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Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition opens at the Beacon Museum
A West Cumbrian museum will welcome back visitors with a prestigious photography exhibition.
The Beacon, in Whitehaven, is the only North West Venue to host The Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition.
The museum reopens next Tuesday, May 18 when visitors can view stunning images from the world-renowned competition which captures the breath-taking diversity of the natural world.
Wildlife Photographer of the Year is on loan from the Natural History Museum in London.
Alan Gillon, The Beacon Museum’s learning officer, said: “We are very excited to be reopening with the world-famous Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition,” says
EVERY now and then you are reminded of a little nugget of Cumbrian history that pops up and makes your jaw drop. Take for example the port of Whitehaven being the target when, for the first and only time in history, American forces attacked England. PICTURE: Whitehaven then and now It happened this week back in 1778 during the American War of Independence. And it is a story told in a fascinating new digital display at The Beacon Museum in Whitehaven which reopens to the public, when lockdown restrictions ease, next month (Tuesday, May 18). The Beacon Museum’s Learning Officer, Alan Gillon, takes up the story: “The historic raid was led by Commander John Paul Jones, a Scot, who knew Whitehaven well.