The Gift Shop at the museum stocks some of the most prominent local craftsmakers - Mary Bell’s rugs, pottery by Hans Ullrich and Mike Eden, Karen Griffiths’ unique rag rug handbags and Phil Bradley’s beautiful baskets. A selection of books on crafts, design, fashion, local history are also available (see below), as well as a wide variety of children’s books and traditional and modern toys and games.

Entry to the Gift Shop is free, but if you can’t make it to the shop we have a mail order service for the specialist books please contact us on 01539 722464 or email info [at] lakelandmuseum [dot] org [dot] uk to order.

Jonas Barber Clockmaker Of Winster
By B.W.Cave-Browne-Cave
The Jonas Barber Family, father and son, were clockmakers in the Winster Valley, Cumbria from about 1710 until 1802. This study looks at some of the 2000 clocks they made during that period, which are now spread all over the world.
268 pages
ISBN: 0 9506689 0 7
£8.50, Paperback

Swallows and Amazons Books
By Arthur Ransome
A classic children's tale, following the sailing exploits of a group of children.
We sell the full range of books in the Swallows and Amazons series published in hardback by Jonathan Cape.
ISBN 0-224-60631-X
£12.99 - £14.99, Hardback

In Search Of Swallows and Amazons
By Roger Wardale
An updated life of the writer of Swallows and Amazons, alongside a lively look as the people and places on which Ransome based his stories.
160 pages
ISBN: 0 9535035 4 2
£7.95, Hardback

A History Of Linen In The North-West
Edited by Elizabeth Roberts
Collection of five essays looking at the production of linen in the North West.
Includes an essay by Jenny Brunton on the Langdale Linen Industry, which was based in the Lakes.
ISBN 1-86220-064-5
£6.95, Paperback