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The curator and volunteers at Lawrence House Museum regret to announce that it will not be possible to re-open the museum building for the 2021 season.
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Our collections are house in themed rooms on 3 floors and there is a wonderful garden with superb views, ideal for picnics on fine days
The six rooms on the ground floor feature local history, Launceston at war, a scale model of the old Southern Railway Station, the Mayor’s Parlour, a toy room with toys to play with and a room dedicated to Launceston’s famous sons: John Couch Adams, astronomer and discoverer of the planet Neptune, Philip Gidley King, early Governor of New South Wales, in whose honour Launceston, Tasmania, was named, Charles Causley, teacher, poet and broadcaster and William Wise, herbalist and plant collector. Don’t miss his wonderful 6 volume herbarium containing over 1000 plants collected locally between 1880 and the 1920s.
The six rooms on the ground floor feature local history, Launceston at war, a scale model of the old Southern Railway Station, the Mayor’s Parlour, a toy room with toys to play with and a room dedicated to Launceston’s famous sons: John Couch Adams, astronomer and discoverer of the planet Neptune, Philip Gidley King, early Governor of New South Wales, in whose honour Launceston, Tasmania, was named, Charles Causley, teacher, poet and broadcaster and William Wise, herbalist and plant collector. Don’t miss his wonderful 6 volume herbarium containing over 1000 plants collected locally between 1880 and the 1920s.
In the inner hallway is the Polyphon, a forerunner of the juke box which is coin operated and still playing all the popular dances and tunes from the late 1880s.
Our costume collection is on the first floor and includes wedding dresses from Victorian times to the present day. We also have some stunning samplers embroidered by girls as young as 11 years old.
Very inspiring and informative exhibition and so nice to have a second venue – I look forward to seeing more of the main museums treasures in this new space.
Brenda Jet, Hartland 2021
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Downstairs, as well as a splendid Victorian kitchen with “all mod cons”, there are rooms dedicated to agriculture and Launceston’s past: its shops, bank, hospital, workhouse, photographer etc. On permanent display in the Exhibition Room is a beautifully decorated 17th century wheel-lock rifle and, in the coin cabinet, a silver penny minted in Launceston during the reign of William the Conqueror. In the garden, turn right down the steps to the herb garden with its modern sculpture kindly loaned by Grenville Davey of Launceston who, in 1992, beat Damien Hirst to the Turner Prize. During the season there is a programme of changing exhibits in the display case in the Inner Hallway and in the downstairs Exhibition Room so there is always something new to see.
Friends of Lawrence House Museum – Monographs & Other Publications
| Mon Nº | Price inc p&p | Title | Author/Editor |
| 1 | £ 2.50 | Two Geniuses of Altarnun (John Couch Adams and Neville Northey Burnard) | Basil Ward |
| 2 | £ 2.50 | Lepers at St Leonards (Leper Colony at Gilmartin) | Margaret Jarvis |
| 3 | £ 2.50 | Of Lakes and Leats (Development of water supplies for Launceston Town) | Jim Edwards |
| 4 | £ 4.00 | Cornish Convicts (Those who sailed to New South Wales with the First Fleet 1787) | Kay Davy |
| 5 | £ 4.00 | Philip Gidley King 1758-1808 (Third Governor of New South Wales 1800) | Kay Davy/Carol Bunbury |
| 6 | £ 4.00 | Religious persecution in Launceston (Agnes Prest, Cuthbert Mayne, George Fox) | Anne Raymont |
| 7 | £ 4.00 | Prisoners of War in Launceston 1940-45 | Jake Jackson/Basil Ward |
| 8 | £ 4.00 | The Launceston Union Workhouse 1838-1948 | Patrick Hutton |
| 9 | £ 4.00 | Parliamentary Representation in Launceston 1295-1832 | Jake Jackson |
| 10 | £ 4.00 | Launceston Priory 1126-1539 | Arthur Wills |
| 11 | £ 4.00 | The Pearses of Lawrence House | Margaret Jarvis |
| 12 | £ 4.00 | The Public Houses of Launceston | Miriam Mincher/Margaret Jarvis |
| 13 | £ 4.00 | Mining and Quarrying in the Kensey Valley | Diana Sutherland/Norman Preston |
| 14 | £ 4.00 | Launceston Shops 1902-2003 | Lson U3A Local History Group/Carol Bunbury |
| 15 | £ 4.50 | Reminiscences of Launceston by John Ching | Jake Jackson |
| 16 | £ 4.00 | The Launceston Bank | Anne M Barks née Dingley |
| 17 | £ 4.00 | North Cornwall Navvies (A History of the Navvies of Egloskerry) | George Benbow |
| 18 | £ 5.00 | Charles Causley: A Universal Poet | Malcolm Wright |
| 19 | £ 4.00 | James Ruse 1759-1837 the Father of Australian Agriculture | Kay Davy |
| 20 | £ 4.00 | Lawrence House Two Centuries a Family Home | Jake Jackson |
| 21 | £ 4.00 | Launceston People and Probate 1750-1850 | Lson & District U3A Local History Group |
| 22 | £ 4.00 | Launceston Buildings (Vernacular buildings within the Old Town wall) | Lson & District U3A Local History Group |
| 23 | £ 4.00 | John Couch Adams and the discovery of Neptune | Malcolm Wright |
| 24 | £ 4.00 | Prayer and Persecution (The churches and chapels of Launceston) | Museum History Group |
| 25 | £ 4.00 | The Condition of Launceston in 1850 | Jake Jackson & Jim Edwards |
| £ 4.00 | A short History of Bishop Trelawny’s Life and the Restoration of his Coffin Plate | Carol Vivian | |
| £ 4.00 | T W Bate and Dunheved Ironworks | Willam H Jones | |
| £ 4.50 | A Short History of the Catholic parish of St Cuthbert Mayne | Arthur Wills revised Fr David Annear | |
| £ 6.50 | Robbins’ Reminiscences of Launceston From 1820 to 1830 and upwards | Kaye Montgomery | |
| £ 8.50 | Richard Earl of Cornwall | Jake Jackson | |
| £ 4.00 | A Thousand Years of Launceston | Patrick Hutton/Lson U3A Local History Group |
The six rooms on the ground floor feature local history, Launceston at war, a scale model of the old Southern Railway Station, the Mayor’s Parlour, a toy room with toys to play with and a room dedicated to Launceston’s famous sons: John Couch Adams, astronomer and discoverer of the planet Neptune, Philip Gidley King, early Governor of New South Wales, in whose honour Launceston, Tasmania, was named, Charles Causley, teacher, poet and broadcaster and William Wise, herbalist and plant collector. Don’t miss his wonderful 6 volume herbarium containing over 1000 plants collected locally between 1880 and the 1920s.
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