LOOKING BACK AT HISTORY

Welcome to the first installation of Museums Worth Visiting - a blog series where I share with you museums around the UK that I think are worth visiting.   I recently took a trip to Powderham Castle located in the countryside near Exeter in Devon. The castle is unique in that it is not owned or looked after by your typical heritage organisations such as English Heritage or National Trust and instead is privately owned. Powderham Castle is owned by Courtenay family. The castle first came to be owned by the Courtenays when it came to them in the dowry of Maragaret du Bohun when she married Hugh de Courtenay, son of the first Courtenay Earl of Devon in 1325.  The castle has a fascinating and well-documented history which you can learn all about during a guided tour of the castle. All tour guides and staff that we met on our visit were incredibly friendly and knowledgeable. I found it really great that staff included their pronouns on their name badges - not something I hav...

 After spending 18 months travelling in New Zealand, I am back on British soil and raring to explore my home country. One thing I have realised whilst I've been away is that I have barely explored my hometown of Lancashire never mind the rest of the UK and that includes museums and heritage places. I started compiling a list of such places that I want to visit once I'm back even though it's unlikely I will get to visit them any time soon due to Covid. What places are on your UK museum and historic places bucket list? North West Pendle Heritage Centre , Lancashire  Helmshore Textile Museum , Lancashire Imperial War Museum North , Manchester The Beatles Story, Liverpool International Slavery Museum, Liverpool British Music Experience , Liverpool The Pankhurst Centre, Manchester Quarry Bank, Cheshire Helmshore Textile Museum North East Eden Camp , Yorkshire National Science & Media Museum , Bradford South East Bletchley Park , Milton Keynes Portsmouth Historic Dockyard , P...