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The Natural History Museum’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition comes to The Beacon in Whitehaven from 24 October 2026 to 31 January 2027. Find dates, ticket prices and opening times.
The Dock Museum in Barrow will close from 4 November 2026 for heating work, with reopening expected in 2027. Meanwhile, a £239,070 grant will help preserve over 20,000 local photographs.
Keswick's Derwent Pencil Museum will leave Southey Works after 1 November and move to Rawnsley Hall, with a larger new museum and visitor cafe planned for March 2027.
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