Children in the Lake District

This award winning Museum takes you and your family back through time to explore the story of the Lake District and its inhabitants. Isolated before the arrival of the railway and motorcar, this area developed its own unique customs and special traditions. In the museum, recreated period Lakeland rooms and workshops reveal how rural people lived and worked, how children played and how different life was before the introduction of machinery. Lifelike displays narrate the stories of individuals who left their mark in the history of the Lake District, providing a rare insight into now lost trades and professions. See the tools of Victorian farmers and miners who made their living working the land in this area of exceptional natural beauty.

Blackwell is one of Britain's finest and most important houses from the turn of the last century. Designed by MH Baille Scott between 1898 and 1900, it is a superb example of arts and crafts movement. It occupies a stunning position overlooking Windermere in the English Lake District and is open to the public both as a historic house and a gallery for craft and applied arts.