Music of the Stones

On our way back into Keswick city centre we came across the Keswick Museum and Art Gallery. A wonderful little museum comprising only three rooms but stuffed with artifacts and antiquities as well as a space showcasing local contemporary work; there was a ceramics exhibition on display when we visited. The obvious pride and joy of the museum is the stone dulcimer, a large xylophone made of local rocks which can be played to tune. There is also a collection of stuffed animals, a scale model of the region, a number of rocks and crystals and letter from local celebrities like Wordworth and Southey. My favorite item was a small wooden wheelbarrow very ornate and delicate which was used to shift rubble and stones.