A national touring exhibition celebrating 50 years of the Victorian Society is now open at the Museum of Lancashire.
The Victorian Society is a national charity campaigning for the preservation of Victorian and Edwardian architecture.
The exhibition will be officially launched at 1pm on Saturday, 12 September to mark Heritage Open Days, celebrating England's fantastic architecture, with a talk by Penelope Harris on the life and work of Victorian Architect Joseph Hansom, architect of St Walburge's Church.
The 'Saving a Century' exhibition displays photos from Lancashire and across the country, showing examples of the best Victorian and Edwardian buildings and structures that the Society has campaigned to sa ve.
Local churches St Augustine's and St Walburge's feature in the exhibition alongside other nationally significant buildings including Kings Cross railway station in London, the Albert Dock in Liverpool and many others.
These buildings demonstrate the society’s success in changing public attitudes towards the best architecture of the nineteenth century, and its continued relevance for the twenty-first century.
It will run until Wednesday, 23 December and is supported by Listed Property Services, Shaws Terracotta and J & J W Longbottom Ltd.
For more information or to reserve a place at the talk please contact the Museum of Lancashire on 01772 534075.
The museum is open Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 10.30am-5pm. Admission costs adults £3, concessions £2 and accompanied children go FREE.
Victorian Society members will have free entry to the Museum of Lancashire to view the e xhibition if they bring a copy of The Victorian magazine with them.
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