Bowes Museum

The Bowes Museum is an art gallery in the town of , in 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.
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  • 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 and Barnard Castle School.

Park
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is a ruined medieval castle situated in the in , England. is situated 2,200 feet west of Bowes Museum.

School
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is a co-educational private day and boarding school in the market town of , County Durham, in the of England. is situated 1,300 feet east of Bowes Museum.

Monument
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Barnard Castle is an octagonal construction in the market town of , County Durham, England. It was built in 1747 by Thomas Breaks and is a Grade I listed building. is situated 1,700 feet west of Bowes Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Startforth and Westwick.

Village
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is a village on the end of south Teesdale, . The population of taken at the 2011 Census was 1,361. It was in the historic North Riding of Yorkshire.

Hamlet
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is a village in , in . The population of the civil parish was less than 100. Details are maintained in the parish of . It is situated to the east of near the .

Village
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is a village in , in . It is situated to the north east of . is situated 2 miles northeast of Bowes Museum.

Bowes Museum

Latitude
54.54204° or 54° 32′ 31″ north
Longitude
-1.91559° or 1° 54′ 56″ west
Inception
1892
Levels
3
Open location code
9C6WG3RM+RQ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 185405576
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Wiki­data ID
Q895434
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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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