Bowes Museum, Art museum in Barnard Castle, England.
The Bowes Museum stands as a French Renaissance style building with large windows, engaged columns, projecting bays, and mansard roofs in County Durham.
John Bowes and his wife Joséphine started construction in 1869, creating a museum that opened in 1892 to display their collection of European art.
The museum displays 800 paintings by El Greco, Goya, and Canaletto, alongside ceramics, textiles, tapestries, and decorative arts from across Europe.
The museum offers educational programs, workshops, a café serving local dishes, and includes landscaped gardens for visitors to explore throughout their visit.
An 18th-century Silver Swan automaton performs daily, demonstrating mechanical movements including preening, turning its head, and catching a silver fish.
Location: Barnard Castle
Inception: 1892
Address: Newgate, Barnard Castle DL12 8NP
Phone: +441833690606
Website: https://thebowesmuseum.org.uk
GPS coordinates: 54.54174,-1.91566
Latest update: May 27, 2025 11:40
Silver Swan
30 m
Market Cross
525 m
Church of St Mary
478 m
War Memorial to South West of Bowes Museum
116 m
Barnard Castle War Memorial to South East of Bowes Museum
110 m
Bowling Club Pavilion Approximately 70 Metres To East Of Bowes Museum
119 m
Hopper Tomb Approximately 2 Metres South Of Church Of St Mary
493 m
The Vicarage And Glebe Cottage
215 m
The Old Well
552 m
14 (Left Part), Market Place
548 m
24, The Bank
529 m
Basin To South Of Bowes Museum
27 m
Walls Around Spring Lodge Garden
195 m
Garden Walls To East Of Numbers 64 And 66, Spring Grove Garden Walls To Spring Grove, Newgate
209 m
Walls To The Vicarage And Glebe Cottage
199 m
Barn And Attached Wall At Spring Lodge
119 m
Former Stable, Outbuildings And Walls To The Vicarage And Glebe Cottage
225 m
Hayloft And Dovecote Approximately 40 Metres East Of Spring Lodge With Sheds, Kennels And Wall
133 m
41, Newgate
291 m
South Boundary Wall To Grounds Of Bowes Museum And Church Of St Mary
173 m
Blagraves
541 m
Entrance gates and lodges to Bowes Museum
95 m
Terrace Walls And Steps, And Heraldic Beasts, To South Of Bowes Museum
10 m
2 And 4, Market Place
541 m
60, Newgate
254 m
31, Galgate
593 m
Stables And Coach House Approximately 10 Metres East Of Spring Lodge With Walls And Outhouse
132 m
34, The Bank
544 mReviews
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