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Mindfulness in Museums
As we develop programmes of work with a focus on wellbeing for the Blackpool Museum we thought it would be interesting to share Manchester Art Gallery’s mindfulness programme as an example of best...
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Museums Journal article: Blackpool Museum Circus project
Blackpool Museum Project has been featured in a Museums Journal article about how museums are regenerating towns by capitalising on their seaside heritage. “What may not be as widely known is that in...
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Beside the Seaside; at conference in Scarborough
Last week the Blackpool Museum Project visited Scarborough for the Seaside Heritage Network’s Beside the Seaside conference. The event brought together museums and academics from around the coast,...
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We all have a story to tell
Last week we went to visit the brand new, 37 million pound Storyhouse on their opening day. Storyhouse is Chester’s brand new cultural centre; home to a theatre, cinema, library, studio theatre,...
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Patio of Fame
The Museum team went to visit Mr Tom Roberts and family at their beautiful home, Bispham Court. We had been told that they had a patio in their garden which had been signed by many of the entertainment...
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“I love Blackpool”
Memories of Blackpool by Karen Brakenridge, Volunteer Assistant at Manchester Museum The picture of Patrick and Annie Prescott, My Mam and Dad. They are on their Honeymoon in 1949.It wasn’t long until...
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Photos on the Prom
Recent visitors to Blackpool Promenade, found themselves drawn to a strange and unfamiliar contraption that had appeared on the Comedy Carpet. On closer inspection, people realised it was one of the...
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Blackpool is Bowled Over!
A rare Stan Laurel bowler hat is reunited with Blackpool’s Critchlow collection as resort bids for a new museum of popular entertainment Blackpool Council has reunited an iconic Stan Laurel bowler hat...
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Believe It!
Our new Assistant Curator, Rebecca, is on a mission to visit every visitor attraction in Blackpool as part of her research. This week she took a trip to Ripley’s Believe it Or Not!, based at the...
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Champions of Dance
A few weeks ago we walked amongst the brightest stars, future champions and technical experts of the dance world at the Blackpool Dance Festival, an annual event that has been held in the Empress...
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