Wordsworth Museum
The Wordsworth Museum is where you will discover the greatest collection of the Wordsworths' letters, journals and poems in the world.
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Seeing these handwritten words, you can picture Wordsworth at work in Dove Cottage next door, transferring his ideas into words and onto paper, and witness his never-ending search for perfection. Objects, maps, pictures and interactive displays will also help you to track the adventures that shaped Wordsworth's life, thoughts and inspirations. The first Wordsworth Museum was opened by the Poet Laureate, John Masefield, in 1936, in a converted barn opposite the Cottage. In 1950 the books and manuscripts were relocated to a converted smithy close to the cottage, and in 1981, due to the growth of the collection, a new and larger Grasmere and Wordsworth Museum was established in its present location, a converted two-story coach house adjacent to Dove Cottage garden. Now, the Trust is able to give you an idea of the quality and scope of its collection by presenting books, manuscripts, paintings, watercolours and portraits-some of the greatest treasures from the age of Romanticism. The museum also has a busy exhibition programme, every year mounting major shows on cultural themes. Grid Reference: NY 34182 07010 Address (near): Wordsworth Museum, Grasmere, Ambleside LA22 9PS, UK
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Dove Cottage
William Wordsworth's home is the only place in the world to see his personal belongings.
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Jerwood Centre, Grasmere
The Jerwood Centre, adjacent to the Wordsworth Museum, is an award-winning building holding the manuscripts, books and paintings not on show in the museum. It was opened in 2005 by the poet and Nobel Laureate, Seamus Heaney.
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Grasmere Sports
The Annual Grasmere Lakeland Sports, now celebrating more than 165 years of existence, has been a regular annual event since 1868, unbroken except for the two periods of the First and Second World Wars.
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Wordsworth's Grave
St. Oswald's Church is the final resting place of the renowned Romantic poet William Wordsworth.
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Grasmere
One of the smaller lakes in the Lake District, great for swimming and paddling.
