Lakeland Arts is an English charitable company, successor to the Lakeland Arts Trust (founded 1957), based in the Lake District. It operates Blackwell The Arts & Crafts House near Windermere, Abbot Hall Art Gallery and the Museum of Lakeland Life & Industry both in Kendal, and Windermere Jetty: Museum of Boats, Steam and Stories which re-opened in March 2019 (formerly Windermere Steamboat Museum, taken over by Lakeland Arts Trust when it closed in 2007).[1][2]
Lakeland Arts was established in 2013 as a charitable company, taking over the assets and responsibilities of the former Lakeland Arts Trust.[3] It is one of the three members of the Cumbria Museum Consortium, along with the Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery Trust in Carlisle and the Wordsworth Trust in Grasmere.[4] In 2012-15 and 2015-18 this consortium was one of the 21 museums or consortia (16 in the earlier period) to be funded by Arts Council England as "Major Partner Museums".[5]
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- ^ "Windermere Jetty Museum showcases 'boats, steam and stories'". BBC News. 23 March 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
- ^ "Report of the trustees" (PDF). Lakeand Arts Annual Report and Accounts: 4. 2013. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
- ^ "Cumbria Museum Consortium". Cumbria Museum Consortium. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
- ^ Atkinson, Rebecca (1 July 2014). "ACE increases number of Major Partner Museums". Museums Journal. Museums Association. Retrieved 16 July 2015.