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One of the first purpose built free museums to open outside of London in 1874!

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Blackburn Museum & Art Gallery @blackburnmuseum.bsky.social · Apr 23

Hello! 👋🏛️

We’re BM&AG - one of the first purpose-built free museums outside London, opening our doors in 1874!

Explore:
🖼️ 19th & 20th Century British art
📚 Early books and coins
🗾 Japanese prints
✨ Greek & Russian icons, Egyptology, and local history too!

👉 blackburnmuseum.org.uk

Blackburn Museum & Art Gallery @blackburnmuseum.bsky.social · 6d

Today's @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange theme is celebrations and unveilings for the reopening of The Harris! 🥳

We can't wait to visit and see this icon back on display. 💛

🖼 'Pauline in the Yellow Dress' c.1944 by Herbert James Gunn

🔗 artuk.org/discover/art...

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Blackburn Museum & Art Gallery @blackburnmuseum.bsky.social · Sep 4

Today's @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange theme is #Ceramics for 'Mella Shaw: Sounding Line' at The McManus, Dundee 🏛

The perfect opportunity to share a sneak peek of a newly acquired series of work by Nehal Aamir... 👀

🥀 The Nature of Gothic
Opening Saturday 13th September, 2025

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Blackburn Museum & Art Gallery @blackburnmuseum.bsky.social · Aug 28

🖼 Self Portrait at the Age of 34, National Gallery
🖼 Self Portrait at the Age of 22, @nationaltrust.org.uk, Knightshayes
🖼 Self Portrait at the Age of 63, National Gallery

Blackburn Museum & Art Gallery @blackburnmuseum.bsky.social · Aug 28

Today's @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange is #Time for 'Tony Foster: Exploring Time' at Cornwall Museum!

We're sharing some of the incredible Self-portraits by Rembrandt. Did you know, he created almost 100 self-portraits including over 40 paintings, 31 etchings and about 7 drawings?

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blooloop @blooloop.bsky.social · Aug 28

Today's @artukdotorg.bsky.social #onlineartexchange theme is Time, for 'Tony Foster: Exploring Time' at #Conwall #Museum.

This is "Day and Night" by Edward Robert Hughes (1851 -1914).

two ladies heads, one blonde styled as day, against a blue sky, the other a brunette as night.

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Blackburn Museum & Art Gallery @blackburnmuseum.bsky.social · Aug 14

Today's @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange theme is Welsh art, in celebration of Oriel Môn's exhibition 'From the Collection' 🖼️

Here's 'Self-Portrait' c.1902 by Gwen John, from the story "Sixteen wonderful Welsh artists"

Discover more by clicking below!
artuk.org/discover/sto...

📸 Tate

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Blackburn Museum & Art Gallery @blackburnmuseum.bsky.social · Jul 24

Today's @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange theme is film and cinema for 'May The Toys Be With You' at Lynn Museum 🙌

Here's 'French Silent Cinema Audience', c.1914 by Eugène Forel! 🎥

🏛 The Cinema Museum
© the copyright holder. Image credit: The Cinema Museum
🔗 artuk.org/discover/art...

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Local History Hub @localhistoryhub.bsky.social · Jun 27

Excited to welcome Alys Rouncefield of @blackburnmuseum.bsky.social as our new Community Lead for Local History Hub Blackburn with Darwen! 👏

Alys brings real passion for inclusive heritage education—making sure every young person feels part of their local story.

#LocalHistoryHub #BlackburnMuseum

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Blackburn Museum & Art Gallery @blackburnmuseum.bsky.social · Jun 21

How this heat has us feeling on #SummerSolstice! 🥵☀️

Blackburn Museum & Art Gallery @blackburnmuseum.bsky.social · Jun 19

Today's #OnlineArtExchange: Contemporary art depicting the female form. 🎨

👩‍🎨 We've chosen, 'I Lay Here For You' c.2018 by Tracey Emin

💭 Larger than life, powerful and at ease, the sculpture presents a radically different view of woman’s place in nature.

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🔗 artuk.org/discover/art...

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Blackburn Museum & Art Gallery @blackburnmuseum.bsky.social · Jun 12

⌛ On until Saturday 14th June 2025.
🖼️ Opening times:
📅 Tue – Sat | ⏰ 11 AM – 4:45 PM

Blackburn Museum & Art Gallery @blackburnmuseum.bsky.social · Jun 12

LAST CHANCE! Final few days of ROVERS150 ⚽🏛️

2025 marks 150 years of Blackburn Rovers Football Club. Through the highs and the lows, this exhibition celebrates some of the fan’s favourite moments, and the treasured memories of those united by their love of Rovers.

