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Kendal Museum
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Founded in 1796, Kendal Museum's fascinating collections include local archaeology, history, geology and a natural history collection from around the globe. The Wainwright Gallery charts the emergence of Cumbrian man from the Prehistoric period, and houses examples of local Roman artifacts.
http://www.kendalmuseum.org.uk/
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Levens Hall & Topiary Gardens
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Elizabethan historic house and world famous topiary gardens. It is the family home of the Bagots, and contains a collection of Jacobean furniture, fine paintings, the earliest English patchwork and many other objects.
http://www.levenshall.co.uk/
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Museum of Lakeland Life
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Experience the social history of the English Lake District over the last 300 years. A room dedicated to Arthur Ransome, and another to Postman pat. Part of Abbott Hall Art Gallery in Kendal.
http://www.lakelandmuseum.org.uk
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The Quaker Tapestry
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An embroidery of community art, the creation of more than 4000 people in 15 countries over a period of 15 years. The exhibition shows 300 years of social history, beautifully illustrated, in 77 separate narrative crewel embroidered panels telling the story of the Quaker movement.
http://www.quaker-tapestry.co.uk/
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