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ALFRED WAINWRIGHT EXHIBITION
at the Kendal Museum
1 May to 30 August 2004 |
AW'S CONNECTION
WITH KENDAL MUSEUM
Few people know that Wainwright was Honorary Clerk and Curator to
Kendal Museum from 1945-1974. As well as being employed as the town's
Borough Treasurer, he also gave up some of his spare time for 30
years to look after the museum collections. |
Many records are in his handwriting,
as are labels on some of the objects themselves, and he helped
the museum collection survive to the present day. Many people coming
into the museum still remember him sitting in the museum office,
under a large no smoking sign, smoking his pipe (a practice that
would not be allowed in museums today!)
The museum has a re-creation of his office as it would have been
in his day, and on display are some of his original pen and ink
drawings including original pages for his famous 'Pictorial
Guides'. Also on display are maps drawn when he was a child,
his original map of Westmorland, hand-written accounts, and drawings
of items from the Museum of Lakeland Life in Kendal. There are
also some personal items on display including his walking jacket,
spectacles, rucksack, heavily darned socks and his famous pipe!
Kendal Museum is keen to collect any original Wainwright material – pictures,
letters, etc., and it is hoped to form an archive of original material
that would be available to members to view. If members have any
material they would like to donate please contact me on the number
below.
Morag Clement
Curator & Membership Secretary
Kendal Museum, Station Road, Kendal, Cumbria
Enquiries: 01539 721374
Opening hours 2003: Monday to Saturday from 13 February – Xmas.
10.30 a.m. – 5.00 p.m. (4.00 p.m. in Nov, Dec, Feb & Mar). |
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