Whitehaven's Maritime past
From: Saturday 17th July 2010To: Saturday 17th July 2010
Time: 10am to 4.30pm
Where: The Beacon
Organiser: Claire Winter-Moore
Organiser Phone: 01946 592302
Organiser Email: Click here to send an email
Beginning on 17th July, The Beacon’s Harbour Gallery will be transformed into a sea of beautiful maritime art.
Whitehaven, one of the most important ports in the country during the 17th and 18th centuries, has a rich maritime past and this exhibition will celebrate this heritage. The exhibition brings together not only some previously unseen paintings from the Beacon collection, but also some from Tullie House Museum & Art Gallery and Merseyside Maritime Museum.
As well as magnificent paintings, this exhibition will also show items from the Beacon’s ship model collection such as the Henry Lowther, recently returned to The Beacon’s Museum Collection after almost 20 years of careful conservation work. The Henry Lowther was officially “relaunched” into the museum collection on Saturday 20th March by Cllr Mike McVeigh, who is now Mayor of Copeland, alongside Cllr Hugh Branney.
The exhibition begins on 17th July and is showing until 18th September in The Harbour Gallery. It is open Tuesday to Sunday and holiday Mondays 10am to 4.30pm. Entry is FREE.
