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.
36. A Year in the Life of Elizabeth Gaskell’s House
30 June - 4 July 2025 It has been one of the best and longest weeks. There was a lot packed in, but surprisingly everything went to plan. I started the week with a private group tour for 30 secondary school students
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23-27 June 2025 We are now officially less than a week from our exhibition launch at the House so there's been lots of ends to tie-up, final proofing, sign-offs, a man with a van to book and a banner to put up
Read more » 34. A Year in the Life of Elizabeth Gaskell’s House
16-20 June 2025 I've not been in the House since Sunday 15 June as I was at the annual AIM (Association of Independent Museums) Conference at the Mary Rose Museum in Portsmouth for 3 nights. With the hot weather returning, we saw
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9-15 June 2025 Not quite the packed week we had last week (phew!) but it started for me with a trip to Trentham Gardens in Stoke for a Group Travel Organiser event - where Anne and I got to meet lots of
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2-6 June 2025 First day back from a week's leave and I had to ignore the 100+ emails and head to Manchester Central Library on Monday morning for the installation of our new exhibition - I've Never Read Elizabeth Gaskell. Monday morning
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