Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery
The Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery is the local museum service for the borough of Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council. It is a museum with collections of Christian icons, Egyptian hieroglyphs, and local history, as well as those of the former Lewis Textile Museum.Photo: Museumania, Public domain.
- Type: Museum
- Description: museum in Lancashire, England
- Address: Museum Street, Blackburn, BB1 7AJ
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include King George’s Hall and The Mall Blackburn.
King George’s Hall
Theater building
King George's Hall is a performance venue located on Northgate in Blackburn, Lancashire, England. It contains three halls: the Concert Hall, seating up to 1800; the Windsor Suite, and Blakey's Cafe Bar. King George’s Hall is situated 640 feet southwest of Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery.
The Mall Blackburn
Shopping center
The Mall Blackburn, also known by its former name, Blackburn Shopping Centre, is a shopping centre serving the town of Blackburn, Lancashire, England and is owned by the Adhan Group. The Mall Blackburn is situated 620 feet southeast of Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery.
Blackburn Cathedral
Church
Photo: JohnArmagh, Public domain.
Blackburn Cathedral, officially known as the Cathedral Church of Saint Mary the Virgin with Saint Paul, is an Anglican cathedral situated in the heart of Blackburn town centre, in Lancashire, England. Blackburn Cathedral is situated 1,300 feet southeast of Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Blackburn and Brownhill.
Blackburn
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Blackburn is a large town in Lancashire in North West England. The town has some attractive public buildings and parks, but it is mostly known for its contribution to the cotton weaving industry and for its successful premiership football team, Blackburn Rovers.
Brownhill
Suburb
Brownhill is a suburb of Blackburn, in the unitary borough of Blackburn with Darwen, in Lancashire, England. It is situated to the north-east of the town centre, in the Roe Lee ward which has an estimated population of 5,948. Brownhill is situated 1½ miles north of Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery.
Lower Darwen
Village
Photo: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lower Darwen is a village in the unitary borough of Blackburn with Darwen, contiguous with the town of Darwen, in the ceremonial county of Lancashire, England. Lower Darwen is situated 2 miles south of Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery.
Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery
- Categories: local authority museum, heritage site, building, tourism, historic site, and tourist attraction
- Location: Blackburn with Darwen, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.75041° or 53° 45′ 2″ northLongitude
-2.48397° or 2° 29′ 2″ westInception
1872Operator
Blackburn with Darwen Borough CouncilOpen location code
9C5VQG28+5COpenStreetMap ID
way 294440013OpenStreetMap feature
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historic=heritageOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q15199595
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