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Cowper and Newton Museum

Orchard Side
Market Place
Olney


MK46 4AJ

Tel:01234 711516

Website: CLICK TO VIEW

Location: North of Newport Pagnell (via A509)

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Description: John Newton was a former slaver turned evangelical preacher who also wrote world-famous hymns, including 'Amazing Grace'. He was a close friend of the poet who lived in the present buildings of the Cowper and Newton Museum. William Cowper, a leading poet of this time, was a major influence on Jane Austen and Wordsworth. The museum also has a nationally renowned lace collection, dinosaur bones, a costume gallery and trade rooms housing a collection of Olney's social history from the early eighteenth century. Another bonus is the extensive gardens which are home to eighteenth-century (or earlier) plants. The museum is of early Georgian origins.

 

Opening Times: 1 Mar-23 Dec Tue-Sat 10.30-16.30. Also open Bank Hol Mons & Shrove Tue. Closed Good Friday

 

Admission Prices: Museum & Gardens: A£3.00 C(under12)£Free Concessions£2.00. Group rates (for 12+) available on request. Gardens Only: £1.00

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