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Welcome to the new thewhitaker.org website. We will be bringing you regular updates around all of our upcoming events and exhibitions.
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John Hyatt – Treacle Country
NEW LANDSCAPES OF THE IMAGINATION HAVE YOU EVER BEEN WALKING IN TREACLE COUNTRY? AFTER YOU SEE THIS EXHIBITION, YOU WILL. Saturday 1st February 2014 - Sunday 2nd March 2014 Timeless, Betty Treacle,...
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The Whitaker is going to be busy with ‘Treacle Country’ preparations all this week. As well as hanging John Hyatt’s specially created new exhibition, there are a few surprises brewing for our shop and...
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Meet the Hens!
The Whitaker would like to introduce you to the eleven happy Rossendale hens who are supplying us with fresh eggs for the cafe. Their names are Sadie, Maisie, Ebony, Mavis, Fatty, Gracy, Rosie, Elvis,...
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If you keep an eye, ear, or nostril open for the news you can’t help but have had your senses bombarded in the last few days with coverage of John Hyatt’s amazing Rossendale Fairies photographs,...
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Easter Competition
The Whitaker ran an ‘Hidden Easter Egg’ hunt across the Easter holidays (9th April – 21st April). Overall we had 300 doing the hunt and 101 entered the full competition, after a number of drawn out...
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If you haven’t already noticed, Ella, our intrepid explorer in the attic has added another instalment to her voyage into the darkest recesses of the museum store -...
View ArticleWinter Opening Hours
FRIDAY EVENING MEALS, SUNDAY JUST GOT INTERESTING and New Menus @ thewhitaker. We’re allowing the museum staff time off to gather winter fuel, acorns and berries, and prepare for partial hibernation...
View ArticleFunky Fridays, Indulgent Saturdays, Soulful Sundays.
Funky Fridays! Indulgent Saturdays! Soulful Sundays! The Weekend Starts Here ! This Friday 13th November we’re launching our new evening food menu, not only that but there’ll be a great bar, and some...
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Whitaker Wonders
To celebrate International Women’s day this week take a look at local woman Hettie Wingate who was a member of the Women’s Land Army in the Second World War. Hettie’s family kindly donated her WLA...
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Whitaker Wonders
John B. Taylor was a very talented local historian who liked to explore the valley making sketches, maps and timelines of our history. He even wrote his own book ‘Stories in Stone: Datestones in...
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Whitaker Wonders
Spring is finally here! The flowers are blooming and the birds are singing….so I thought you might like a sneak peek at some of the Whitaker’s lesser spotted birds…. You might have...
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Meet the Hens!
The Whitaker would like to introduce you to the eleven happy Rossendale hens who are supplying us with fresh eggs for the cafe. Their names are Sadie, Maisie, Ebony, Mavis, Fatty, Gracy, Rosie, Elvis,...
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Whitaker Wonders
This mug might look innocent enough but don’t be fooled! This is a Frog mug donated to our museum. Sometimes called a Surprise mug, it is a ceramic cup that was used for drinking beer. They were...
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Whitaker Wonders
Have you seen our dinosaur tracks….? We are very lucky to have the footprints of what we believe is a young female dinosaur! Our dinosaur probably walked through the mud leaving footprints behind that...
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Whitaker Wonders
This beautiful ostrich feather fan from our collection is soft and incredibly light and is made of very small, fine feathers. The very tiny iridescent feathers in the centre detail probably came...
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Whitaker Wonders
These beautiful shells called Trochus shells are part of our fantastic collection at The Whitaker. The insides of the shells are pearly and iridescent because of a thick layer of mother of pearl. Our...
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Whitaker Wonders
For almost 150 years many companies from Rossendale have been closely associated with shoe and slipper manufacturing. In fact, the Industrial Revolution was an incredibly important part of Rossendale’s...
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Whitaker Wonders
On the 4th August 1914 Britain declared war on Germany and hundreds of men from Rossendale signed up to join the British army. One of these local men was Private Walter Whittaker of the First 5th...
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