Liz Ackerley, Ruskin, and Sketching Elizabeth Gaskell’s House
To celebrate John Ruskin’s 200th birthday, on the 8th of Febuary we had the pleasure of hosting another workshop with the incredibly talented Liz Ackerley. Liz is an urban sketcher with a background in science and landscape design, which has influenced her
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Isabella Beeton: managing Household Commotion!
Isabella Beeton's A Book of Household Management was published in 1861 and we have a copy of it in the dining room underneath the portrait of Mrs Dimmock, William Gaskell's mother. The recipes in the book draw on the cookery column Isabella
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A one-day, interdisciplinary conference exploring how historic house museums present and interpret interior spaces for contemporary museum visitors, and what they might learn from other industries. Presented by Jane Austen’s House Museum in partnership with The Charleston Trust Monday 4 March, 2019
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Twelfth Night Cakes
For the Friends Christmas party in December 2015, Anthony Burton and his sister Monica provided a “Twelfth Cake”. In December 2018, they had another go at such a cake for the Friends’ study day on “The Victorian Christmas”. These cakes aroused some
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New community engagement programme
New community engagement programme explores the Life of Victorian servants at Elizabeth Gaskell’s House in Manchester. Elizabeth Gaskell’s House is delighted to be working on a new collaborative project with the award-winning community arts organisation enJOY arts after being successful in their
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