Brampton Museum Archives

BY Baba

Staff at Newcastle’s popular Brampton Museum are preparing to reopen the museum and gallery to the public next week for the first time since the lockdown and with new Covid Secure measurements in place. Initially, the museum will be open to the public from Monday to Friday only, from 1-5pm, with visits restricted to the […]

Community News, Culture, Newcastle-under-Lyme

14th March 2020

Civic Society start funding ball rolling at Brampton Museum

BY Baba

Civic Society members have got a series of heritage and community funding bids off to a great start with a contribution of £100,000 towards ambitious plans to expand and extend Brampton Museum. The popular visitor attraction has unveiled ambitious plans which include a new temporary exhibitions gallery, improved learning space and a research and volunteer...

Culture, Newcastle-under-Lyme

8th February 2020

Local Artist Making Waves with must-Sea Exhibition

BY Baba

The sky is the limit for a local artist who is enjoying a solo exhibition at the Brampton Museum as his reward for blowing competition out of the water. Paul Newcastle – who specialises in landscape and seascape paintings – is currently displaying a selection of his artwork in the Hall Gallery, in two phases, […]

Community News, Culture, Newcastle-under-Lyme

10th January 2020

Art Friends link up for Newcastle-under-Lyme Exhibition

BY Blair

A friendship forged in the classroom over a shared love of art 40 years ago is one of the main inspirations for a new exhibition in Newcastle. 50 FORTY is a stunning selection of paintings, sculptures and ceramics made by Staffordshire artists Mike Cain and Dave Harper over the past half a century. Mike, who […]

Community News, Newcastle-under-Lyme

1st November 2019

Step into Christmas at the Brampton Museum

BY Baba

Visitors can get into the magical Christmas spirit at the Brampton Museum. The Council’s arts and cultural officers have organised a festive-themed events programme which opens on 16 November and runs throughout December. The main gallery is being transformed into a treasure trove of bespoke items as part of the annual “B(u)y Me for Christmas” […]

Community News, Newcastle-under-Lyme

12th September 2019

Capturing the Past at the Brampton

BY Baba

A 19th century oil painting, model buildings made by a doctor in the 1940s and contemporary artwork created by a former conservation architect feature in a nostalgic exhibition celebrating Newcastle-under-Lyme’s past. Museum officers at the Brampton Museum have picked a selection of old photographs and works of art – produced by local artists and...

Community News, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire News

23rd July 2019

Summer fun at the Brampton Museum

BY Baba

A family-friendly exhibition celebrating the 50th anniversary of the moon landings has launched at the Brampton Museum. “Out of this World” looks at the production of toys, games, TV programmes and other items from the 1960s and 1970s exploring the fantasies of space travel and living on other planets – influenced by the space race […]

Community News, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire News

21st May 2019

Female Prisoners Exhibition at the Brampton Museum

BY Baba

An exhibition at Brampton Museum opens up the dark world of female prisoners at Stafford Prison using photographs taken more than 100 years ago. The exhibition creator – artist Ruth Singer – has brought the images of female criminals, photographed in Stafford Prison between 1877 and 1915, to Newcastle-under-Lyme – and there are local...

Community News, Culture, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire News

29th April 2019

Royal Time at the Brampton Museum

BY Baba

Royal tales will be shared by the Friends of the Brampton Museum, in Newcastle-under-Lyme to mark the 200th birthday of Queen Victoria. History fans will be able to enjoy talks surrounding Britain’s second longest reigning monarch’s succession to the throne on how Victoria became the Queen. Victoria, who was fifth in line to the throne, inherited...

Community News, Culture, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire News

5th April 2019

Quiet Hour at Brampton Museum

BY Baba

A new initiative is being launched at The Brampton Museum, in Newcastle-under-Lyme to help make visits more comfortable for people with autism. A quiet hour is being introduced at the popular Council-run heritage attraction where sounds and lights will be adjusted between 10am and 11am every Saturday – starting from 20 April – and a […]

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LOCATIONS

Brampton Museum Reopening

Civic Society start funding ball rolling at Brampton Museum

Local Artist Making Waves with must-Sea Exhibition

Art Friends link up for Newcastle-under-Lyme Exhibition

Step into Christmas at the Brampton Museum

Capturing the Past at the Brampton

Summer fun at the Brampton Museum

Female Prisoners Exhibition at the Brampton Museum

Royal Time at the Brampton Museum

Quiet Hour at Brampton Museum

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