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Castle Durham
The Bowes Museum - An Anglo-French Love Story
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The Bowes Museum - situated in the market town of Barnard Castle, in the beautiful area of Teesdale, County Durham lies only 20 minutes drive along the A66 from the Scotch corner junction of the A1. Its creation belies quite a romantic history.
John Bowes, born in 1811 was the son of the 10th Earl of Strathmore. Although they had lived together as man and wife for many years John's parents only married 16 hours prior to the death of the Earl of Strathmore. Following a long legal battle where John Bowes was awarded the Durham Estates John was never recognised as the legitimate heir to the Strathmore title. Educated at Eton, John Bowes became a very successful businessman. From 1847 he divided his time between France and England.
John Bowes had a passion for the arts. John Bowes met his future wife in Paris during 1847 where he purchased a theatre - Parisian born actress Josephine Coffin-Chevallier. They married in 1852. Josephine, herself a talented amateur painter shared her husbands passion for the arts and art forms, including paintings, ceramics, furniture and textiles. With the idea of making the art they so loved accessible to "the people" John and Josephine decided to build a museum very close to Barnard Castle. As Josephine laid the foundation stone in 1869 she said: "I lay the bottom stone, and you, Mr. Bowes, will lay the top stone."
Between them John and Josephine purchased 15,000 objects for the museum during the years between 1862 and 1874. It is tragic that Josephine died in 1874 and never saw the museum completed. Sadly John died in 1885 before the museums completion and so did not fulfil Josephine's wish of "laying the top stone". Undeterred by their passing the museum was seen through to completion by the museum trustees and opened it's doors to the public for the first time on the 10th June 1892.
Although there are so many beautiful pieces of art to see in the museum one of the most famous and from which the museum takes it's logo is the 230 year old life sized Silver Swan. The Swan is an English Silver automation which is still in working order and is operated daily at the museum. It is simply beautiful.
One can see in the building architecture of the museum the French influence - taking 23 years to build the museum is very similar to a French chateau. The museum gardens were designed by John and Josephine and comprise of formal gardens and parkland. The fountains are magnificent on the terrace at the front of the house.
With its beautiful architecture, fabulous grounds and mouth watering menus the Bowes Museum offers everything and more you could possibly wish for in a wedding venue, a special occasion or simply a brilliant day out with the family.
We are honoured to be the only officially recommended photographers of the Bowes Museum.
About the Author
Yorkshire Wedding Photographers Sharon Malone and her partner, Andy Hopkinson are the only officially recommended photographers for the Bowes Museum. To view their portfolio and some recent photographs showing the Bowes Museum please visit her website at:=======>
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