Brontë Relics

A press release from the Brontë Parsonage Museum:

Brontë Relics: A Collection History

New exhibition opens at the Brontë Parsonage Museum

The new exhibition at the Brontë Parsonage Museum tells the extraordinary story of the Museum’s collection; how it came together and how it continues to grow as new discoveries are made. Complete with a colourful cast of characters (both heroes and villains), twists and turns that would seem melodramatic in fiction, and even an unresolved mystery or two, the story of the collection is almost as extraordinary as the Brontë story itself.

Brontë Relics tells this story; how the treasures of the collection survived and how they were brought together by the Brontë Society at the Parsonage. The intriguing journeys that various objects undertook before returning to the Parsonage are traced back through previous owners and collectors to the major sources of Brontëana, amongst them Charlotte’s husband, Arthur Bell Nicholls; Ellen Nussey, Charlotte’s lifelong friend; the family of Martha Brown, the Brontës’ faithful servant; and the American collector, Henry Houston Bonnell.

The exhibition is included with admission to the Museum and runs until 10 March 2013.

And related to this exhibition, a couple of interesting things:

An Evening with the Brontë Collection - Wednesday 23rd & Wednesday 30th May, 7pm - These two intimate evenings at the Parsonage offer a special opportunity to enjoy a guided tour of the museum and the Brontë Relics exhibition, and a 'behind the scenes' visit to the museum library to explore the history of the collection through some of its treasures. Wine and canapes will be served - Tickets are £20. For information and bookings contact sonia.boocock@bronte.org.uk/ 01535 640192 
Museum Special Tours - Enjoy a conducted tour around the museum with a member of our collection staff - further details from sonia.boocock@bronte.org.uk/ 01535 640192