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26 June – 6 November 2010

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Industrial Revolutionaries
is a major new exhibition spanning 150 years of Preston’s history, looking at the personalities that helped create the modern world.

Preston was the setting for great invention, protest, social reform and commercial success. Visit Industrial Revolutionaries and come face to face with people who created, experienced and tackled a new industrial world. In this major new temporary exhibition you can see fascinating objects – some on display for the first time, view long forgotten archive film and hear street music from 150 years ago come to life again.

There is even the chance to dress up as your favourite revolutionary! Don’t forget to check out our packed events programme.

Visit the Industrial Revolutionaries website for further details

The exhibition was opened by Historian Dan Cruickshank.  To find out what he thinks about the exhibition and Preston's industrial history click here.

3D History Walk

We have developed an augmented reality tour of the city using the Layar mobile phone application which you can download to your 3GS iPhone or Android phone. Click here to find out more

Lecture by Tristram Hunt

As part of the events programme historian Tristram Hunt delivered a lecture on Friedrich Engels and the Industrial Revolution. Click here to listen to the lecture.







Mule Spinning, Horrockses Yard Works, Preston from The Cotton Industry film (BFI National Film Archive)

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Dates for your Diary

 

Yard Works on Film

Thurs 9 September, 7.30–9pm

Don’t miss this fascinating screening of the archive film of Horrockses Yards Works, showing at the Mitchell & Kenyon Cinema, Foster Building at the University of Central Lancashire.

£3, booking essential, 01772 905414.

 

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