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 […]
New Lanark
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 […]
New research area
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]