The Lakeland Arts Trust venues are all ideally situated for a perfect day visit, the information below is for 'Behind the Scenes' Group Visits to the Windermere Steamboat Museum. For information about Group Visits to Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Blackwell, The Arts & Crafts House and Museum of Lakeland Life & Industry, click here.

The Museum is closed to the public whilst the conservation works commence on the boats and plans for the redevelopment of the site are developed. However, we are now able to offer limited access to the site and collections to see behind the scenes of the project in progress. This opportunity will only be available to pre-booked of a minimum of 20 people, Monday to Friday.

As we are in the midst of developing the project our resources are very limited and so we are only able to offer a small number of visits. It is therefore advisable that you ring to check the availability for your preferred dates. We will then provisionally book that date for you until you send in the booking form.

Benefits for pre-booked visits
• Access to the site is restricted so this is the only opportunity to see the collection in store.
• Special access to the conservation workshop.
• FREE coach parking for the duration of the visit.
• Welcome by a member of staff.
• Guided tour of the collection and a talk about the project by a member of staff.

Joint Site Visits
Blackwell, The Arts & Crafts House is just 5 minutes away, so why not combine the two and make a day of it! And with Abbot Hall Art Gallery and the Museum of Lakeland Life & Industry only 10 miles away, there are a number of options for a great day out. To ensure that you have an enjoyable and special visit, each site only accommodates one group at a time. It is advisable that you contact us well in advance to check whether your preferred date(s) are available.

For more information about visiting Blackwell, Abbot Hall or the Museum of Lakeland Life & Industry, click here, where you will find everything you need to know about booking visits to our other venues.

Group Admission Gift Aid
Windermere Steamboat Museum £5.50

Group Admission Non-Gift Aid
Windermere Steamboat Museum £5.00

Gift-Aid
If members in your group are UK tax payers and are willing to ‘Gift Aid’ their admission with a 10% voluntary donation, then this will allow us to claim an additional 28p on every pound you pay. The money we raise from Gift Aid makes a valuable difference to our work.

Downloads
'Behind the Scenes' Group Visits 2010 Booklet (pdf 367KB)
Group Visit Booking Form 2010 (pdf 101KB)*
Group Visit Gift Aid Form 2010 (pdf 87KB)

*Before sending in your booking form, please contact us to check whether your preferred date(s) are available.