One of Cumbria’s smallest museums is looking forward to welcoming back visitors next week.
The Quaker Tapestry Museum in Kendal is set to reopen on Tuesday.
Its reopening marks 40 years since a chance remark, by 11-year-old Jonathan Stocks led to the creation of one of the world’s largest international embroideries.
Made by over 4,000 men, women and children from 15 countries, it tells of 350 years of social history through 77 modern embroideries.
Each shares stories of Quakers, including many Cumbrians, who made history with their deeds of discovery and daring.
Writer Alexander McCall Smith called the Quaker Tapestry one of the ‘six best tapestries’ to see in the world.
Forty of the panels are permanently on display in the museum, alongside other exhibitions.
Kendal’s smallest museum can be found tucked inside the Friends Meeting House between Stramongate and New Road.
