Thank you to Jasmin Paris & TheGreenRunners & everyone who came to the museum yesterday evening to run with and listen to them - it was an incredible turn out, both in person and on our Instagram livestream! We couldn't have done it without the #RunningIntFells team ❤️👟

Great to be part of this lady night. Inspiring words from Jasmine and a lovely, friendly run up Loughrigg. Thanks to TheGreenRunners and The Armitt: Museum, Gallery, Library and of course Jasmin Paris. Great way to spend a Saturday afternoon and the sun 🌞 came out.

#OTD in 1885 Beatrix Potter came to stay at 'Laurel Villa' in Ambleside for two weeks and a few days later she wrote in her diary: 'Wordsworth is always referred to as 'the poet' in these parts' but 'local tradition says Dorothy Wordsworth was the greater poet of the two'.

Ecologist David Broom answers your questions on #conservation for #fellrunners - join us & #RunningIntFells next Fri at 6pm to learn more 🌱
Tickets are £10 per person, book here: tinyurl.com/37c5wzvv
📸 Jumpy James Photography

🏠ARMITT & BRIDGE HOUSE WALK & TALKS RESTART🏠
Join us next Thurs when our #WalkandTalks of The Armitt and #BridgeHouse restart for 2024!
🖋Illustration of the Bridge House in #Ambleside (1832) by Thomas Allom

It's a magical week for this Art UK's #OnlineArtExchange ✨
@perthmuseumuk reopened this month, with an exhibition on #unicorns , so we've chosen this painting of Orpheus charming animals attributed to Thomas Francis 🦄
Credit: Chirk Castle National Trust

April's #ObjectoftheMonth celebrates one of this month's most beautiful flowers - #bluebells 💙
Where can you see bluebells in #Cumbria ? What's the best spot near #Ambleside ? Find out here: tinyurl.com/yp2bd4c3
📸 Photos of a bank of bluebells in Cumbria (unnamed and undated)

Feeling inspired by the #KurtSchwitter 's portraits on display in our #TheArmittExplores exhibition? Why not draw your own?
We have set up a small desk with paper, coloured pencils, a mirror & instructions on how to draw a #portrait
Here are some examples drawn by visitors ✏️

We're delighted to have Nic Gear 🇪🇺 as the #residentartist in our #BeatrixPotter : Under the Microscope exhibition - his work is for sale with cards and postcards in our shop! 🎁🔬🍄
Many thanks to Arts Council England who granted Nic with an Arts Council Lottery Fund award📸🖋️

Ecologist David Broom visits the museum on Friday 19th April at 6pm, to explore how #fellrunners can get involved in local #conservation efforts and preserve the landscape we love 🌱👟
Part of #RunningIntFells ✨
Tickets are £10 per person, book here: tinyurl.com/37c5wzvv

Make some noise for this week's Art UK #OnlineArtExchange - it's all about #music 🎶
Check out BMAG on Instagram's #VictorianRadicals on until 31st Oct 2024 🖌
We've chosen Sound Stone 4 (1999) by artists Barry Cooper and Laurence Parnell🪈
Credit: @sustrans

How has #LakeDistrictTourism evolved over the last 350 years? Join us on Tuesday 9th April at 6pm to find out 📱📚🖌
Tickets are £10 per person, book here: tinyurl.com/4jnne25z
🔍 The Coppermines Valley by Alfred Wainwright

April's #SpeedRead is Running For Our Lives by Dr Rachel Ann Cullen
'Every time I speak to someone and hear about their experiences, it leaves me with a sense of running’s incredible power to help people overcome pretty much anything.' - Rachel Ann Cullen, Running For Our Lives🏃‍♀️

We're pleased to announce we are rebranding - welcome to #TheArmpit 👏
Thank you to The Beautiful History / The Beautiful Badge for designing our new logo ✏️
#AprilFools #AprilFools Day #AprilFools Day2024 #aprilfools2024

⏰SPRING-SUMMER OPENING HOURS - OPEN TUES 2nd APRIL⏰
We are now open Wed-Sun 10am-5pm🌞
Additionally, we are open every first Tues of the month, including this Tues 2nd April - we'll be open at 10am, don't miss it!
Book tickets in advance here: tinyurl.com/yc3sp63n

🐣🥚It's officially the #EasterHolidays ! 🌱🐰
Enjoy our #familyactivities in #RunningIntFells :
🖍Design and colour in a running vest
👟Create #fellrunning scenes
🕹Jog on our #NintendoWii
📚Read #picturebooks together
Kids 16&under get in free!
Book here: tinyurl.com/yc3sp63n

We're joining with The Armitt for Running Int' Fells, a casual evening of conversation with Jasmin Paris on 13 April in Cumbria. There's a social run first to break the ice before a panel discussion in the museum. See the website for more information. shorturl.at/beHPQ

This week's Art UK #OnlineArtExchange is all about #fashion 👠
Leighton House and Sambourne House's new exhibition is #OutShopping : The Dresses of Marion & Maud Sambourne (1880-1910)
Our choice is Julia, Marchioness of Tweeddale (1887) by Hubert von Herkomer 🖌
Credit: Museum & Tasglann

Next week #TaffyThomasMBE will be here in his celebrated Tale Coat to share traditional #Cumbrian #folktales & you can decorate your own #eastereggs
Tickets are £7 per child, book yours here today: tinyurl.com/3kb2nyc3