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Chawton House Library is taking part for the first time in the annual ‘Museums at Night’ a national campaign, led by Culture24 on Saturday 19th May, when museums, galleries, libraries and heritage sites open their doors for special evening events. Staff and volunteers in late Victorian and early Edwardian costume will carry out domestic...
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The gardens at Chawton House Library in Chawton, near Alton, will be open for all to enjoy on Sunday 19th February, from 10.00am – 4.00pm, when there should be carpets of snowdrops in the Wilderness and elsewhere. For the same price as the usual garden entrance fee, members of the public of all ages...
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Visitors to the Open Days at Chawton House Library, during the February half-term holiday, will find themselves face-to-face with actresses of the eighteenth-century as they explore the house. Some famous women depicted in the portrait collection will be brought to life by the ShadyJane Theatre Company. Today they would grace society magazines but there was...
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The grand opulence of the Edwardian period is to be recreated when Chawton House Library celebrates the festive season with an Open House Weekend on 17th and 18th December. The historic house will be decorated with swags, garlands, trees and baubles, and visitors will mingle with Edwardian costumed staff; sample traditional fare, including mulled...
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Tucked away in a drawer in the cottage where Jane Austen lived is a glass case containing a wispy, faded lock of her hair. Like the thousands of tourists who visit the place each year, crime writer Lindsay Ashford pulled out the drawer and glanced at the tangled strands, never suspecting they could hold...
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