Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery

These free craft sessions are drop-in and are unsupervised by Museum staff. They are aimed at children from toddler age to 12 years. All children must be supervised by an adult. The crafts will take about 20-30 minutes and the children can take home whatever craft they make. *Covid 19 update: We will continue to keep our tables at least […]

A talk on the Life and Death in a Northern Mill Town, Excavations at St Peter’s Graveyard. Headland Archaeology’s 2015 investigation of the St Peter’s Church, Blackburn early 19th century burial ground.The talk will last approximately one hour and refreshments will be served after the talk.

A talk by Museum staff on a subject to be announced. The talk will last approximately one hour and refreshments will be served after the talk.

Three Museum Friends, John Turkington, Paul Mason & Janine Monaghan, will talk about some of the paintings on show in the Victorian Gallery. The talk will last approximately one hour and refreshments will be served after the talk.

A talk by Jeff Cooper on ‘The Cave of the Golden Calf’.  The talk will last approximately one hour and refreshments will be served after the talk.

The opening meeting of the new season will be a talk by Jenny Rutter, Chair of Creative Lancashire and Director of the British Textile Biennial and Super Slow Way. British Textile Biennial 2023 – can the creation of cloth can be a regenerative act – regenerating nature and people? Return The talk will last approximately one hour and refreshments will […]