treasures of East Lancashire are returning home.
Filed under: Blackburn Museum | Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery
Published on Wednesday 22 July 2015 at 3:36 pm
This week the Mayor will be out and about once again fulfilling his official engagements.Filed under: Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery | Councillor | Faryad Hussain | Little Harwood | mayor
Published on Friday 14 November 2014 at 5:55 pm
Here’s our weekly list of events in & around Blackburn & Darwen from Monday 17th November to Sunday 23rd November 2014.
Filed under: Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery | Blackburn Town Centre | Darwen Library Theatre | Darwen Town Centre | Markets
Published on Friday 8 August 2014 at 3:12 pm
At the beginning of the First World War, there was a large influx of refugees leaving the fighting in Belgium, and the borough played a large role, taking in many refugees fleeing the battlefields in Belgium.
Filed under: Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery | Soundcloud | Steven Irwin | World War One Commemorations
Published on Monday 4 August 2014 at 2:03 pm
On the centenary of Britain entering the First World War on August 4 1914, a new podcast looks back at the experiences within the borough as war was declared.
Filed under: Blackburn | Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery | commemoration | Culture | history | museum | Soundcloud | Steve Irwin | World War One Commemorations
Published on Thursday 31 July 2014 at 1:47 pm
Next week, sees the start of the borough’s four year programme of events to commemorate the centenary on the First World War.
Filed under: Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery | Vinai Solanki | World War One Commemorations
