Fred C. Britton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇦🇺 (b. 21.5.1889)
'An Australian Aborigine' (1916)
Charcoal on brown-toned paper
50.3 x 42.3 cm
The Harris

Migrated to Australia in 1910

We love having such a varied collection here at The Harris 🏛️

You could say we have everything…

…even toilet water bottles! Including this decorative one 🧴

We recently bid farewell to Stuart, who is now enjoying his retirement after working at The Harris for twenty years! 👋

In this video, Stuart tells us why he loved working at The Harris. Here’s what he had to say…🎥

New 'Style and Sensibility' Regency #fashion exhibition at #Lancaster #JudgesLodgings from 27 June.
Inspired by Jane #Austen novels like 'Pride and Prejudice' with original Georgian #dress and accessories. #costume lancashire.gov.uk/leisure-and-cu…. Image The Harris by Simon Critchley

The Harris, a significant Preston historical landmark, is currently undergoing a £16 million restoration and reimagining project to better serve 21st-century audiences.

Follow The Harris to stay updated on renovations and get excited for the reopening in Spring 2025! 🏛️

Good morning, John John Tizard & thank you, as always. As you say, Cecil's painting has become a bit of a fixture! Here's one which might also fit the #SundayMorning theme! This is 'St John the Baptist Church' by Elwin Hawthorne from 1932. It is in the collection The Harris

We know you enjoy imagining Preston in the past as much as we do, and this painting by Edwin Beattie from 1850 helps us visualise what Preston Market Place looked like many years ago! 🔙⏰

Like this post if you love seeing different interpretations of Preston 💖

Today is #InternationalMuseumsDay 2024, and we are proud to have such a magnificent museum collection covering fashion, textiles, history, photography, art, and much more! 🏛️

We’re looking forward to welcoming our visitors back to The Harris in 2025 ❤️

#IMD2024

We want to say a big thank you to Stuart, our Visitor Services Supervisor who has worked for The Harris for twenty years!👏

Stuart described his time at the Harris as ‘an adventure’ and we hope you will join us in wishing him all the best for his next big adventure - retirement!

This week's #OnlineArtExchange theme is #Egypt , so we're sharing the painting 'Pastime in Ancient Egypt Three Thousand Years Ago'. 🎨

Art UK

The Port of Preston leaflet was printed by Guardian Press in Fishergate, Preston.

Preston Dock was the largest working dock in Britain until 1981. It was a major employer in the town, handling coal exports to Ireland and banana imports from the West Indies. ⛵

Here’s some behind the scenes shots of the transformations happening as part of the #HarrisYourPlace project! 🏛️

🔗Read our latest update on our website: bit.ly/3prKDCs

Arts Council England The National Lottery Heritage Fund The National Lottery Heritage Fund North

Behind the scenes in the The Harris ahead of the 2025 re-opening.

We went from basement to roof to see what's happening inside the city's grade-I listed art gallery, museum, library and more 🏛️🏛️🏛️
blogpreston.co.uk/2024/05/two-ye…

This #DementiaActionWeek find expert-endorsed information and support for people affected by dementia in your local library with the brand new #ReadingWell for dementia booklist
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#DAW2024 @ReadingAgency

Look up! 👀

🖼 The The Harris is marking another major milestone in the museum's regen project.

A crane operation is underway to install Air Handling Units + roof gantries onto The Harris roof.

Read more about the units & gantries here 👉 investprestoncity.co.uk/Business-News/…

Below our pediment is an inscription adapted by Byron from Pericles' funeral oration, emphasising the importance of classical culture right from the inception of The Harris.

🏛️‘The dead but sceptred Sovrans, who still rule our spirits from their urns’.

📷Michael Porter

You would certainly look chic if you wore this amazing Horrockes Fashions dress dated back to 1952! 💁‍♀️👗

#FrockingFabulous #HorrocksesFashions

In this black and white archive photograph, captured in September 1922, we can see the Market Square adorned with bunting and beacons, whilst huge crowds gather to celebrate the Preston Guild 🎉

Who’s looking forward to the next round of Guild celebrations in 2032? 🙌

This collection of Roman coins was found by a young boy while digging an air-raid shelter in Beech Street!

In 1962, a resident concluded that the coins were found in the garden of one of the three most easterly houses in the west section of Beech Street 🏡