Helena Thompson Museum in Workington, Cumbria, United Kingdom | Museum

Welcome to The Helena Thompson Museum, Workington, United Kingdom, originally known as Park End. Park End was the home of Helena Thompson, M.B.E., J.P., for over seventy years and it was her gift to the people of Workington upon her death, on the condition that it be made into a museum for Workington and the surrounding district. Helena had a special interest in the history of costume & needlework and collected examples of mainly women’s and children’s dresses in the styles fashionable from the late 18th century to the beginning of the 20th century. A selection of these, along with jewellery and accessories, are displayed in a special gallery converted from the drawing room.

The central section of the Helena Thompson Museum is dedicated to schools, churches and chapels, Sunday schools and the Temperance Movement. On show are rare examples of mathematics exercise books containing exquisite drawings, which date from the early 19th century.

The Helena Thompson Museum Team, can offer you and your guests the perfect Wedding Day.

With a license to perform a Civil Marriage Ceremony, the Museum has all the necessary facilities to comfortably cater for up to 72 seated or 100 standing guests.