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.
31. A Year in the Life of Elizabeth Gaskell’s House
19-23 May 2025 Quite a few big milestones this week. Firstly it was sign-off time for our new exhibition panels, which will now be printed ready for installation on 2 June at Manchester Central Library, so there was lots of concentrated proofing
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Feisty Females – New Online Course for Autumn 2025
You can enjoy a special treat this autumn. Elizabeth Gaskell’s House is delighted to announce a new online course about feisty females with the ever-popular Dr Sherry Ashworth. So from September you can take a look at literature's feisty females including some
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12-16 May 2025 I'm in the final two weeks of getting phase 1 of our writers in residents exhibition finished, and off to the printers so it has been a week of proofing, uploading content for QR codes, tweaking copy, checking things,
Read more » 29. A Year in the Life of Elizabeth Gaskell’s House
5 - 9 May 2025 A shorter week with the bank holiday but not short on activity and news. The week started very well with a large private tour for an arts society group from mid-Wales which went down a treat with
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Volunteer Trip to the Museum of Transport, Greater Manchester
Manchester’s HiDDEN network includes not only Elizabeth Gaskell’s House but many other fascinating little gems in and around Manchester. One of these is the Museum of Transport, Greater Manchester (MoTGM). A group of Elizabeth Gaskell’s House volunteers had a brilliant trip there
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