Saving a century comes to Preston!
SAVING A CENTURY celebrates fifty years of The Victorian Society. The photographic exhibition, curated by noted architectural historian and author Gavin Stamp, shows the best Victorian and Edwardian buildings and structures from around the country that the Society has campaigned to save for the nation.
The exhibition demonstrates the Society's success in changing public attitudes towards the best architecture of the 19th century, and its continued relevance for the 21st century.
‘The true saviour of St Pancras [Station] was the Victorian Society, which single-handedly fought ministers and railwaymen' (Simon Jenkins The Guardian)
Venue:
Lancashire County Museum, Preston. Saturday 5 September 2009 to Wednesday 23rd December 2009
Admission costs £3, or free to those who show a copy of The Victorian.
The Exhibition is organised by The Victorian Society and is supported by Listed Property Insurance Services, Shaws of Darwen and J&JW Longbottom Ltd.
Monday 14 September, 2009
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