Towneley Hall Art Gallery and Museum
Type:Arts, Crafts & Galleries
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715 reviewsTowneley Hall is a magnificent historic house, art gallery and museum, set in over 400 acres of historic parkland and small formal gardens with woodland walks, trails, and a large children’s play area.
The Towneley family lived in the Hall for over 600 years. It contains fine period rooms hung with original 19th Century oil and water colour paintings, including works by Sir Lawrence Alma Tadema, Waterhouse and Johan Zoffany. Home to the Whalley Abbey Vestments and a vast collection of Lancashire-made oak furniture as well as an Egyptology collection and decorative arts room.
Ticket Type | Ticket Tariff |
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Tickets | £2.75 per ticket |
The entrance ticket is valid for 12 months.
Children and students enter for fee.
Hall open (1 Feb 2024 - 31 Dec 2024) | ||
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Day | Times | |
Monday - Thursday | 12:00 | - 17:00 |
Friday | Closed | |
Saturday - Sunday | 12:00 | - 17:00 |
Gift shop open (1 Feb 2024 - 31 Dec 2024) | ||
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Day | Times | |
Monday - Thursday | 12:00 | - 15:45 |
Friday | Closed | |
Saturday - Sunday | 12:00 | - 15:45 |
* Towneley Hall is temporarily closing from 17 June until spring 2025 to allow the completion of essential repairs and restoration works. The shop, toilets, lecture theatre, Museum of Local Crafts & Industries (behind the Hall) and Park Life Café will all remain open.
On A671. Two miles south east of Burnley.
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