If you are visiting County Durham, UK, please visit Barnard Castle and the #BowesMuseum . Josephine Bowes was an incredibly important collector and a well-respected artist. The museum was envisaged by John and Josephine Bowes, not in London but among the coal mines that dotted the landscape.

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/feb/06/pioneering-art-collector-josephine-bowes-museum-exhibition-durham?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Museum turns up the dial on pioneering art collector Joséphine Bowes

Frenchwoman ‘had a bigger role than we’ve ever made visible’, says curator at Durham’s Bowes Museum

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Peanut Farmer by Jeff Walker & Michael Droste attribute to President Jimmy Carter

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Peanut Farmer by Jeff Walker & Michael Droste attribute to President Jimmy Carter

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Lovely time at the #BowesMuseum

Visiting #Piercebridge #RomanRuins first, so the finds from the river on display at Bowes were our priority

We chatted with staff to hear how the museum struggles over winter, with the vast majority on Sundays there for lunch, not paying to see the collection

We liked walking the exhibitions in the last hour, almost to ourselves, but wonder what future these institutions have during the recession

https://thebowesmuseum.org.uk

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Last hour in #BowesMuseum, vegetarian meal in café, Christmas cards from shop and special exhibition of Briggs' illustrations

#Snowman

Better than Sunday TV!