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Description: | The bulding of the then Museum & Free Library was completed in 1874. The library occupied the ground floor with the museum on the first floor. In the 1970's a purpose built library was opened in the town center to which the library moved and building became Blackburn Museum & Art Gallery across both floors. Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery can be described as mildly Gothic with touches in the direction of the Arts and Crafts movement. One of the largest gifts to be bequeathed is the Hart Collection of numismatics, illuminated manuscripts and early printed books form by a local rope manufacture, Robert Edward Hart (1876 ������ 1946). The public collection is recognized as one of the best outside London. As Blackburn and the surrounding areas prospered into a Cotton Town, so too did the wealth of Mill owners and philanthropists, many of whom presented or bequeathed important artworks which went on to form a large collection of watercolours, oil paintings and Japanese woodblock prints. | Source: | MLA Institutions Server | Address: | Museum Street
Blackburn,Blackburn,Lancashire,BB1 7AJ | Sector: | Museums | Type: | Local/Regional government | Jurisdiction: | Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council | FAX: | 01254 695 370 | Telephone: | 01254 667 130 | Identifier: | 10673 |
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