“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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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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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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RO251 birthday
There were four main events planned for Robert Owen’s birthday this year, which the museum was involved in. There was a virtual event and three events held in Newtown. These […]
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Extending Protection Day
As new laws pass in Wales affecting all parents & carers of children, you are welcome here to read the views of one of the trustees (also a child psychologist), […]
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