AUGUST 2024 – Skulduggery by Fliss Watts – Exhibition

About Skulduggery This exciting new exhibition at Kendal Museum’s People’s Gallery will showcase work by Cumbrian artist Fliss Watts from 15th August until 21st September. Skulduggery incorporates and expands on work by Fliss Watts previously shown in Carlisle and at Florence Arts Centre, Egremont, under the title ‘Living is easy

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Object of the month: Lost Species.

For November’s object of the month, we have decided to bring to light not just one artifact from our collection, but a whole group. On our social media, we have been posting about some of our extinct species specimens for Remembrance Day for Lost Species day on the 30th of

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Reimagining the World Wildlife Gallery

Kendal Museum holds an extensive and unique global taxidermy collection, featuring animals from every continent. Visitors respond to these displays in different ways: many admire the craftsmanship and the chance to see creatures from unfamiliar environments, while others have questions and concerns about how and why these animals were collected.

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