Blackburn Museum

APRIL – JUNE 2025

blackburnmuseum.org.uk

Blackburn Museum & Art Gallery @blackburnmuseum.bsky.social · Jun 11

Guess what? Today marks our 151st anniversary! 🏛🎈🎉

📸 Photograph of the Blackburn Library and Museum Staff, 1910
📸 Photograph of the Blackburn Library and Museum Staff, 1934
📸 Photograph of the Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery Staff, 2024

Blackburn Museum & Art Gallery @blackburnmuseum.bsky.social · Jun 8

Did you know todays marks #WorldOceansDay? 🌊

Here's some of our favourite seascapes in the collection!

🖼 'The Great Wave off Kanagawa' by Katsushika Hokusai
🖼 'Rough Weather in the Mediterranean' c.1874 by Henry Moore
🖼 Ejiri (18th Post Station) by Utagawa Hiroshige

Blackburn Museum & Art Gallery @blackburnmuseum.bsky.social · Jun 5

Today's @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange is landscapes for Alfred Wainwright at The Armitt: Museum, Gallery, Library 🏔️

Here's 'Valley with Olive Trees' by Caroline Emily Gray Hill, from the @victoriagallery.bsky.social collection! 🏛️🌳

🔗 artuk.org/discover/art...

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Blackburn Museum & Art Gallery @blackburnmuseum.bsky.social · Jun 2

📍 The Making Rooms
1 Exchange Street, Blackburn BB1 7JN

Blackburn Museum & Art Gallery @blackburnmuseum.bsky.social · Jun 2

🔔 VISITOR NOTICE 🔔

Our public toilets will be temporarily closed from tomorrow until early July 2025 due to essential maintenance.

We will remain open during this time, and for toilet access you can visit our friendly neighbours at The Making Rooms!

We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

Blackburn Museum & Art Gallery @blackburnmuseum.bsky.social · May 29

This week's @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange celebrates @penleehousegallery.bsky.social's Birds for Birds: The Art of Cornwall’s Birdlife exhibition! 🦅

We've chosen: 'Vivien' c.1863 by Frederick Sandys!
🏛 Manchester Art Gallery

🔗 artuk.org/discover/art...

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Jerwood Foundation @jerwoodfoundation.bsky.social · May 23

This month’s #OnlineArtExchange theme from @artukdotorg.bsky.social is 'Sport' for @blackburnmuseum.bsky.social's exhibition celebrating 150 years of Blackburn Rovers Football Club.

We've chosen 'Punting on the Cherwell' by William Patrick Roberts.

Punting on the Cherwell, 1939. William Patrick Roberts (1895–1980). © estate of John David Roberts. Courtesy of The William Roberts Society.

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Alpine Club Library @alpineclublib.bsky.social · May 22

This week's @artukdotorg.bsky.social
#OnlineArtExchange is #sport to celebrate 150 years of Blackburn Rovers FC @blackburnmuseum.bsky.social

We're happy to defend mountaineering as a sport - but we're not so sure about sliding.

Auldjo's Party Sliding Down a Snow Slope by John Auldjo, 1828

Auldjo's Party Sliding Down a Snow Slope John Auldjo (1805–1886) Shows assorted Victorian mountaineers sliding down a snow slope with alpenstocks

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Chippenham Museum @chippenhammuseum.bsky.social · May 22

Today’s @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange is sport! 🏇

'Riders' by Norma Salt shows riders in jockeys' silks - a change from the scarlet hunt jackets in the preparatory sketch (see second image).

Theme by @blackburnmuseum.bsky.social, celebrating 150 years of BRFC!

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pierartscentre.bsky.social @pierartscentre.bsky.social · May 22

This week's @artukdotorg.bsky.social #OnlineArtExchange is celebrating sport for 150 years of Blackburn Rovers Football Club @blackburnmuseum.bsky.social
Here's Stamford Bridge by Orcadian artist Steven MacIver (b.1979) from the
Art & Heritage Collections @robertgordonuni.bsky.social

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Penlee House Gallery & Museum @penleehousegallery.bsky.social · May 22

Today's #OnlineArtExchange theme is sport for 150 years of @blackburnmuseum.bsky.social. We have chosen Physical Training at Witley Camp by Laura Knight. Witley training camp in England was the wartime home for many Canadian WW1 soldiers, and where they prepared for service in France and Belgium.

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Waltham Forest Archives @lbwfarchives.bsky.social · May 22

Laurie Cunningham by Graham Ibbeson, commissioned by LB of Waltham Forest for Coronation Gardens, Leyton, 2017. For @artukdotorg.bsky.social's #OnlineArtExchange sport for 150 years of Blackburn Rovers FC @blackburnmuseum.bsky.social 📷 © Graham Ibbeson. Image: David Ovenden artuk.org/discover/art...

Statue of Laurie Cunningham by Graham Ibbeson at Coronation Gardens, Leyton.

📷 © Graham Ibbeson. Image: David Ovenden / Art Uk https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/laurie-cunningham-19561989-308803/search/actor:ibbeson-graham-b-1951/page/2

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