Bailiffgate Museum & Gallery, Alnwick

Provoking controversy and snapped up by collectors and dealers, Stella's paintings are undeniably vibrant, colourful, irreverent and funny. See them for yourself from Tuesday 8th January. Stella was born in Alnwick and often returns to the town to visit family and to paint.

Looking forward to this

Don’t forget to book your tickets for this interesting talk and the pop up exhibition by Northumberland Archives is on from Tuesday 8th January

If you missed it here’s a clip

We would say that this is 1 dedicated fan. Wonder if it works? Keep an eye out for our 2019 sewing workshops from our dedicated volunteers.

Are you a budding writer? This might be just the start of something for you #crimewriter #thriller #fiction #NorthEast

Left handed? Find out what happens if you are in Thursday night’s BBC 2 Back in Time for School programme. A group of teenage boys and girls turn back time from the Victorians, through to the Edwardians progressing through to the 90s in this six parter.

Only 1 week to go before we re-open for 2019! Lots of lovely exhibitions planned, workshops and our brand new websites. Yes websites! Look out later this month when we go live....we plan a current website so you can keep up to date on everything happening in 2019 and beyond, and the other, our Collections, so you can delve into the past. Our first exhibition is Stella Vine, a very interesting and vibrant exhibition. Did you know that Stella used to come to St Mary's Church (now the Museum) when she was a young child?

The Trustees and volunteers would like to wish you all a very Happy New Year

A proper #throwbackThursday from today’s Northumberland Gazette. 25 years ago when we were a mere twinkle in the eye.

Thank you to Paul Appleby a look at our glorious coastline and castles

We are sure you will all be pleased to know that the reindeer have been passed ready for tomorrow night.

The volunteers and Trustees would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas. The Museum is closed until Tuesday 8th January 2019. We look forward to seeing you all in 2019.

Hope we have clear skies

Christmas Special 🎅🎄🎄

Two lockable display display cabinets available. 198cm high, 120cm wide, 40cm deep. Each has 4 adjustable glass shelves, 6 side lights. One cabinet has two lights in the top, the other has 4. Plugs into mains socket. Must be collected by Sunday 6th January at the latest. Donations to Bailiffgate Museum & Gallery. Please send a message if you are interested or email the museum ask@bailiffgatemuseum.co.uk

We thoroughly enjoyed our visit to the museum. It is very well laid out, with a huge amount packed into a small space. Our children (nearly 6 and nearly 8) liked exploring and investigating all the different sections. The Harry Potter exhibition was really well thought out, with incredible attention to detail. There is plenty for the children to interact with and the staff and volunteers have clearly spent hours and hours putting it together. Thank you.

We really enjoyed our visit, staff were lovely. We enjoyed hunting for the mice & our 3 year old loved the mice under the floor. Very informative museum.

Vistited the museum with my 4 children yesterday on our way back home from holiday & my older children (14 & 11) absolutely loved the Harry Potter exhibition. We also enjoyed the permanent exhibition. Highly recommend a visit to anyone in the area 😀

Took our 5 year old daughter - she had a great time with the Halloween activities - the 2 ladies that supervised the crafts were lovely & so attentive. We spent a good couple of hours there looking around & interacting with the displays.

This Then and Now exhibition is excellent. Enjoyed it very much.

Small but well packed exhibition. Staff very friendly and helpful, not expensive and just outside castle gate

I went along to see the Harry Potter exhibition and it was really good. We loved having the chance to dress up and and have some fun! The staff were extremely friendly and accommodating.

I love seeing the updates about the museum! I was a St. Cloud State student at the castle while the museum was getting ready to open and my community participation was helping to get the displays at Bailiffgate ready, and remember the grand opening well. Hope to make it back with my kids to see the museum and town soon.

Had a lovely time at the museum. Grandchildren were engrossed for nearly 2 hours. Disability friendly. Easy access even although it is a converted church. Lovely for my husband to spend fun , quality time with our grandchildren . Staff very helpful and informative . A must when visiting Alnwick.

Fantastic place and we all had so much fun. Brilliant for kids and the staff were lovely. Loved the little mouse school under the teachers desk too. Thankyou for a great morning

Fantastic museum to visit, very interesting. Our boys loved looking at everything and exploring all 3 levels :) well worth the visit

Fantastic independent museum with interesting local history featured downstairs and a changing programme of exhibitions and events upstairs. There's a great little museum shop too and they hold regular community events and workshops.

Excellent visit with friend and 3 boys aged between six and eight... Boys enjoyed dressing in armour, helmets etc and my friend especially enjoyed dressing up in the various ladies costumes on top floor. Kids loved looking for the mice too... I enjoyed the old classroom with its old fashioned rules and punishments...

