The Duchess of Cambridge has visited Windermere Jetty Museum aboard a 1902 steam launch with two Holocaust survivors.
The Duchess was in Cumbria carrying out visits that highlight the beneficial, lifelong impact that nature and the outdoors can have on young people.
Two heritage boats from the museum – Osprey and Penelope – picked up The Duchess and her party from Wray Castle and brought them across Windermere to the museum.
During her journey across the water she met two of the Windermere Children, a group of 300 child Holocaust survivors who came to stay in the Lake District in 1945 following the atrocities they experienced in concentration camps and ghettos of Nazi Occupied Europe.
The Duchess and party arrived at the museum’s jetties aboard Osprey – a beautifully restored 1902 steam launch.
Rhian Harris, chief executive of Lakeland Arts – which runs Windermere Jetty Museum officially welcomed The Duchess.
Rhian said: “We were delighted to welcome the Duchess of Cambridge to the museum and to host such a poignant meeting with Holocaust survivors.
“The Duchess was able to hear the survivors’ remarkable stories and the support they received in Cumbria after the war.
“She learned how the Lake District provided access to the great outdoors which helped the survivors to begin to heal.”
While at the museum, the Duchess also got to learn about the work of the Lake District Holocaust Project to document and educate the public about the experiences of the Windermere Children.
The museum was officially opened in 2019 by Prince Charles.
