Small Attraction of the Year

The Quaker Tapestry Exhibition
Kendal,
Friends Meeting House,
Cumbria,
LA9 4BH

The visual impact and beauty of the award winning Quaker Tapestry, a celebration of over 350 years of social history, inspires all those who visit. Often compared with the Bayeux Tapestry, this modern, internationally created exhibition includes interactive displays, films, personal audio guides, gift shop, garden and award winning tearooms. Within our beautiful 19th Century Friends Meeting House, the exhibition is professionally designed to give easy access to wheelchair users and caters for all those with disabilities. Groups and school parties are welcome. Embroidery workshops and courses are also held in Kendal and for groups in other parts of the country. New for 2010, our captivating, interactive display entitled Full Steam Ahead: Quakers and Railways tells among other stories of how Edward Pease, A Darlington Quaker, and George Stephenson, an accomplished engineer, shared a vision and built a railway. Featuring a working model railway layout, this enchanting display will be of interest to young and old alike. The Friends' Meeting House is a grade II* listed building, designed in 1816 by Francis Webster, and built on a site that has been used for Quaker worship for 300 years. It is regarded as one of the finest Georgian buildings in Cumbria.