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The Lady in the Pink dress…Pauline Viardot
Heather’s been meaning to write up the story behind the painting of Pauline Viardot at Cliffe Castle for some time….
2 November 2020
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Heather’s been meaning to write up the story behind the painting of Pauline Viardot at Cliffe Castle for some time….
Ian, our wonderful Butterfield archive volunteer has been trawling the family letters to find some seasonally appropriate extracts to share with you all.
You may have noticed recently a rather large change to the window on the Grand Staircase at Cliffe Castle
Ian, one of our volunteers at Cliffe Castle, has written us another short blog with the latest ‘gossip’ he’s discovered
This is one of a series of occasional blogs drawing on the letters of the various members of the family.
Heather Millard, our Social history curator, discusses some interesting objects linked to the Butterfield Family
Alice Humphrey is one of our Assistant Curators, who agreed to write a blog for us based on a set of items that caught her eye!
She writes:
I started working at Bradford Museums and Gallery at the end of last year and was delighted to find that they have a collection of Japanese woodblock prints (ukiyo-e), since I have a particular interest in Japanese costume.
If you’ve visited Cliffe Castle recently, you may have noticed a few changes taking place to some of our reception room displays.
Our Curator of Natural Sciences, Dr Gerard McGowan has been working on a rather intriguing digitisation project with some volunteers
Working in museums can be a bit like becoming a detective. We do research to find out what’s happened