Make more of a trip to the Lake District, by enjoying a visit to the award winning Museum of Lakeland Life. Filled to the brim with objects, the Museum is housed in a converted stableblock, opposite Abbot Hall Art Gallery.

In 1973 the Museum was the first winner of the coveted 'Museum of the Year' award. The permanent collections include displays linked to the Arts and Crafts movement, 'Swallows and Amazons' author Arthur Ransome, and the Victorian period. There are also a variety of temporary displays, drawing on our wonderful costume collection which dates from the seventeenth century onwards. The Museum also has a programme of educational activities and events, which you can discover more about, on this site.

All the family will enjoy a visit to the Museum with a walk down an Edwardian street scene, and a visit to an eighteenth century kitchen! The Museum and its collections will fascinate, and give you a chance to learn a little more about the past of the lake District.

The Museum of Lakeland Life is managed by The Lakeland Arts Trust (charity no. 526980) which also runs Abbot Hall Art Gallery on the same site, and Blackwell the Arts and Crafts House ten miles away at Bowness-on-Windermere.