REMEMBERING JOHN AND HUGH DUNDAS
We are thrilled to announce that we are extending our opening hours until Remembrance Sunday (9th November)! This is to allow all visitors to come and view our current exhibition remembering John and Hugh Dundas, who very recently had blue plaques mounted within the village to commemorate their lives. Come visit us to learn more about these brave men! Open weekends 2pm until 5pm with extended opening times (11am until 5pm) on Remembrance Sunday.
CAWTHORNE MUSEUM SOCIETY LECTURES
All lectures are held in the Parish Room on Church Lane and begin at 19:30. The entrance fee is £3 for members and £4 for non-members, including refreshments.
2025
Oct 13th: Gaudi's Barcelona
A presentation by Derek Bacon.
Nov 10th: The Hull and Barnsley Railway
A presentation by Peter Cox.
Dec 8th: Stottercliffe Children's Memorial
Richard Galliford will present. Mince pies, wine and soft drinks will be served.
2026
Jan 12th: Home is Where the Hearth is Part 2
A presentation by Julie Banham.
Feb 9th: The History of Monk Bretton Priory
A presentation by Fred Thompson.
Mar 9th: "Pus and Prejudice"
Mary Wortley Montagu's extraordinary life. A presentation by Jenny Rudd.
Apr 27th: Annual General Meeting
Followed by "A Village Remembers" and "Cawthorne Victoria Jubilee Museum" video presentations by Catherine Warr.
Permanent collections
There are exhibits of domestic bygones, war-time relics, royal memorabilia, and natural history. The work of local artists like Abel Hold, John Nattes, Samuel Swift and Roddam Spencer Stanhope. There is also a collection of unusual items including:
- A two headed lamb
- A mongoose fighting a cobra
- A figure of John Wesley made from a whale’s vertebra
- A boy’s boot wrecked when struck by lightning
- A stereoscope
- A cheetah (stroked by many children over the years)
- A Victorian coffin bier
- A 9½lb gall stone from a horse (we now know that the stone is from a horse’s intestine as horses do not have gall bladders, but we like to keep the story)
- And so much more!
