Sofia La Bouchardiere entered her painting in the Newtown Town council “Big Art competition” entitled “Why I Love Newtown” in February 2022. Here it is. It got missed from our […]
A new digital display with material from Historic New Harmony, in Indiana, USA is to be unveiled at the museum soon, complete with 23 new slides showing Robert Owen’s work […]
Dewi Hughes (Museum Librarian and International Coordinator) visited New Lanark in Scotland on 24th August, 2023. There is a new digital display in the museum now, which displays his photographs […]
Our curator, Colin Laker, has written a new short essay on Robert Owen and slavery. We have now added it to all the articles and writings about Robert Owen here. […]
In 2023, there have been many changes and additions at the museum. These are :- Refurbished research area Digital display in the golden key display cabinet Digital display used in […]
“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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
“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 […]
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 […]