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Dutch Landscapes: Paintings from the Royal Collection
Sat 12 Nov 11 - Sun 11 Mar 12

Dutch Landscapes: Paintings from the Royal Collection , brings together 38 remarkable works from the ‘golden age’ of Dutch painting, generously lent by Her Majesty ... view details

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Generous Residents Convert Jazz To Brass

Retirement Village residents have enjoyed a jazz concert while raising funds for The Bowes Museum. Each year Middleton Hall Retirement Village at Middleton-St-George near Darlington raises funds for local charities, and in choosing the Museum ... view details

Funding Secures Museum's Future!

Two of the county’s top museums are celebrating their success after winning national funding from Arts Council England (ACE). The Bowes Museum at Barnard Castle formed a consortium with Beamish at Chester le Street in a bid to become part of ... view details

Study, Design & Create: The 98 Lace Group

Stunning works of art by some of the UK’s greatest makers of contemporary lace are to go on display at The Bowes Museum. The Study, Design and Create exhibition has been inspired by the museum’s historically significant Blackborne ... view details

Our Sporting Life At The Bowes Museum

Local heroes and sporting legends look set to share the limelight in an exhibition proposed for The Bowes Museum in Barnard Castle in 2012, as part of a unique and ambitious celebration of British Sport, inspired by the London Olympics. Our ... view details

June Crisfield Chapman: Wood Engravings

Artist, lecturer and writer June Crisfield Chapman is also an experienced wood engraver whose work in this medium is to be the focus of a new exhibition at The Bowes Museum in Barnard Castle in the New Year. Although June is as much a portrait ... view details

Paquin, Winter 1911 - The Centenary Of An Evening Gown

A rare and beautiful evening gown is to be the subject of a new display at The Bowes Museum in Barnard Castle this winter, taking visitors back one hundred years, to the aristocratic lifestyle of 1911, as portrayed in ITV’s Downton Abbey . ... view details

Dutch Landscapes: Paintings From The Royal Collection

Dutch Landscapes: Paintings from the Royal Collection , which goes on show at The Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, in November, brings together 38 remarkable works from the ‘golden age’ of Dutch painting, generously lent by Her Majesty The ... view details