I will be leaving for Edinburgh and that area in three weeks
myself... so definitely interested as well.
First the bad news:
The Durham Cathedral Treasures exhibit area is closed and the
textiles that were on display (St. Cuthbert) are in storage for an
indefinite period.
Now the good news:
The reason for this is that the Cathedral is embarking on a major
development of its Claustral buildings, which will see the Shop move
from its current location in the Great Kitchen into the Western
Undercroft (where the Treasures exhibition used to be). A new
sequence of exhibition spaces in which we plan to display many more
of the Cathedral's collections will be created in the Monks'
Dormitory and Great Kitchen.
Beth Matney
At 01:00 PM 8/11/2012, you wrote:
Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2012 12:15:03 -0700
From: Ginni Morgan ginni.mor...@doj.ca.gov
Greetings, everyone~
Longtime lurker delurking here.
I have a good friend who is traveling to England about two weeks
from now. She will be visiting the area around York, Durham and
Leeds and is looking for textile, costume and/or needlework museums
and/or collections in that general part of England. Her specific
area of interest is pre-1650 embroidery in any form (garments,
hangings, book covers, etc.), particularly Elizabethan
needlework. Does anyone know of such places in that area? Any
recommendations? Do they allow photographs?
Also, someone once told her about a museum named the Nottingham
Textile Costume Museum which supposedly had a very large
collection of Elizabethan embroideries, etc. However, this museum
supposedly closed shortly after her informant visited it. She
thought it was located on Castle Road in Nottingham. We have found
a mention of the museum on a what to see in Nottingham website and
that seems to indicate the museum is currently open. Does anyone
know anything about this one?
Any assistance would be appreciated.
Ginni Morgan
aka Gwenhwyfaer
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