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.
School Visit to Elizabeth Gaskell’s House
Stepping into the world of Elizabeth Gaskell In November 2021, Elizabeth Gaskell's House warmly opened their doors to pupils from St Thomas More School, who had been eagerly awaiting the opportunity to step into the world of Elizabeth Gaskell. The purpose behind
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Book Labelling
As part of Elizabeth Gaskell's House’s work towards Museum Accreditation, a team of volunteers got together one Monday to allocate unique identifying numbers to the books in William Gaskell's study, with the aim of doing the whole collection eventually. Supervised by Jane,
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And the year is 1857!
1857 is the year Elizabeth Gaskell's biography The Life of Charlotte Bronte was published. On 7 February, Elizabeth Gaskell writes to Laetitia Wheelwright: 'I have today finished my Life of Miss Bronte; and next week we set out for Rome.' Interesting to
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Going Green with the Gaskells
Elizabeth Gaskell's House currently holds a Silver Award for Green Tourism - we're striving for Gold - and we're rightly proud of our policy on sustainability (read our full policy here). We are always looking for ways to reduce energy usage and
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Tales from a Second-hand Book Sale
It's 'possibly the best second-hand book sale in Manchester' according to one of our regular visitors, and we certainly agree! We have a full book sale once a month here at Elizabeth Gaskell's House, but there are always plenty of books for
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