Brampton Museum

Memories...

****The Museum is now closed for Christmas!**** (we re-open on 2 January)
And so...Binky is preparing to go home, he is never here on Christmas Day… he has decided to study some maps from our archive to help him find his way...
... It seems he enjoyed 'hanging around' the Brampton Museum!
Happy Christmas everyone!
See More

Brampton Museum will be closed today and will re-open on Wednesday 2nd January 2019. Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

We’re open until 4.30 today - your very last chance to pick up some bits and pieces for that Christmas stocking - look at these plastic free beauties.

Well folks today is the last day we will be open to the public in 2018! We will be closed from 24 December until 2 January.
Binky the museum elf is very tired after having so much fun in the museum, and has decided to have a snooze in one of the clocks in the watchmaker’s shop.

Look what we’ve found in our collection 😁😳....

Mark Harris is back with us today demonstrating his painting skills in the Main Gallery. He is working on a portrait today and is surrounded by other wonderful gifts and artwork for sale by the Gallery at 12 Artists! #museum #art #culture #painting #inspiration #festive #localartist #christmas

Have you been good this year?
Well Binky the Museum elf is 'helping' Santa write his Naughty and Nice list.
Unfortunately he's writing the list in the museum catalogue...the Collections Officer will not be happy!

We have limited spaces available for the popular 8 week course with Andrew Dobraszczyc running at Brampton Museum on Thursdays from 24 January 2019 (Breaking for half term so no course runs on Thurs 21 February). There are morning or afternoon sessions available. 10.15am - 12.15pm or 2.00pm 4.00pm.
Please call 01782 619705 or email bramptonmuseum@newcastle-staffs.gov. uk for more detials and to make your booking.
PLEASE NOTE WE ARE CURRENTLY ONLY TAKING PAYMENT FOR THE FIRST ...8 WEEK COURSE, THE SECOND IS TO BE SIGNED UP FOR AND PAID FOR SEPARATELY. PAYMENT MUST BE MADE UPON BOOKING FULL PRICE 8 WEEK COURSE - £62.00 | £58.00 CONCESSIONS
See More

Three Landed Estates in the vicinity of Newcastle: Keele Hall, Butterton Hall & Clayton Hall Estates In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, most of the land on the west and south sides of Newcastle formed part of three landed estates: the Keele estate, the property of the Sneyd family; the Butterton estate, the property of the Swinnerton family and their descendants, the Pilkington family, and the Clayton estate, the property of the Booth family and their descendants th...e Ayshford Wise family. This course will look at the history of the landowners, their country houses, estate villages, and farms. It will consider the various ways in which these estates interacted with Newcastle-under-Lyme – as suppliers to the local market, as customers of shops, businesses and banks in the borough, and, in the case of the Sneyd family as important landowners within the town boundary. It will also show how that relationship changed with the break-up of the landed estates in the twentieth century and the conversion of much of their agricultural and into new housing estates, and, in the case of the Keele estate – the sale of a substantial part of the land around Keele Hall to a new university. The course will be offered over two terms, of eight weeks each. The first term will deal with the Butterton and Clayton estates; the second term with the Keele estate. Classes will be held in the Brampton Museum on Thursday mornings 10.15 to 12.15, and Thursday afternoons 2 to 4 pm, starting on Thursday 24 January 2019. The second term will begin on Thursday 3 October 2019.
PLEASE NOTE WE ARE CURRENTLY ONLY TAKING PAYMENT FOR THE FIRST 8 WEEK COURSE, THE SECOND IS TO BE SIGNED UP FOR AND PAID FOR SEPARATELY. SPACES ARE LIMITED. PLEASE CALL BRAMPTON MUSEUM ON 01782 619705 or email bramptonmuseum@newcastle-staffs.gov. uk PAYMENT MUST BE MADE UPON BOOKING FULL PRICE 8 WEEK COURSE - £62.00 | £58.00 CONCESSIONS
See More

We've done far too much this year to fit into one slideshow...here's part 2

It's been a busy old year! Here are a few of our 'best bits' from 2018...

This morning we found Binky the museum elf just hanging around in the Mellards shop upstairs...
Silly elf...

For those without a chimney...Santa left us with something special to share with you...and at a special price! Santa's keys are now £5.00 and come beautifully packaged! Hang the key on a door handle or display it in your home and Santa will be sure to find his way to deliver his gifts. #ChristmasMagic #ChristmasAroundTheCorner #ChristmasTraditions #Believe #localartist

We received some lovely feedback from a visitor today
'I had the pleasure to visit your museum and gallery earlier this year; it was a delight in its warm reception, lay-out, and information for visitors, and there was an exhibition of local artwork on at the time, which was excellent.'

“Now you see me – Now you don’t”
Binky the museum elf has always quite fancied himself as a bit of a magician,and is good at finding places to hide.
I hope the museum staff don't catch him messing about with the museum objects or he will have to disappear!

“Nobody move Herbert The Heron looks Hungry” Can you spot Binky the museum elf?
Anyway, he’s such a joker – everyone knows Herbert only eats chocolate buisuits!

What a lovely place this is I would definitely recommend it..

Went to see the Philip Astley Exhibition yesterday. Watched the video of Astley's life. A really great film. The museum is full of interesting things. Well worth a visit. Take the kids, they'll really enjoy it.

There isn’t a great deal of places offering ‘free admission’ around here... So along with free parking, a sand pit, bird aviary, natural gardens and a park on the end with a Café, what’s not to like?! �����

Fantastic place lots to do. love bringing my little girl ere she loves it especially the sandpit x