How long has there been a museum in Barrow?
A. The possibility of a town museum was first looked into in 1900, apparently as a response to the Council being offered the gift of a “young alligator” (presumably stuffed). Eventually in 1906 a museum was opened with a bizarre mix of local objects, stuffed birds and mammals, a hippo’s skull, Zulu spears and anything the museum was offered. A revived museum was opened in 1930 in the Lecture Room of the new town library on Ramsden Square.
