“Yesterday, on the 22nd of May, 114 school students aged 11 to 13 from Newtown High School, descended on the Robert Owen Museum to learn more about this great Newtonian. […]
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252nd Birthday
A message from our Chairman:- “Dear All, What a beautiful day to celebrate Robert Owen and what an overall great performance from schoolchildren from Maesyrhandir CP school with their dance […]
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AGM 2023
Robert Owen Museum Association AGM Date of meeting : Friday 19th May, 2023 Time of meeting : 2pm Place of meeting : HYBRID * at Plas Dolerw, Milford Road, […]
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Birthday procession
On Saturday 13th May 2023, there will be a procession starting from the museum building in Broad Street, Newtown, to mark the 252nd birthday of Robert Owen. This public event […]
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Into the digital age..
“This is our first step into the world of modern technology inside our museum and has given us the opportunity for further considerations for greater use of the same in […]
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Allsop, Owen & Chartism
1. Thomas Allsop As well as being a leading Owenite, Thomas Allsop was also important in the history of Chartism which, in turn, has an important part to play in […]
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The Story of the Almanack
“An email came in to us from a Mr. Moffatt, a rare book dealer from Torquay asking us if we would be interested in a small pocket sized, leather bound […]
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The Allsop Almanack
The Almanack which the Museum has recently acquired was a present by Robert Owen to Miss Mary Allsop, who was the daughter of his long-term friend and ally, Thomas Allsop. […]
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About the Almanack (bi-lingual)
This example of Goldsmith’s Almanack was a new year present to ‘Miss Mary Allsop’ by Robert Owen signed and dated 1st January 1850. Mary Lamb Allsop, born in 1836, would […]
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Learning lessons for Co-operation & Education
Pioneer Robert Owen’s Impact: Learning lessons for Co-operation & Education Sat, 12th Nov 2022, 9.55am – 12 noon – on Zoom Why does Owen still offer so much for […]
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