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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PERSPECTIVES – 80 learning disabled artists show new work at Elizabeth Gaskell’s House
October 2018 – February 2019 This autumn 80 learning disabled artists will occupy contemporary and historical venues across Greater Manchester in PERSPECTIVES, a series of exhibitions, happenings and creative exchanges proudly presented by Venture Arts, a visual arts organisation who support and
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Christmas at Elizabeth Gaskell’s House
We invite you to Elizabeth Gaskell’s House in Manchester for a Victorian-style Christmas. Join us for talks on Christmas customs and literature from the era, carols round the piano, Christmas crafts for the family, and classic family favourite, The Muppet Christmas Carol.
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October at Elizabeth Gaskell’s House
Manchester’s most famous literary home, Elizabeth Gaskell’s House, will be packed to the rafters with eerie events this October, as Halloween brings a terrifying timetable of talks, creepy crafts and scary stories. And Elizabeth Gaskell would definitely approve – she wrote a
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Book Plates in the Study
When books were being chosen for William’s study back in 2013, there was an ambitious plan to record the reason for each book’s presence. The idea was that a small bookplate would be inserted into each title giving a brief account of
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