Bowes Museum
The Bowes Museum is an art gallery in the town of Barnard Castle, in County Durham in northern England. It was built to designs by Jules Pellechet and John Edward Watson to house the art collection of John Bowes and his wife Joséphine Benoîte Coffin-Chevallier, and opened in 1892.Photo: Suicidalhamster, Public domain.
- Type: Museum
- Description: art museum in Barnard Catle, England, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Barnard Castle”, “Barnard Castle, Eng. Bowes Museum”, and “The Bowes Museum”
- Address: Barnard Castle, DL12 8NP
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Barnard Castle School and Market Cross.
Barnard Castle School
School
Photo: Andy Waddington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Barnard Castle School is a co-educational private day and boarding school in the market town of Barnard Castle, County Durham, in the North East of England. Barnard Castle School is situated 1,300 feet east of Bowes Museum.
Market Cross
Monument
Photo: Ben Gamble, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Barnard Castle Market Cross is an octagonal construction in the market town of Barnard Castle, County Durham, England. It was built in 1747 by Thomas Breaks and is a Grade I listed building. Market Cross is situated 1,700 feet west of Bowes Museum.
Barnard Castle Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Francish7, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Barnard Castle Bridge is situated 2,500 feet west of Bowes Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Startforth and Westwick.
Startforth
Village
Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Startforth is a village on the Pennines end of south Teesdale, England. The population of Startforth taken at the 2011 Census was 1,361. It was in the historic North Riding of Yorkshire.
Westwick
Hamlet
Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Westwick is a village in County Durham, in England. The population of the civil parish was less than 100. Details are maintained in the parish of Whorlton. It is situated to the east of Barnard Castle near the River Tees.
Stainton
Village
Photo: Ben Brooksbank, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stainton is a village in County Durham, in England. It is situated to the north east of Barnard Castle. Stainton is situated 2 miles northeast of Bowes Museum.
Bowes Museum
- Categories: art museum, charitable organization, independent museum, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Barnard Castle, County Durham, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
54.54204° or 54° 32′ 31″ northLongitude
-1.91559° or 1° 54′ 56″ westInception
1892Levels
3Open location code
9C6WG3RM+RQOpenStreetMap ID
way 185405576OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q895434
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Ukrainian—“Bowes Museum” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Museu Bowes”
- Chinese: “博斯博物館”
- Czech: “Bowesovo muzeum”
- Danish: “Bowes Museum”
- Dutch: “Bowes Museum”
- Egyptian Arabic: “متحف باوز”
- Esperanto: “Muzeo Bowes”
- French: “Bowes Museum”
- German: “Bowes Museum”
- Italian: “Bowes Museum”
- Japanese: “ボーズ美術館”
- Japanese: “ボウズ博物館”
- Japanese: “ボウズ美術館”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Bowes Museum”
- Polish: “Bowes Museum”
- Portuguese: “Bowes Museum”
- Russian: “Музей Боуз”
- Slovenian: “Barnard Castle”
- Slovenian: “Bowes Museum”
- Spanish: “Bowes Museum”
- Swedish: “Bowes Museum”
- Ukrainian: “Музей Боуз”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include The Bowes Museum and Barnard Castle Bowls Club.
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