Staff fantastic and very knowledgable..

Excellent little gem in the heart of Alnwick! Immersive, educational and a lot of fun! This is my second visit and I'm impressed the way the museum has grown and developed since my first visit - keep it up!

Excellent displays and the Harry Potter exhibition was amazing. Also the staff were outstanding.

Came here for the first time today, it’s a lovely little museum with some good permanent displays and a really fun exhibition on toys. Plenty of hands on fun for the kids!

Beautiful building full of history. Very friendly and welcoming staff. Visited specifically for the Harry Potter illustrations by Jim Kay exhibition, which was excellent but will definitely return to see other temporary exhibitions. The admission fee is good value for money. Small shop, clean toilets, stairs, as the exhibits are over 3 floors but there is a lift. Really enjoyed my visit.

Always visit when we come to Alnwick we went yesterday and saw the Harry Potter exhibition there is always something new to see and the staff are very friendly and helpful had a go at the brass rubbing but we were rubbish at it but very enjoyable

Lovely place, lots of history in a fun and intresting way for children and adults. We really enjoyed the Harry potter part ,which was our reason for visit.our first visit and will definitely revisit in the future.

We thoroughly enjoyed our visit to the museum. It is very well laid out, with a huge amount packed into a small space. Our children (nearly 6 and nearly 8) liked exploring and investigating all the different sections. The Harry Potter exhibition was really well thought out, with incredible attention to detail. There is plenty for the children to interact with and the staff and volunteers have clearly spent hours and hours putting it together. Thank you.

We really enjoyed our visit, staff were lovely. We enjoyed hunting for the mice & our 3 year old loved the mice under the floor. Very informative museum.

Vistited the museum with my 4 children yesterday on our way back home from holiday & my older children (14 & 11) absolutely loved the Harry Potter exhibition. We also enjoyed the permanent exhibition. Highly recommend a visit to anyone in the area 😀

Took our 5 year old daughter - she had a great time with the Halloween activities - the 2 ladies that supervised the crafts were lovely & so attentive. We spent a good couple of hours there looking around & interacting with the displays.

This Then and Now exhibition is excellent. Enjoyed it very much.

Small but well packed exhibition. Staff very friendly and helpful, not expensive and just outside castle gate

I went along to see the Harry Potter exhibition and it was really good. We loved having the chance to dress up and and have some fun! The staff were extremely friendly and accommodating.

I love seeing the updates about the museum! I was a St. Cloud State student at the castle while the museum was getting ready to open and my community participation was helping to get the displays at Bailiffgate ready, and remember the grand opening well. Hope to make it back with my kids to see the museum and town soon.

Had a lovely time at the museum. Grandchildren were engrossed for nearly 2 hours. Disability friendly. Easy access even although it is a converted church. Lovely for my husband to spend fun , quality time with our grandchildren . Staff very helpful and informative . A must when visiting Alnwick.

Fantastic place and we all had so much fun. Brilliant for kids and the staff were lovely. Loved the little mouse school under the teachers desk too. Thankyou for a great morning

Fantastic museum to visit, very interesting. Our boys loved looking at everything and exploring all 3 levels :) well worth the visit

Fantastic independent museum with interesting local history featured downstairs and a changing programme of exhibitions and events upstairs. There's a great little museum shop too and they hold regular community events and workshops.

Excellent visit with friend and 3 boys aged between six and eight... Boys enjoyed dressing in armour, helmets etc and my friend especially enjoyed dressing up in the various ladies costumes on top floor. Kids loved looking for the mice too... I enjoyed the old classroom with its old fashioned rules and punishments...

Staff fantastic and very knowledgable..

Excellent little gem in the heart of Alnwick! Immersive, educational and a lot of fun! This is my second visit and I'm impressed the way the museum has grown and developed since my first visit - keep it up!

Excellent displays and the Harry Potter exhibition was amazing. Also the staff were outstanding.

Came here for the first time today, it’s a lovely little museum with some good permanent displays and a really fun exhibition on toys. Plenty of hands on fun for the kids!

Beautiful building full of history. Very friendly and welcoming staff. Visited specifically for the Harry Potter illustrations by Jim Kay exhibition, which was excellent but will definitely return to see other temporary exhibitions. The admission fee is good value for money. Small shop, clean toilets, stairs, as the exhibits are over 3 floors but there is a lift. Really enjoyed my visit.

Always visit when we come to Alnwick we went yesterday and saw the Harry Potter exhibition there is always something new to see and the staff are very friendly and helpful had a go at the brass rubbing but we were rubbish at it but very enjoyable

Lovely place, lots of history in a fun and intresting way for children and adults. We really enjoyed the Harry potter part ,which was our reason for visit.our first visit and will definitely revisit in the future.