£100,000 grant for Haworth's Bronte Parsonage Museum celebrations of the 200th anniversary of Charlotte Bronte's birth

PLANS to celebrate 200 years since the birth of Charlotte Bronte have been given a major cash boost of nearly £100,000. The Brontë Society’s contemporary arts programme has been awarded a grant of £99,178 by the Arts Council of England. The grant will offer a much welcomed helping hand to the upcoming celebrations of Charlotte Brontë’s bicentenary year. As well as its museum role, Haworth's Brontë Parsonage is home to a contemporary arts programme which celebrates the radical nature of the Brontës and the ways in which they have inspired successive generations of artists and writers.
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