Annual General Meeting On Friday 11/10/24 At 2pm Place of meeting : TBA Dear Member, We invite you to attend our AGM meeting for 2024. If you wish to join this meeting online, […]
There has been a major WG investment into the museum, which has resulted in the completion of a long project to update the information panels in the museum and […]
FURTHER SATURDAY OPENING DATE On Saturday 9th November, 2024, there will be an event in the Museum to celebrate the 166th anniversary of Owen’s death. More details will be released […]
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 […]
Robert Owen Museum held an event on Saturday 11th May with a birthday procession and a celebration of Robert Owen’s 253rd birthday, which started and ended at the museum building […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
OFFICIAL STATEMENT FROM CHAIRMAN – EASTER OPENING FOR 2024 The museum will open this Easter on Saturday 30th March, 2024 (from 11am to 3pm). We hope to greet many new visitors […]
Downloadable version of timeline with dates Late 1809 Formed new partnership after dispute over new schools. June 1812 Resigned as Manager after dispute over […]