That's a wrap for the Easter holidays. Our normal opening hours are now Wednesday to Sunday, 10am - 4pm.

We would really appreciate if you would take a few minutes to complete a survey about your most recent visit to the museum.
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We’re looking for members to join our fabulous Gardening Group at Woodhorn Museum! 🌳🌸💐 Whether you've got green fingers, or just want to meet some new friends in a lovely, relaxed atmosphere, this group is for you. Just get in touch if you'd like to know more 😊

On Good Friday, it's tradition to eat fish rather than meat.
There are a number of 'fishy' themed paintings in the Ashington Group collection, on permanent display at the museum.

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The Pitmen Painters Arts Council England Northumberland County Council

New exhibition open as part of Ashington Group 90.

Oliver Kilbourn: My Life as a Pitman forms a comprehensive record of Kilbourn’s 50 year career underground.
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Images: Colin Davison Photography

Our Year 5 class are part of the Ashington to the Future project. Over the next few weeks, they will be taking part in a variety of trips & activities as part of the project.

Today the children went to the archives at Woodhorn and took part in different activities. Woodhorn Museum

We're on our way back from a fantastic visit to Woodhorn Museum
We've found out so much about what it was like to be a miner, about life at home for miners and about the old colliery buildings! ✨

Haway the Lasses!

On this International Women’s Day, we commemorate the women involved in the Miners’ Strike of 1984-85, which took place forty years ago.

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#InternationalWomensDay2024 #Strike40 #MinersStrike

A great feature on the Miners’ Strikes tonight on BBC Look North NE&C it was great to welcome peter harris this evening. Feeling a little starstruck to be the lead in to a story about The Boss Bruce Springsteen and his support for the Northumberland and Durham Miners 🥰

Thank you ITV News Tyne Tees Gregg Easteal and Katie Cole and the team for featuring Woodhorn and the stories of the men and women impacted by the miners’ strikes in 1984-85. A fantastic programme tonight. #Strike40 #MinersStrike

Thank you Living North for featuring our exhibition 💙

The Northumberland Open Exhibition is our biggest yet with almost 230 artworks on display. This year's theme is 'Northumberland Now' - inspired by The Pitmen Painters who made art about their everyday lives, work, community and environment
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Thank you to everyone who joined us for the preview of the 2024 Northumberland Open Exhibition. So much creative talent in one room. The exhibition opens to the public on Saturday. #spreadtheword

The Open Exhibition is the largest exhibition of its type in Northumberland.

The Winning artist is Jim Donnelly from Amble with 'Northumberland Flood Plain, 2023'.

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We are looking forward to Ashington Group 90 - a year-long programme celebrating 90 years since the formation of the The Pitmen Painters of artists in 1934.

Full programme of exhibitions & events coming soon!

@artscouncilengland Northumberland County Council Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art Sir James Knott Trust

We will be closed for staff training and annual maintenance from Monday 8th January, reopening at 10am on Wednesday 24th January.

Sorry for any inconvenience or disappointment and we look forward to welcoming you to the museum again very soon!

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Excellent day at the Woodhorn Colliery Museum Woodhorn Museum highly recommended. Interesting displays and exhibitions, esp. Pitmen painters.
Tasty soup in the cafe as well + v friendly staff/volunteers.

We want as many people as possible to enjoy a visit to our museum. You can read our Access Plan on the link below
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Starting from Friday 1st December, our Early Years Storytime Group will take on a festive feel.

Each week we will read one of these festive / winter themed stories and then have a go at a hands-on activity suitable for pre-school children.

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If you're looking for a special card to send this Christmas, who wouldn't want to receive one of these in the post from the The Pitmen Painters collection. It would surely take pride of place on the fireplace?

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At the eleventh hour on the eleventh day of the eleventh month – we will remember them.

Poppies: Weeping Window, by Paul Cummins, artist and Tom Piper designer in 2015.