Times
Saturday, 21st September 2019
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Map of the venue
Milton Keynes Library
Area
Central
Amazing Grace Oberlin College Library
Organised by: Milton Keynes Libraries
Following the completion of their Heritage Lottery funded project, the Cowper & Newton Museum in Olney is delighted to invite you to relive the Georgian era through the lives of renowned residents William Cowper and Rev John Newton.
Open exhibition within CMK Library from 4th to 30th September during library opening times.
- Be inspired yourself by William Cowper the poet who inspired the Romantic poets
- Discover how they, William and John, used the power of the written word to support the Campaign to Abolish the Slave Trade
- Find out about the writing of the Hymn Amazing Grace written by Rev John Newton for his congregation in Olney
- Create your own Georgian style portrait – why not share with us via social media.
Contact:
Library – Michelle Herriman tel 01908 254067
Cowper & Newton Museum email
house-manager@cowperandnewtonmuseum.org.uk
Website: www.cowperandnewtonmuseum.org.uk
Twitter: @CowpNewtMuseum
Facebook: www.facebook.com/CowpNewtMuseum