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![]() The Museum in 2009. | |
Former name | Museum of Lakeland Life |
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Location | Kendal |
Coordinates | 54°19′22.908″N 2°44′41.460″W / 54.32303000°N 2.74485000°W |
Website |
www |
The Museum of Lakeland Life & Industry, formerly the Museum of Lakeland Life and sometimes abbreviated to MOLLI, is a local museum in Kendal, Cumbria, northwest England. [1]
The museum was opened in 1971 by Princess Alexandra. It won the first ever UK Museum of the Year award in 1973. [2]
The Museum presents life in the Lake District (aka Lakeland) from the late 18th century onwards. [3] The museum is located within the original Georgian stables of the Abbot Hall Art Gallery. It is managed by Lakeland Arts. [4] The displays include presentations of the author Arthur Ransome and the Swallows and Amazons series of books, local photographers, and the Arts & Crafts Movement in the Lake District. [5]
The museum is the registered office of the Arthur Ransome Society. [1]
As of January 2021 [update] the museum is closed during a redevelopment by Lakeland Arts of the whole Abbot Hall Art Gallery site and complex. [6]
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![]() The Museum in 2009. | |
Former name | Museum of Lakeland Life |
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Location | Kendal |
Coordinates | 54°19′22.908″N 2°44′41.460″W / 54.32303000°N 2.74485000°W |
Website |
www |
The Museum of Lakeland Life & Industry, formerly the Museum of Lakeland Life and sometimes abbreviated to MOLLI, is a local museum in Kendal, Cumbria, northwest England. [1]
The museum was opened in 1971 by Princess Alexandra. It won the first ever UK Museum of the Year award in 1973. [2]
The Museum presents life in the Lake District (aka Lakeland) from the late 18th century onwards. [3] The museum is located within the original Georgian stables of the Abbot Hall Art Gallery. It is managed by Lakeland Arts. [4] The displays include presentations of the author Arthur Ransome and the Swallows and Amazons series of books, local photographers, and the Arts & Crafts Movement in the Lake District. [5]
The museum is the registered office of the Arthur Ransome Society. [1]
As of January 2021 [update] the museum is closed during a redevelopment by Lakeland Arts of the whole Abbot Hall Art Gallery site and complex. [6]