Lewis Textile Museum

Lewis Textile Museum

The Lewis Textile Museum was bequeathed to the people of Blackburn by a local cotton industrialist, Thomas Boys Lewis (1869–1936). The Lewis Textile Museum was closed in 2006 and a new gallery with its collection of looms and textile machinery was moved to Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery. The gallery which now houses the exhibits at the main Museum & Art Gallery was named "CottonTown" and opened in April 2007 by Jack Straw, the local Labour MP.

The closure of the Lewis Textile Museum [David Higgerson, [http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/search/display.var.697482.0.museum_to_shut_four_years_after_being_saved.php Museum to shut four years after being saved] . "Lancashire Telegraph", 1 March 2006.] caused surprise which the local paper, the Lancashire Telegraph reported. [ [http://archive.lancashireeveningtelegraph.co.uk/2006/3/11/888768.html Hypocrite jibe over museum closure plans] . "Lancashire Telegraph", 11 March 2006.]

Most recently, the building of the Lewis Textile Museum, was planned as a new drugs centre although this was met with local uproar. [ [http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/search/display.var.1431892.0.plan_in_for_museum_drugs_centre.php Plan in for museum drugs centre] . "Lancashire Telegraph", 29 May 2006.]

References

ee also

*Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery

External links

* [http://www.24hourmuseum.org.uk/museum_gfx_en/NW000122.html Entry] in 24 Hour Museum
* [http://www.visitnorthwest.com/blackburn/lewis.htm Visit NorthWest information]
* [http://www.cottontown.org/page.cfm?pageid=525&language=eng Thomas Boys Lewis]


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