July 1, 2026
Museum’s onto a winner with reunited set of miniature horse portraits
TWO paintings of famous racehorses belonging to John Bowes, have been bought by the museum he co-founded at auction.The miniature oil paintings make up a set of four Derby winners…
Gaunless archive goes online for an international audience
Hoards of historical photographs and documents have gone online for the first time thanks to a new website produced by Evenwood, Ramshaw and District History Society. Reporter Martin Paul spoke…
This week’s Teesdale Mercury, out now
This week’s Teesdale Mercury is on sale now: Hundreds sign up to save Startforth community centre (petition is in our shop at 24 Market Place, Barnard Castle) Teesdale will be…
Museum gets ready for year of the swan
THE Bowes Museum will celebrate the 250th anniversary of its iconic Silver Swan this year – but will the automaton be fixed in time or even work again?The automaton remains…
