The Ruskin Museum

The Ruskin Museum tells  THE  STORY  OF  CONISTON in award-winning style.

Applauded  by  The  Rough  Guide  to  the  Lake  District  as  “ the  most  thought - provoking  in  the  Lakes ,”  and  by  Mark  Fisher  MP  as  one  of  the  Top  20  museums  in  the  North  West  in  Britain’s  'Best  Museums  and  Galleries', the museum portrays the lives and achievements of Coniston's famous blue-eyed boys, John Ruskin and Donald Campbell and much more...!

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We eagerly await the return of Campbell's 'Bluebird' which is currently being restored by the Bluebird Project Team. Keep checking our website for updates and find out more about the Bluebird Project.

The Ruskin Museum is  sited  on  Yewdale  Road, (the  A 593  to  Ambleside), opposite  Coniston  Fire  Station . Coach  passengers  can  be  dropped  off  on  Yewdale  Road .

Interior of Ruskin Museum K7 Paul Allonby Sheep dipping