Lakeland Museum — Attraction in Great Britain

We visited the Museum on the recommendation of The Tourist Information Centre and boy was that a good recommendation. Despite being small and affordable this was among the best in Britain (and we've visited all the London ones). The museum is a series of rooms which you can walk through and examine (without touching of course) the exhibits. Sound recordings add to the atmosphere and textual information boards give loads of interesting detail of life in The Lakes. It was great and we really enjoyed it. Lovely gift shop too and a little restaurant which was sadly very understaffed the day we visited but the chef did a sterling job of meeting customers needs....

This is a well thought-out, friendly little museum, that has exhibits on past Lakeland life and industry in sweet, well-labelled tableaux, and also a room on Arthur Ransome, which I was keen to see. It has also instilled a desire in me to visit the bobbin mill, from a fascinating video there. The staff are friendly, and if they can't answer a question, there is the facility to have it answer by email, which is so useful. It's definitely worth the entry fee, and rewards a careful...

Visited because of terrible weather. Rained all day. Glad it did, lovely Museum, though only small. What it must have been like to live and work only 100 or so years ago .Tough lives tough people. Part of the Museum is dedicated to child labour, and what a brutally short life it must have been for many...