Morpeth Chantry Bagpipe Museum

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Overview
This unusual museum specialises in the history and development of Northumbrian small pipes and their music. They are set in the context of bagpipes from around the world, from India to Inverness. It is also host to the Morpeth Northumbrian Gathering, with music and crafts the weekend after Easter and a traditional music festival through the month of October. Photo credits: Peter Atkinson Photography.
Features

  • Opening Times
  • Open all year
  • Opening Times: Open all year, Mon-Sat 9.30-5 & Sun in Aug & Dec. Closed 25-26 Dec, 1 Jan & Etr Mon

  • Facilities
  • Parking nearby
Location
Bridge Street, MORPETH, NE61 1PD
About the area
If it’s history you’re after, there’s heaps of it in Northumberland. On Hadrian’s Wall you can imagine scarlet-cloaked Roman legionaries keeping watch for painted Pictish warriors while cursing the English weather and dreaming of home.
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Morpeth Chantry Bagpipe Museum

Recommended by Visit England Logo
Overview
This unusual museum specialises in the history and development of Northumbrian small pipes and their music. They are set in the context of bagpipes from around the world, from India to Inverness. It is also host to the Morpeth Northumbrian Gathering, with music and crafts the weekend after Easter and a traditional music festival through the month of October. Photo credits: Peter Atkinson Photography.
Features
  • Opening Times
  • Open all year
  • Opening Times: Open all year, Mon-Sat 9.30-5 & Sun in Aug & Dec. Closed 25-26 Dec, 1 Jan & Etr Mon
  • Facilities
  • Parking nearby
Location
Bridge Street, MORPETH, NE61 1PD
About the area
Area image
If it’s history you’re after, there’s heaps of it in Northumberland. On Hadrian’s Wall you can imagine scarlet-cloaked Roman legionaries keeping watch for painted Pictish warriors while cursing the English weather and dreaming of home.