Our blog post cover everything that happens at Elizabeth Gaskell’s House from the stories discovered about objects and furnishings, to family connections and past residents. You can read about the garden and the plants we grow as well as the volunteering experience we offer to our brilliant team. The majority of the posts are written by volunteers.
16. A Year in the Life of Elizabeth Gaskell’s House
27-30 January 2025 Work has begun in earnest on the museum content for the Bloomberg Connect App and it's where Ellie and I have spent a lot of our time this week. We had more meetings/training, maps to sort, images to upload
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Miss Austen
Here at Elizabeth Gaskell’s House, we are very excited about the BBC’s latest period drama Miss Austen, staring Keeley Hawes. This latest BBC drama coincides with the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen’s birth, author of many beloved classic works such as Pride
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20 - 24 January 2025 So called #bluemonday wasn't so blue when I discovered that it had been a very busy Sunday visitor wise. Hurrah! a positive start to the week. Added to this, some new shop merchandise we had been waiting
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14. A Year in the Life of Elizabeth Gaskell’s House
12 - 17 January 2025 This week I was relieved and very pleased finally to see our five page feature in the January issue of Lancashire life celebrating our 10-year anniversary. It was great local coverage for our small museum - a
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6-10 January 2025 Monday I was off (after working on Sunday) but the rest of the staff team were in the House along with some of the volunteers working on book cataloguing and accessioning (we've had some exciting new book donations) and
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