It’s a wheely exciting time
Visitors to the area can hardly fail to have noticed that the county seems to have gone bicycle-mad recently. With the Tour De France commencing in Yorkshire for its Grand Depart, everyone’s been getting ready for the arrival of the world’s largest free sporting event. Two of our museums – the Manor House in Ilkley, and Cliffe Castle in Keighley lie […]
Friends of the Manor House 50th Anniversary Celebrations
This year, the Friends of the Manor House are celebrating their Fiftieth anniversary with an exhibition showing the many and varied contributions they’ve made over the years, from purchases of art and equipment, to organising a continuing programme of concerts and lectures. As part of the celebrations, they commissioned a ‘Mini Manor House’, a doll […]
Danish Christmas at the Manor House
Written by Lauren Padgett – Museum Assistant Every year the Friends of the Manor House take on the responsibility and mammoth task of decorating the museum. Each year has a new, exciting theme. This year a Danish theme was chosen. On Thursday 29th November, some of the Friends gave up their time and busied themselves […]
Kids in Museums – Ashlands Primary at the Manor House
On 23 November Year 3 pupils from Ashlands Primary School, Ilkley took part in National ‘Kids in Museums Take Over Day’ at the Manor House, Ilkley. Pupils greeted visitors, answered the phone, dealt with enquiries, stocked the shop, formulated tours and learnt how to pack objects. “I learnt how to answer the phone, the first […]
A stitch in time
Don’t adjust your screens – this particular embroidery is multicoloured although we describe it as Blackwork. It is called Blackwork because traditionally a black thread was used to sew these designs. It is a type of counted embroidery sewn on even weave material such as linen. It uses simple stitches to form complex patterns. The […]
