The Ruskin Museum

The Ruskin Museum - Coniston

"The most thought-provoking in the Lakes" - The Rough Guide to the Lake District.

Coniston is a prime example of a place where nature and history, environment and man meet in a topographical dimension and together generate culture. Coniston’s Cabinet of Curiosities feature: a Lake and a Mountain, a Prophet for the Millennium, a real Boy’s Own Hero and Swallows and Amazons. The Ruskin Museum exists to enable you to explore and experience at first hand its literary and cultural heritage collections of national importance and international significance, for inspiration, learning, enjoyment and delight.

The Ruskin Museum - Coniston

"The most thought-provoking in the Lakes" - The Rough Guide to the Lake District.

Coniston is a prime example of a place where nature and history, environment and man meet in a topographical dimension and together generate culture. Coniston’s Cabinet of Curiosities feature: a Lake and a Mountain, a Prophet for the Millennium, a real Boy’s Own Hero and Swallows and Amazons. The Ruskin Museum exists to enable you to explore and experience at first hand its literary and cultural heritage collections of national importance and international significance, for inspiration, learning, enjoyment and delight.