Ruskin Museum

Ruskin Museum

Ruskin Museum is a small local museum in Coniston, Cumbria.

It was established in 1901 by W. G. Collingwood, an artist and antiquarian who had worked as secretary to art critic John Ruskin. The museum is both a memorial to Ruskin and a local museum covering the history and heritage of Coniston Water and the Lake District.

The museum is a registered charity in England & Wales, constituted as The Coniston Institute and Ruskin Museum. [ [http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/registeredcharities/showcharity.asp?remchar=&chyno=222234 Charity No. 222234 - The Coniston Institute and Ruskin Museum] ]

Collections

Its collections include material on the copper and slate mines of the region, geology, lace making, farming, and writer Arthur Ransome.

A larger collection is devoted to the life and work of John Ruskin.

A specialist collection covers the achievements of Donald Campbell, who died while attempting a new water speed record on Coniston Water. In December 2006, his daughter Gina Campbell donated the salvaged remains of "Bluebird K7" to the Ruskin Museum. [ [http://www.ruskinmuseum.com/bluebird.htm Ruskin Museum statement] ] [ [http://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/sport/sportother/kendalsportwaterfront/cambellstories/1064886.Bluebird_donated_to_Ruskin_Museum/ Westmoreland Gazette: "Bluebird donated to Ruskin Museum"] ]

Redevelopment

In the 1980s, the museum was at risk, and a project was launched to secure its long-term future. An £850,000 development scheme (funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund, European Regional Development Fund, Foundation for Sport and the Arts, the Rural Development Commission and others) was started, and the restored museum with a new extension re-opened in May 1999. [ [http://www.visitcumbria.com/amb/rusmus.htm Visit Cumbria: "Coniston - The Ruskin Museum"] ]

ee also

*Armitt Library
*Brantwood
*Ruskin Library

References

External links

* [http://www.ruskinmuseum.com/ Ruskin Museum website]


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