Abbot Hall Art Gallery
Blackwell, The Arts & Crafts House
Museum of Lakeland Life

Group Visits

The Lakeland Arts Trust venues are all ideally situated for a perfect day visit, the information below is for group visits to Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Blackwell, The Arts & Crafts House and Museum of Lakeland Life & Industry. For information about 'Behind the Scenes' Group Visits to the Windermere Steamboat Museum, click here.

Benefits for Groups
• Save up to 40% off our standard admission charge for groups of 10 or more arriving in one vehicle.
• Coach welcomed by a member of staff.
• Pre-booked catering option.
• Visits starting before we open to the public (subject to availability).
• A FREE talk for groups of 15 or more at Abbot Hall and Blackwell.

Benefits for Group Organisers
• FREE familiarisation visit prior to making the booking (if booked in advance).
• FREE admission for the organiser when bringing a group of 10 or more paying visitors.
• An additional FREE place when bringing 40 or more paying visitors.
• FREE CATERING for the organiser when catering is booked from the group menu for 10 or more paying visitors.

Benefits for the Coach Driver
• FREE admission
• FREE refreshment voucher
• Special reserved coach parking

Joint Site Discount
Save 40% off our standard admission charge if you visit all three venues. We understand visiting all three venues in one day may be too much, that’s why we allow groups to spread their visits over a 7 day period. To be eligible for the discount, all three visits must be made by the same group.

Art Fund
Art Fund members receive free entry to Abbot Hall’s permanent collection only. Members also receive discounted group entry (£4.25) to Abbot Hall’s temporary exhibitions. No further discounts are available on multiple venue visits.

Group Admission Gift Aid
Blackwell, The Arts & Crafts House £6.60
Abbot Hall Art Gallery £5.80
Abbot Hall - Art Fund Members £4.70
Museum of Lakeland Life £4.65
Abbot Hall & Museum of Lakeland Life £7.15
All three venues £11.00

Group Admission Non-Gift Aid
Blackwell, The Arts & Crafts House £6.00
Abbot Hall Art Gallery £5.25
Abbot Hall - Art Fund Members £4.25
Museum of Lakeland Life £4.20
Abbot Hall & Museum of Lakeland Life £6.50
All three venues £10.00

Gift Aid
If members in your group are UK tax payers and are willing to ‘Gift Aid’ their admission with a 10% voluntary donation, then this will allow us to claim an additional 28p on every pound you pay. The money we raise from Gift Aid makes a valuable difference to our work.

Downloads
Group Visits 2010 Booklet (pdf 439KB)
Group Visit Booking Form 2010 (pdf 103KB)*
Group Visit Gift Aid Form 2010 (pdf 87KB)

*Before sending in your booking form, please contact us to check whether your preferred date(s) are available.