Tell us what you think about our garden
**** This survey has now closed**** We are looking at ideas to develop and improve the garden at Elizabeth Gaskell's House and would like to get input from our visitors. Today, the garden has been planted to show the sort of garden
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New Crafternoon Teas at Elizabeth Gaskell’s House
NEW for 2018 - Join us for a Thursday Crafternoon Tea workshop, 1.30– 4pm. Learn a new crafting skills and take home a lovely hand-made creation. 15 March - Cotton Patchwork Lavender Bags Make a Suffolk puff patchwork lavender bag from scraps
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What’s New in 2018
Manchester’s literary landmark, Elizabeth Gaskell’s House, will offer visitors a wealth of new cultural treats in 2018. As Manchester celebrates its UNESCO City of Literature status, the beautifully-restored home of one of its finest and most famous Victorian writers has some treats
Read more »Working with Ed Lab at MMU
At the end of 2017 we began working with a group of students from the EdLab (School of Childhood, Youth and Education Studies) at Manchester Metropolitan University in order to develop the houses's resources and activities for when children visit with their
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A City that Boasts Many Diversions…..
We were incredibly excited to see Elizabeth Gaskell's House featured in the New York Times over the Christmas period as part of feature on 36 hours in Manchester. The journalist writes that visiting Manchester "is an exercise in peeling back layers of
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