The Ruskin Museum — Attraction in Coniston

Great little museum with lots to keep you interested. Starting the tour with a local world war 1 hero whose bravery was rewarded with the Victoria Cross. Moving on to rock formations and slate and cooper mining. Lots of examples of rocks with magnifying glasses to take a closer look. The next area is devoted to the Campbells lives and their world record attempts to break speed records.The remains of the Bluebird K7 are displayed alongside other memorabilia from Donald and Sir Malcolm Campbell lives. The visual documentary is definitely worth watching. It explains the sad death of Donald whilst attempting to reach a speed of 300mph on Coniston lake. The next area is dedicated to John Ruskin, explaining his work and impact on Victorian society. The display of paintings, crystals and artifacts give an insight to his life. A video also plays, which again is worth watching. Upstairs there was an art exhibition of a local artist with opportunity to purchase artworks. Staff are friendly. There is a small gift shop. Unfortunately the toilets were out of order but there are plenty in town and you can re enter with your admission tickets. We would definitely recommend you take a few hours to enjoy all the museum...

An excellent local museum showing the history of the area as well as the main attraction for us was getting to see Bluebird. There is plenty to see with lots of information about John Ruskin who the museum was named after as well as the local area, industries and the land Bluebird is a fantastic exhibition as it is an iconic record breaking archive. A sad ending due to the death of Donald Campbell during his record breaking water speed record. It's amazing that after the amount of years before recovery that restoration has been able to be achieved. Lots of other memorabilia about Donald Campbell and his team and their amazing achievement which gives you an insight to the man and the history of the events that occurred. Such a fitting place for...

It was a dream come true for me to see bluebird. I've always been fascinated with the Donald Campbell story. When I heard that they were going to raise the boat. It was a dream of mine to come and see her. I came last year to see the bluebird wing. It felt so empty with the boat being there. I asked when was bluebird coming home? The lady behind the desk said she had no idea. I was returning home to Bridgwater. My phone gave me the news that bluebird was returning home march 2024. I had to book up again. To come up and see her. I went to see her on the 4th of February to the ruskin museum and she was there looking at her best. I was there for an hour just looking at her. She was beautiful and...