The Grace Darling Museum Bamburgh - Northumberland

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After more than 160 years, Grace Darling is still remembered for her selfless heroic part in rescuing the survivors of the SS Forfarshire, wrecked just off the Bamburgh coast during a terrible storm in 1838. Her story is now an essential part of the national curriculum for schools (at Key Stage 1 & 2). Maintained by public donations to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, the Grace Darling Museum is located just opposite the family grave in St.Aidan's Church and provides the nation's largest source of family items, memorabilia and general information recounting this tragic event.

THE STORY OF THE RESCUE THE BOAT USED IN THE RESCUE THE DARLING FAMILY HISTORY FAMILY & PERSONAL ITEMS MANUSCRIPTS, PICTURES, PAINTINGS LIGHTHOUSE KEEPERS LOGBOOK ADJACENT TO LOCAL FAMILY GRAVE SS FORFARSHIRE: ENSIGN, BILL OF SAILING, FACSIMILE OF REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE CHINA, TABLEWARE etc.. CONTEMPORARY PRESS REPORTS, BOOKS, SONGS, POEMS GIFTS AND HONOURS MADE IN HER LIFETIME ESSENTIAL KEY STAGE 1 & 2 INFORMATION

DIRECTIONS Approximately 5 miles from the A1 via B6348 0R B6349 halfway between Alnwick and Berwick-upon-Tweed OPENING TIMES Tuesdays-Sundays and Bank Holiday Mondays Easter-October:     10am-5pm November-Easter: 10am-4pm   Grace Darling 'The Heroine of The Farne Islands' Written by the Honorary Curator of the Grace Darling Museum, this beautifully illustrated book is available from the Lindisfarne Bookshop. BOOKSHOP  'In the true spirit of the lifeboat service, Grace Horsely Darling  (1815-1842) risked her life  to rescue others from certain death in a terrible storm.'

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