Details on Blackwell's current and forthcoming exhibitions, displays, lectures, talks, walking tours, family activities.

All of the Lakeland Arts Trust galleries and museums are FREE for children up to the age of 16, making them ideal for family visits. To help youngsters get...

Blackwell is one of Britain’s finest houses from the turn of the last century and survives in a truly remarkable state of preservation retaining almost all...

One of our volunteer guides will introduce you to Blackwell House, Baillie Scott and the Arts & Crafts Movement.

  • Abbot Hall Art Gallery
    We’re continuing our sculptural work this month, but we’ve gone miniature in size. So...
    Saturday 25 MayMore.....
  • Blackwell, The Arts & Crafts House
    Monday 27 / Tuesday 28 / Wednesday 29 / Thursday 30 / Friday 31
    27, 28, 29, 30 &amMore.....
  • Museum of Lakeland Life & Industry
    May Half Term
    27, 28, 29, 30 &amMore.....
  • Blackwell, The Arts & Crafts House
    Find out more about the time when Blackwell hosted a school and the headmistress who made...
    Friday 31 MayMore.....
  • Museum of Lakeland Life & Industry
    To coincide with the Welcome Aboard: Boating on Windermere display, we are opening up the...
    Sat 1 Jun 2013More.....
  • Blackwell, The Arts & Crafts House
    Sunday 2 / 9 / 16 / 23 June between 3 - 4.00p
    2, 9, 16 & 23 More.....
  • Abbot Hall Art Gallery
    From the curious to the costly, from the sundry to the sensational, join our...
    Monday 3 JuneMore.....
  • Windermere Steamboat Museum
    We need your help with telling the story of fishing on the lake. Drop in to share your...
    Thu 6 Jun 2013More.....
  • Blackwell, The Arts & Crafts House
    Come along to this creative workshop and paint your own Bodil Manz inspired design onto a...
    Sat 8 Jun 2013More.....
  • Abbot Hall Art Gallery
    Discover the history of Abbot Hall Art Gallery as a family home and explore some of the...
    Monday 10 JuneMore.....
  • Museum of Lakeland Life & Industry
    From the curious to the costly, from the sundry to the sensational, join our...
    Wednesday 12 JuneMore.....
  • Blackwell, The Arts & Crafts House
    Our latest exhibition explores how Manz has untilised the cylinder together with bold...
    Friday 14 JuneMore.....
  • Abbot Hall Art Gallery
    Often described as Romney’s muse, this talk briefly explores the life and personality of...
    Monday 17 JuneMore.....
  • Museum of Lakeland Life & Industry
    Also known as ‘proddy’, ‘proggy’ and ‘clippy’ mats, these rugs are a truly ‘green’ or ‘...
    Wednesday 19 JuneMore.....
  • Windermere Steamboat Museum
    Join us for a ‘behind the scenes’ look in the boatshed and a chance to share your own...
    Thu 20 Jun 2013More.....
  • Abbot Hall Art Gallery
    There’s a changeover in exhibition, so we’re taking a traditional feel this month and...
    Saturday 22 JuneMore.....