It makes me a little nervous all this news.
What do you think of it?
Do you like it, or do you wish they do not change anything?
Parsonage Press Release from Jenna Holmes:
January 2013 will see the
first major redecoration scheme in 25 years for Haworth Parsonage, once home to
the world’s most famous literary family, the Brontës, and now one of the UK’s
top tourist attractions.
Using historical and
scientific analysis produced by academics at the University of Lincoln, and
referencing contemporary sources including watercolours and letters by the
Brontës, the Parsonage will undergo a major interior visual transformation led
by historic interior design consultant Allyson McDermott of the McDermott
Studio, Forest of Dean. The house will be restored to looking much as it did
during the main period of the Brontë family’s occupation in the 1830s and 40s
but will also include features introduced by Charlotte as part of her facelift
for the house during the early 1850s when she began to spend some of the income
she had earned from her novels Jane
Eyre, Shirley and Villette in making the Parsonage more
comfortable.
“This is one of the most exciting
projects to take place at the Parsonage in many years and is the culmination of
a two year research project. There have been attempts in the past to present the
Parsonage as the Brontës’ home, but no serious archaeological work has ever been
carried out before. The new rigorous historical research and scientific analysis
resulting from this project has informed bespoke wallpapers, new curtains and
painstakingly woven rugs. Objects from the Brontë Society collections will be
displayed for the first time in this new context and familiar works will be
reinterpreted. The rooms of the house are going to be transformed and may well
surprise our visitors”. Quote from Ann Dinsdale,
Collections Manager, Brontë Parsonage
Museum.
Quote from new Executive
Director, Professor Ann Sumner: “I am delighted to be taking up my new
role at this exciting time and see the re-decoration taking shape. We now know
so much more about how the Parsonage was presented when the Brontë family lived
here and are pleased to be working with Allyson McDermott, benefitting from her
wealth of experience restoring historic interiors. The newly refurbished rooms
will enormously enhance the visitor experience at the Parsonage Museum and have
inspired a wealth of learning events and an exhibition in
2013”.
Quote from Sally
McDonald, Chairman, The Brontë Society Council: “When the Trustees of the
Brontë Society agreed this landmark re-decoration it set in motion a singular
opportunity to learn more about the Brontës and their home. We are delighted
that when the Parsonage reopens its door on February 9th we will be
sharing more of that wonderful story with our members and our
visitors”.
The newly refurbished
Parsonage will reopen on Saturday 9th February featuring some
exciting new displays.
The project has cost in the
region of £60,000.
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Contacts & Further
Information:
Ann Dinsdale (Collections
Manager) 01535 640198 – a.dinsdale@bronte.org.uk
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