The Armitt: Museum, Gallery, Library
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Founded by Mary Louisa Armitt in 1912. Explore Ambleside's history! Email: [email protected]
Ambleside, Cumbria (UK)
Joined October 2011
📢REOPENING: WED 12TH FEB 2025📢 In a month's time at 10:30am on Wednesday 12th February 2025, we'll be reopening with NEW exhibitions on: 🥾 #AlfredWainwright 🍄 #BeatrixPotter ⚔️ The #AmblesideRomanFort We can't wait to see you all again 🥳
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This week's @artukdotorg #OnlineArtExchange is cut from different cloth - #textiles for Spotlight On 4: Modern and Contemporary Art from the Collection of #ChippenhamMuseum 🧵 Our #ootd is Flower Rocks (c.1980s) by Wendy Spooner Credit: @UniOfSurrey
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RT @artukdotorg: Discover women illustrators in twentieth-century Britain in this new story 👉 1) 'Spring Frieze' b…
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📣 REOPENING IN TWO WEEKS 📣 Only two weeks to go until we reopen on Wed 12th Feb at 10:30am 🥳 Thanks to our supporters: @AW_archivist
@EdinburghUni
@TrimontiumTrust David Snowdon Trust The Hadfield Trust Cumbria Past @CraghoppersUK Cunningham's Outdoors
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Coming to The Armitt in 2025: #ABattleofAmbleside From Wed 12th Feb to Dec 2025, explore what happened at the #AmblesideRomanFort thousands of years ago... With thanks to: @TrimontiumTrust
@EdinburghUni David Snowden Trust The Hadfield Trust Cumbria Past
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RT @AW_archivist: Cumbrian printing history right here. These are the original copper printing plates for Alfred Wainwright's 1966 Fellwand…
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@artukdotorg's #OnlineArtExchange celebrates 20th century women - don't miss @TullieCarlisle's exhibition on #SheilaFell: Cumberland on Canvas 👭 We've chosen Kelp Gathering (1949) by Ithell Colquhoun 🌊 Credit: Rediscovering Art by Women (RAW)
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Join us at The Armitt from Wednesday 12th February to December 2025 for a special tribute to #AlfredWainwright, co-curated with @AW_archivist Trailer produced by Chris Linke With thanks to our supporters: David Snowdon Trust @CraghoppersUK Cunningham's Outdoors
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RT @AW_archivist: Homer Sykes, a Canadian-born British photographer, was among the first to shoot AW. His images appeared in The Daily Tele…
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See the fantastic final results of our #KurtSchwitters portrait project with local schools & colleges in our online exhibition: Many thanks to @CatMacdiarmid for leading the workshops.
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🥳Happy 118th Birthday Alfred Wainwright!🥳 #AlfredWainwright was born on this day in 1907 - next month we reopen with a NEW exhibition with @AW_archivist on his life, work and ongoing impact on the #LakeDistrict 🏞 📸 Alfred Wainwright Archive
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Coming soon Wed 12th Feb 2025: our all-new #BeatrixPotter exhibition... Potter's holidays in the #LakeDistrict inspired her incredible #fungi watercolours and unforgettable tales - learn about her trips to Wray Castle, Lingholm, Holehird and Lakeside, nr Esthwaite 🍄
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January needs some #magic 🪄 This week's @artukdotorg #OnlineArtExchange is for @WattsGallery's exhibition #FlowerFairies: The Magical World of #CicelyMaryBarker 🌻🧚🌷 We chose Magic Lantern (1997) by Marcellus Schnell 🏮 Credit: @Uni_of_Essex
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It's not always black & white - here's some #monochrome for this @artukdotorg #OnlineArtExchange 🖤🤍 Don't miss The Romance to Ruins: The Etchings of George Cuitt at @cwacmuseums We've chosen Outbuildings, Pastoral II, Autumn by Alan Reynolds (c.1956) Credit: @LeedsArtGallery
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Learn more about #KurtSchwitters' portraits of 1940s #Ambleside residents on our YouTube channel: 📷 Kurt Schwitters by El Lissitzky (1924) 🖼️ Portraits of (L-R) Bill Pierce, Dr Johnston, Nora & her son Conrad Slater, by Kurt Schwitters (1945-7)
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Our first #ObjectoftheMonth for 2025 is this letter from Alfred Wainwright. Learn about him in our new exhibition next year - follow us for updates...🥾 Who did Wainwright write this short letter to? Find out here:
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🎉 #HappyNewYear & #HappyBirthday to #CharlotteMason! 🎉 Charlotte was born on this day in Bangor, Wales, 1842. Find out more about her in our library, we reopen on Wed 12th Feb 🥳 Happy New Year! 📷 Charlotte Mason in 1864, aged 22-23 years old on her first visit to Ambleside
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🎄 Happy Christmas from The Armitt! 🎄 We wish all our visitors, volunteers, trustees, staff and community the very best on #ChristmasDay, and we look forward to seeing you all again in the #NewYear ✨
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That's all folks! Running Int' Fells has finished in first place 🏆 Thank you to all our staff, trustees, volunteers, supporters and visitors for making 2024 so special - we couldn't have crossed the finish line without you 🏅 📷 The Armitt Collection
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The #festive period is in full swing, and our @artukdotorg #OnlineArtExchange pick is this cup by William McCance (1924)🍻🎄✨ Credit: @NatGalleriesSco
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