🧱 The LEGO Bowes Museum Is Going on a Journey 🧱 Regular visitors may recognise the LEGO model of The Bowes Museum from the Founders’ Galleries. This week, it has set off on a long-term loan to Glamis Castle, the ancestral home of John Bowes’ father. Built by Steve Mayes (Brick This) for the 2019 exhibition LEGO: Building The Bowes Museum, the model is made up of an incredible 40,000 LEGO bricks and is an impressive 1.8 metres in length. We’re delighted to see this much-loved model heading off

Have you seen our #SilverSwan play? Although well over 200 years old the stunning 18th century automaton enchants our visitors every day with its soft movements and mesmerising song. If you haven’t seen it yet, don’t miss its performance at 2.00 every day where you can find out more details about it from our colleagues. Read more about the Silver Swan story here: https://tinyurl.com/y93doho7 | The Bowes Museum

First public Silver Swan performance following a major programme of conservation work #thebowesmuseum #silverswan #automaton | The Bowes Museum

The Silver Swan, an 18th century automaton at the Bowes Museum

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The Bowes Museum is delighted to announce the Museum will open at 10.00 on Saturday 1 August 🥳💗🤗 For full details on what to expect on your visit see: http://bit.ly/TBMCOVID19Updates We look forward to reopening our doors and welcoming everyone back! #July #July2020 | The Bowes Museum

🚂✨ Behind the scenes at The Bowes Museum Rachel, our Fashion & Textiles Curator, is busy adding the finishing touches to Dressed for Departure: Fashion in the Age of Rail. Opening 27 September, this new display marks the bicentenary of the Stockton and Darlington Railway. Highlights include: 👗 Garments from key moments in the region’s railway history 🧸 The world’s first toy train set, gifted by Edward Pease, the ‘Father of the Railway’, to his son 🎨 Artworks that capture the railway’s journe