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Winding House
September 9th 2010
Following months of careful work by specialist company Cyrus-RW and thanks to a generous £10,000 grant from SITA Trust, the Grade II listed Victorian engine house at Woodhorn once again contains a wor...
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The Beachless Beach Party
August 20th 2010
We all hope that Bank Holiday Mondays feature glorious sunshine so that families can enjoy the great outdoors and possibly a trip to the beach, but no matter what the weather next Monday, there will b...
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The Daleks are Coming
August 20th 2010
Dr Who and sci-fi fans from around the region are expected to make a bee-line for Woodhorn on Saturday 4th September. Following the recent sighting of one of the Time Lord’s arch enemies at the ...
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Museums transfer to Woodhorn Trust
August 6th 2010
The management of three historic museums in Northumberland has recently transferred from the county council to the Woodhorn Trust, in a move aimed at sharing and consolidating expertise, while ensuri...
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Enter a fun competition
July 28th 2010
15 July Join in our fun Life’s a Beach competition.Be inspired by the Woodhorn sand sculpture on site from 24 July and create your own work of art in sand. Post a photograph of yourself next to ...
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Open Every Day this Summer
July 28th 2010
Until Monday 6 September Woodhorn will be open and welcoming visitors every day to see its exhibitions and experience the fun summer programme. Youngsters will be able to enjoy the giant skittles and ...
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Young Museumaker Winners
July 17th 2010
15 July Following on from the recent launch of the new Ashington Group (Pitmen Painters) inspired Woodhorn products produced as part of the national museumaker project, youngsters from the county hav...
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Young People Inspired at Woodhorn
June 26th 2010
26 June 2010. Following on from the recent launch of the new Ashington Group (Pitmen Painters) inspired Woodhorn products produced as part of the national museumaker project, youngsters from the coun...
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Blyth School Records Find New Home at Woodhorn
June 16th 2010
16 April 2010. A unique collection of records from a Blyth school have recently been delivered to their new home at the Northumberland Archives at Woodhorn thanks to the hard work and dedication of a ...
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Norman Cornish and Surfing Exhibitions Open
June 11th 2010
11 June 2010. Two very different exhibitions will be running side by side at Woodhorn over the summer. Both open to the public on 12 June, the day of the Northumberland Miners’ Picnic, so it is ...
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Museumaker Launches Commissioned Products
June 7th 2010
7 June 2010. museumaker is a prestigious national project involving sixteen museums across four participating regions. It is supported by Arts Council England (ACE), Museums, Libraries and Archives Co...
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Fragile Reminder of Tragedy that Changed the World
April 13th 2010
13 April 2010. A small, delicate item currently on display at Woodhorn features as one of the remarkable objects from the North East in the regional section of BBC and British Museum History of the Wo...
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Silver Award for Green Woodhorn
April 9th 2010
9 April 2010. Staff at Woodhorn were thrilled recently to receive notification that the Northumberland visitor attraction had been granted a Silver award by the Green Tourism Business Scheme. The Sche...
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Berwick Museum Transfers to Woodhorn
March 30th 2010
30 March 2010. Management of the historic Berwick Museum and Art Gallery is due to be transferred from Northumberland County Council to the Woodhorn Trust, in a move aimed at sharing and consolidating...
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Northumberland Working Lives
March 23rd 2010
23 March 2010. The already impressive collections held in the Northumberland Archives at Woodhorn will now be catalogued and digitised thanks to an award of £249,400 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HL...
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Work Starts to Bring Winding House to Life
March 1st 2010
1 March 2010. Following a £10,000 funding boost from SITA Trust, work has begun to bring the iconic winding gear at Woodhorn Museum back into full working order. Winding House no.2 was built between 1...
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75 Years On Do you have a Pitmen Painter Painting?
October 1st 2009
Woodhorn is putting a call out to owners of works by the country's most famous amateur art group to coincide with the 75th anniversary of the first meeting.The story of the Ashington Group, the mi...
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Loft paintings added to Pitmen collection
July 6th 2009
In the best 'Antiques Roadshow' television programme traditions, two paintings stored in an attic for the past 20 years, have been added to the treasured collection of works by the iconic Pitm...
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Banner mystery solved
March 23rd 2009
Some careful detective work by Woodhorn Collections Assistant, Deborah Moffatt, has finally solved the mystery of a long lost miners' banner. The whereabouts of the Netherton Colliery banner can n...
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