Inside Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle
Posted in Museums, Trips at 12:00 on 1 August 2022
The main attraction at the Bowes Museum in Barnard Castle is a silver swan automaton. The model in itself is a beautiful object:-
Replacement parts:-
Unfortunately when we were there the swan wasn’t in operation. I think it needed maintenance work.
Hoewvere there was an explanatory video of its operation and movement. (The video is also available on YouTube. See below.) The articulation is amazing, the glass rods representinng water in motion are particularly effective. The swan “catches” and “eats” a fish at about 4.50 in the video. Real swans are of course vegetarian:-
I liked this piece of stained glass too:-
Tags: Barnard Castle, Bowes Museum, Museums, silver swan, stained glass
