The Year of the Rabbit
The New Chinese Year starts today represented by the year of the Rabbit. The Rabbit is considered the luckiest of
Ceramics
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21 Jan 2023
What is colour?
‘I want to know one thing. What is colour?’ Pablo Picasso Asking ‘what colour?’ or ‘what’s your favourite colour?’
The Bowes Museum of Japanese Art – in Liverpool?!
The Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, County Durham [let’s get our geographical bearings right, right from the start] contains the most
Feline fun in the Museum
Museums can appear rather humourless places. Full of beautiful and fascinating objects, certainly, but how often do they make us
What did a water bottle used to look like?
18 Jun 2020
Nottingham Alabaster
Nottingham Alabaster is the name given to English medieval carvings which are small and of a religious theme. The Bowes
Tea, Mrs Bowes?
Afternoon tea is today one of the most quintessentially British things that you can do. But how old is this
Clobbered
The terms ‘clobbered’ and ‘ceramics’ do not sit very well together, given the ‘natural’ tendency of ceramics to break and
Illuminations
On a beautiful Spring day driving over Bollihope moors towards Barnard Castle, I had absolutely no inkling of how my
This year’s star: The pig
The New Chinese Year starts today represented by the year of the Pig. The pig is one of the 12
#10YearsChallenge
Joining the #10YearsChallenge social media trend, we are celebrating the last 10 years at The Bowes Museum. We think we
“La femme au convent” or what could it be?
As a ceramics/pottery lover I’m in seventh heaven in those galleries as our collection is rated as top notch, not
TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS: THE COLLECTION’S COUNTDOWN
With the anticipation of this weekend’s Christmas market, the merry jingles emerging from Santa’s grotto, and the faint smell
Plate Depicting the Execution of Louis XVI
Our chosen object is a commemorative plate depicting the execution of King Louis XVI in January 1793. An extremely significant
Arrestation de Louis Capet à Varennes, 22 Juin 1791
Upon visiting the Bowes Museum, there were a number of interesting pieces based on the French Revolution of 1789. One
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