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Visit The Museum of Ordinary Things
A new feature on this website is our Museum of Ordinary Things, everyday items that have a huge personal significance. We have already gathered some fascinating and in some cases heart-rending examples, ... Read More
Coming Soon- Alnwick Through the Lens
1st April 2025- 11th May 2025. An innovative joint exhibition by Alnwick Civic Society, Alnwick Camera Club and Bailiffgate will show images both of Alnwick as it is now and views from the past. ... Read More
Read the Story of Captain Gair
Captain Gair from Stott St Alnwick was killed by U Boat fire just two days into WW2. Read the full story of his bravery here ... Read More
People Make Alnwick
People Make Alnwick is an exciting new project for Bailiffgate Museum & Gallery. Funded by National Lottery Community Fund, we have devised a five year programme of events and activities, where ... Read More
The “Noble and Courageous Cook Sisters
The Cook sisters were a truly remarkable pair, honoured along with Oskar Schindler, that other great hero who saved Jews from the Nazis at great personal risk. Attendees at the Duchess ... Read More
The Gibbs- An Artistic Family with a mystery
The artist Thomas Gibb and his children lived in Alnwick in the 1800's, but which of the family painted a huge hidden masterpiece in an Alnwick home, just rediscovered? Read on ....... Read More
Alnwick Golden Jubilee Celebrations 1887
As we have marked two major royal celebrations recently, with the Platinum Jubilee celebrations for the reign of Elizabeth II in June 2022 and the coronation of King Charles III in May 2023, it is ... Read More
Alnwick Soup Kitchen Heroes
A new article from our collections highlights those who helped in the provision of food in bad weather to those in extreme poverty during the 1800's. Read about our Soup Kitchen Heroes ... Read More
Save 10% on your visit to Bailiffgate this summer
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What’s the link between Alnwick and Mars?
Learn about the unique achievements of Sir George Bidell Airey and how he set the co-ordinates of Mars exploration here or go to our Stories from our Collections section and learn about ... Read More
The amazing house at No1 Bailiffgate
What has the 300-year history of No.1 Bailiffgate to do with two of the most popular childrens' characters for early readers? This and so much more here... Read More
George Lingwoods unique Book of Alnwick
George Lingwood was born in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, around 1822 and moved to Alnwick in 1842. He was employed by plumbers Wilkin and Dickman until he was forced to retire by ill-health. George ... Read More
How George Wilkin, plumber helped save lives
Cholera had had a terrible effect on Alnwick. George Wilkin was more than just an average plumber, he was an inventor as well . Discover how he did his bit to improve things ... Read More
Davison Prints now featured on Cotton..
There are almost 100 fabulous posters by Alnwick printer William Davison in our online collection . In addition, four are now available as large, pure cotton tea-towels which are ideal presents to family, friends and ... Read More
Remix celebrates Lockdown Creations
The new Autumn exhibition now in Bailiffgate features work by a number of textile artists who together form the Fusion group. All the exhibits were stimulated in one way or another by lockdown, ... Read More
Summer exhibition “Beside the Seaside” now Open
The new "Beside the Seaside Exhibition "is now open at Bailiffgate Museum. It features many fascinating exhibits of what created this well-loved British Institition, from rock pools to rock, donkeys to saucy postcards. ... Read More
Bailiffgate Museum now fully open again
Bailiffgate Museum and Gallery has fully reopened (with appropriate Covid precautions) after the Christmas shutdown. Full details of opening hours can be found on our museum website ... Read More
2022 Family History talks announced
The first talks of 2022 will take place by Zoom or in person according to the Covid situation at the time. They will include a look at the history of and future developments in ... Read More
Just added: Old photos of Peter’s Mill
What is widely referred to as Peter's Mill was originally called Denwick Mill-now long demolished. We do, however have some very interesting photographs of it when still a working mill. See our Collections&... Read More
Fascinating Hardy’s brochure added to the Collection
A Hardy's brochure just added to the Documents section offers a fascinating insight into the commercial empire that reached worldwide from its Alnwick base. Hardy's fishing tackle in the 1930's boasted nearly 80 agencies ... Read More
A unique way to teach or learn
Loans boxes area free resource for schools, childminders, regularly home schooled pupils and young people’s groups. They also aid recollection for the elderly. Boxes packed with real and reproduction items are available ... Read More
The Census is coming
The 2021 Census will add to a process that has taken place in the United Kingdom for over 100 years. This has proven an invaluable tool for family historians, especially now that data on ... Read More
New Online Art Exhibition
There are beautiful new pictures to admire and buy in our new online art exhibition by Felton Art Group. Prints from just £25. Many works on canvas in oil or acrylic medium. "A Summer ... Read More
Books about Northumberland
A wide range of books about Northumberland and its history are a key feature of the new online Bailiffgate bookshop, some titles not available elsewhere. Check it out today... Read More
Farming Under Fire
Just one of life's little difficulties when you farm close to an MOD Range. One of the new stories on Bailiffgate TV Watch Now... Read More
What a drama! See how girls joined the Duke’s School theatre production.
Lots more wonderful images from the archives of our now-disappeared Alnwick boy's school. See the whole Duke's School collection and hundreds of other great images in our Photo Gallery... Read More
Enjoy the Viking artworks, even in lockdown
Nearly 500 school children took part this year in the annual Bailiffgate Museum and Gallery Art competition. If this had been a normal year, the paintings and drawings of the 10 winners would have been ... Read More
Mixed sessions, and No Undressing!
A collection of cinema adverts is the latest addition to our "Posters and Postcards" section. All are colourful and striking, a few are downright bizarre Cinemas were a force to be reckoned with ... Read More
New to our photo collection: Over 100 Amazing Images
A striking collection of over 100 rare photographs from the archives of Bailiffgate Museum are the latest to be loaded onto Bailiffgate Collections.These images are likely to be some of the first such ... Read More
Viking artefacts to come to Alnwick
The main Bailiffgate summer exhibition of 2021 will feature Viking artefacts, loaned by the Jorvik Centre of York The Vikings: Fact and Fiction will tell the story of Vikings in Northumberland, with a number ... Read More
Many never-before exhibited photos on show in new exhibition
Watch The Birdie is an opportunity to view a number of striking historic images from the Bailiffgate Collection Thomas Marsh, organist, with his daughter Exhibited for the first time at Bailiffgate Museum and ... Read More
A new Video of OOT visiting Whittingham School
A group has visited Whittingham School to create a number of educational exercises for the pupils based on traditional Coquetdale story-telling. See the video, part of Bailiffgate TV Just click on the image ... Read More
Dozens more shots of old Alnwick added to Collections
Many more amazing images of old Alnwick have been added to the Photograph section of the Collections website The example above shows crowds on Bondgate Within, Alnwick, probably for the visit of King ... Read More
Death and Destruction in Alnmouth
Amongst the over 30 images of old Alnmouth just added to our Collections>Photographs are 3 of the outcome of the Nazi raid on Alnmouth in 1941 Houses on Argyle Street, Alnmouth were damaged by ... Read More
Have you a relative who died in World War one?
The database of now over 1500 fallen service personnel from WW1 with ties to Alnwick District keeps growing.The Western Front Association would love to hear from you. David Thompson of the Western ... Read More
Bailiffgate wins grant to support the launch of a major new Community Project
Bailiffgate Museum & Gallery has been awarded 285,600 pounds to carry out a major new Out of Town (OOT) project, made possible by National Lottery players and awarded through the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF). ... Read More