Volunteers to reopen tapestry museum
BBCA tapestry museum which shut last year is set to reopen for one day a week.
The Quaker Tapestry Museum in Kendal closed last December due to "leaps in running costs".
But volunteers from the Kendal Quakers will now open the museum on Wednesdays from 6 May until the end of August, with hopes to extend beyond that.
The 77-panel tapestry was created by over 4,000 people from fifteen countries and explores the history of the Quakers. Last July the museum won the small visitor attraction prize at the Cumbria Tourism Awards.
Despite the accolade, the museum said its closure was because "income received from paying visitors and other sources has failed to keep pace with regular leaps in running costs".
It will now open on Wednesdays between 10:00 and 16:00 BST, with free admission.
The Quaker Meeting House, which is on the same site on Stramongate, is a separate charity and remains unaffected by the closure of the museum.
