A colleague of mine was giving away about-to-expire vouchers to a number of attractions in the area, and when that e-mail came around, I jumped on it. Our English Heritage membership had expired, and Nathan and I hadn't really been anywhere "cool" lately because we and Dave Ramsey made a pact to be uber-serious about spending habits. Plus, we recently learned that we don't have to pay tuition after Nathan submits his thesis, which has strongly encouraged him to work hard to get that baby in by Christmas. With my long hours at work and his long hours studying, we've just missed each other lately. We needed a date!
I had heard about the Bowes Museum and seen signs for it when we were in Barnard Castle for Nathan's birthday, but we didn't see it. Now I'm wondering how we could have missed it. Barney (that's what the locals call Barnard Castle) is small and this museum is... big. We went last Sunday afternoon, and there was hardly anyone there. Cha-ching!
My handsome husband in front of the museum
It was so nice to spend the afternoon together.
A stuffed two-headed calf. Interesting.
Here's us pretending to be a two-headed creature.
And here's Nathan pretending to play the harp.
Cool old furniture
Beautiful couture evening wear from 1912
The clothing exhibit was my fave.
Such cool stuff
Beautiful
I'd wear that... if I had somewhere to wear it.
These disposable men's briefs from 1970 made me laugh.
This chair looks like it belongs in my dad's counseling office.
A Bible box. Nathan was a fan.
Here's the explanation for the Bible box.
This is Mr. Bowes, who built the museum.
This is his wife Josephine. She was a great painter too.
Staircase and big mirror
Monkey see, monkey do.
Huge rooms full of paintings
This swan does tricks, but not sure what it does or how exactly. They only turn it on once a day at 2 p.m., and we missed it.
I think we could probably find a spot for that cow painting in our house somewhere.
Josieeeee... who does this remind you of?
The front yard - I'm sure it's even more gorgeous in the spring and summer.
He said he'd only take my picture if my mouth was open.
Bye bye Bowes Museum. Thanks for the free fun!
3 comments:
You've sold this museum to me - that clothing exhibition looks awesome!
The two-headed calf reminds me of a similar showcase at the Georgia Capitol Building...I haven't been since probably 7th grade on a field trip, but I do remember a double-headed calf mounted on the wall, as well as a double-headed snake. A little creepy. I think the point the exhibit was making was that pesticides can cause freaky things to happen in nature. Nice.
Hope you have fun with the LeCraws!
joey knows who you are talking about!
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