This week our Curator, Morag Clement, talks about “Two First Prize Medals“. Two medals awarded as first prize for throwing a cricket ball at the Kendal Gala in 1871 and 1872. The Gala Cricket Club was established on Thursday the 2nd of June, 1853 following a petition forwarded to the

This week our Curator, Morag Clement, talks about “London Olympic Torch and Runner’s Outfit”. **Please note that we were privileged to have the torch on display for a few months back in 2012** This torch carried the Olympic Flame on day 35 through Lancaster on 22 June 2012.  It was

This week our Curator, Morag Clement, talks about ‘Lake Scenery photographs‘. The photograph above is one of the collection of 24 images. This lovely folder of Lake District images was recently donated to Kendal Museum.  The photographer was Henry Mayson who had a studio in Lake Road, Keswick.  The folder contains 24

This week our Curator, Morag Clement, talks about a lovely railway station clock from the old Tebay railway station which has been kindly donated by a member of the public. It is now on display in the Kendal & Westmorland Gallery. This clock was originally in the waiting room at

This week our Curator of Collections, Carol Davies, talks about Kendal Museum’s Brachiopod, found on Kendal Fell. This is a fossil Brachiopod – a marine bottom dwelling bivalve animal. Brachiopods are very rare today but in geological time they were very common. But look closely! It was found on Kendal

This week our Curator, Morag Clement, talks about a selection of knitting sticks – yes, sticks! – in the Kendal & Westmorland Gallery. Knitting sticks were functional, but often also decorative and sentimental objects. They were used to hold double pointed needles which were particularly useful when knitting standing up,

This week our Curator of Collections, Carol Davies, talks about Kendal Museum’s Salmon! This salmon on display in the World Wildlife Gallery is carved in wood. This was a way in which Fishermen could ‘preserve’ their catch as a trophy. It is very large and was caught in Norway. Did you know

This week our Curator, Morag Clement, talks about a very interesting model sailing boat on display in the Kendal & Westmorland Gallery. The model was built in the early 1800’s for the young heir of a of landed gentry family of the name Bellasis.   The identification of the latter was

This week our Curator of Collections, Carol Davies, talks about Kendal Museum’s vast egg collections. Why not see how many you can find at the museum when we are open? Kendal Museum has lots of egg collections. These were collected in Victorian times, however egg collecting is totally banned now.

This week our Archaeology Curator, Morag Clement, talks about our very own Viking Boat. This dugout boat was found in 1959 in the bed of Kentmere Tarn while excavating diatomaceous earth for the Cape Asbestos Company and donated to Kendal Museum by the landowner. Another boat was found four years