Helena Thompson Museum

(See also Workington and Workington Hall)

The Helena Thompson Museum was built in the 18^th century as a private home (known as Park End house) and is now a museum. The home was bequeathed by Miss Helena Thompson in 1940, thus the name. In the museum is a model of Workington Hall (across the road) as it was before it became ruinous.

Women and children's dresses and needlework from the 18^th to 20^th centuries are part of the museum's attractions. Also on display in the museum are pottery, jewellery, silver, glass, and furniture dating from Georgian, Regency and Victorian times. One section of the museum relates the social and industrial history of Workington: shipbuilding, pottery, brick-making, coal-mining, and the railway and steel industries were part of the mix.

Helena Thompson Museum
Park End Road
On A66, eastern outskirts of town of Workington across from Workington Hall. Open April 1-Oct. 31 Mon-Sat. 10:30am-4pm, Nov. 1-March 31, Mon-Sat. 11am-3pm.
Tel. 01900 326255
Email: pen.tic@eden.gov.uk

Photos courtesy of Julian Thurgood

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