The Harris Museum is to spend £1.5m on rejuvenating displays, in particular the history of Preston room. This room has had a tired look for many years and got a bit of a filip when the recent Industrial Revolutionaries display was presented. Now it is to be smartened and improved in time for the Guild.
Personal preferences are for the model of the Horrocks Mill to be put in a better setting making it more alive as it’s very bare. The dock, Dick Kerr / English Electric trams and traction shouldn’t be forgotten and the aircraft. Favourite painting in the Harris is the view over the railway tracks into Preston centre dated 1953, this should be the theme of a whole presentation. Although the history of Preston is interesting with many major events, it only developed into a place of significance in the last 170 years and the exhibition should balance older major events with events as a result of population and industry increase as shown in the Industrial Revolutionaries exhibition.
Congratulations to the Harris staff and look forward to seeing it.