We are always looking for new people to join our friendly team of volunteers at the Judges’ Lodgings. We have two areas that the museum requires volunteers as Room Stewards and within the Garden. If you are interested in finding out more please follow the link https://lancasterjudgeslodgings.org.uk/volunteering/ . Another way to support the Judges’ Lodgings…
The Judges Lodgings held a special Jubilee Tea Party on Saturday 4th July with a fancy dress parade for the children. A good time was had by all, both the visitors and the volunteers and we raised another £147.90 towards new garden furniture for the Courtyard. Thanks to all the volunteers who gave their time…
The Friends have invested in a card reader so that donations can be accepted both in cash and via card at the monthly Victorian Tearoom and other Friends events. It was used at the May tearoom and here are photos of happy customers. Come and enjoy tea and cake in the beautiful surrounding the the…
Judges’ Lodgings museum has secured £55,000 to fund a new project that will explore the story of Lancaster’s famous furniture making firm of Gillows and the city’s troubled history with slavery. ‘Facing the Past: Enslaved Africans Art Commissions and Gillows Gallery’ is one of more than 40 projects to receive a Reimagine Grant from the…
We had a busy Victorian Christmas Weekend on the 4th and 5th of December 2021. With live music, mulled wine and mince pies, and the house beautifully decorated with traditional greenery and a big Christmas tree, children were able to do Christmas crafts and had a chance to meet Father Christmas. Even our youngest visitor…
Museum Assistant Jack Knight won Customer Service Individual of the year last night at Lancaster Business Awards. Judges Lodgings was runner up to Lancaster Music Festival for Visitor Attraction of the Year. Congratulations from us all.
Lancaster pupils are learning about the city’s slave trade past at sessions in school and the Judges Lodgings museum. The workshops are part of Facing The Past, a new project funded by Arts Council England, which aims to reflect, reveal and redress omissions in the way the city has so far commemorated its role in…
Once again the cards of the painting of the JL c 1805 commissioned by the Friends are on sale in the JL shop – either blank inside for yourown message or with the words Season’s Greetings inside. The cards cost £2.25 each or £5 for a pack of 3. There is also an unframed print…
An artistic way of facing Lancaster’s slave trade past has begun with a series of free community workshops. Lancaster Priory launched the workshops by hosting artist Tina Ramos Ekongo who helped visitors imagine and create the faces of victims of the slave trade to produce Black Portraits on Cardboard. Originally from Equatorial Guinea and now…
On Thursday, 16th September a group of Friends, staff and volunteers from Judges Lodgings had a wonderful afternoon visit to Hornby Castle Gardens. A tour round the gardens was conducted by Caroline Battersby and afterwards we were treated to tea and cake on the terrace followed by a talk by Sue about the history of…