Morpeth Chantry Bagpipe Museum
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The Morpeth Chantry Bagpipe Museum is located in Morpeth Chantry, Morpeth, Northumberland, England.
The museum, founded in 1987, contains a large collection of historic bagpipes, especially, but not exclusively, historic Northumbrian smallpipes and Border pipes, mainly based on the collection of William Alfred Cocks (1892 - 1971). The collection had initially been housed in the Black Gate, Newcastle upon Tyne, the home of the city's Society of Antiquaries. The current curator is Anne Moore. The museum provides a venue for the regular meetings of the Northumbrian Pipers' Society. In September 2008, disastrous flooding in central Morpeth forced the evacuation of the entire collection; the Chantry was reopened the following year, with a visit by the Princess Royal.
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Coordinates: 55°10′01″N 1°41′13″W / 55.16694°N 1.68694°W / 55.16694; -1.68694
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