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Morpeth Chantry Bagpipe Museum

Morpeth Chantry Bagpipe Museum

Bagpipe museum in Morpeth, England

The Morpeth Chantry Bagpipe Museum is located in Morpeth Chantry, Morpeth, Northumberland, England.

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The museum, founded in 1987, contains a large collection of historic bagpipes, especially, but not exclusively, historic Northumbrian smallpipes and Border pipes, mainly based on the collection of William Alfred Cocks (1892-1971). The collection had initially been housed in the Black Gate, Newcastle upon Tyne, the home of the city's Society of Antiquaries. The collection also includes a large collection of bagpipe music, both in print and in manuscript, and Cocks's collection of photographs and press cuttings relating to bagpipes; many of these refer to the early years of the Northumbrian Pipers' Society. The current curator is Anne Moore.[citation needed][1]

The museum provides a venue for the regular meetings of the Northumbrian Pipers' Society. In September 2008, disastrous flooding in central Morpeth forced the successful evacuation of the entire collection.[2] After extensive repairs and refurbishment, the Chantry was reopened the following year, with a visit by the Princess Royal.[3]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Moore, Anne (1996). "Morpeth Chantry Bagpipe Museum: a specialist collection for non-specialists". Museum International. 48: 31–35 – via UNESCO.
  2. [2]
    BBC (27 January 2009). "Like a disaster movie". BBC. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
  3. [3]
    "Morpeth Herald". Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 5 March 2012.

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