Art inspired by Robert Owen’s Labour Notes An exhibition opened on 31st May at the Llantarnam Grange Art Centre that features art influenced by the Labour Notes from Robert Owen’s […]
New publications
Robert Owen Museum souvenir guide. Updated and extended ‘Museum Guide’ booklets, reflecting some of the new content in the museum display, as well as a Fersiwm Cymraeg of the Museum […]
254th Birthday Celebration
Robert Owen Museum held an event in Newtown to celebrate Robert Owen’s 254th birthday on Saturday 17th May 2025. There was a birthday procession from the museum to the garden […]
Library exhibition
ROBERT OWEN UTOPIAN LEGACY EXHIBITION at Newtown Library – 2nd May to 31st May 2025 For more details – follow link below :- https://www.heritagehub4midwales.co.uk/robert-owen-utopian-legacy-exhibition Organised by Heritage Hub 4 Mid […]
AGM 2025
Annual General Meeting On Friday 25th April, 2025 at 2pm Place of meeting : Plas Dolerw, Milford Road, Newtown, Powys, SY16 2EH Dear Member, We invite you to attend our […]
Owen’s death remembered
SATURDAY OPENING DATE On Saturday 9th November, 2024, there was an event in the Museum to commemorate and remember the 166th anniversary of the death of Robert Owen. A group […]
His Timeline
Downloadable version of timeline with dates Late 1809 Formed new partnership after dispute over new schools. June 1812 Resigned as Manager after dispute over […]
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. […]
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 […]
Christmas 2024
Rex Shayler, Chairman of Robert Owen Museum wishes a Happy Christmas to everyone and announces the Christmas opening hours below. “The museum will be closed from 1pm on Tuesday 24th […]
New Information panels
There has been a major investment by the Welsh Government into the museum, which has resulted in the completion of a long project to update the information panels in […]
Statue in local art
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 […]
Saturday opening
OFFICIAL STATEMENT FROM CHAIRMAN – SUMMER SATURDAY OPENING FOR 2024 This summer, the museum is also being opened on the following Saturdays: 20th July and 3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th August […]