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  Location within North East England | |
| Established | 1987 |
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| Location | Morpeth Chantry,Morpeth, Northumberland,England |
| Type | Music museum |
| Website | Museums of Northumberland |
TheMorpeth Chantry Bagpipe Museum is located inMorpeth Chantry,Morpeth, Northumberland, England.
The museum, founded in 1987, contains a large collection of historic bagpipes, especially, but not exclusively, historicNorthumbrian smallpipes andBorder pipes, mainly based on the collection ofWilliam Alfred Cocks (1892-1971). The collection had initially been housed in theBlack Gate,Newcastle upon Tyne, the home of the city'sSociety of Antiquaries. The collection also includes a large collection of bagpipe music, both in print and in manuscript, and Cocks's collection of photographs and press cuttings relating to bagpipes; many of these refer to the early years of theNorthumbrian Pipers' Society. The current curator is Anne Moore.[citation needed][1]
The museum provides a venue for the regular meetings of the Northumbrian Pipers' Society. In September 2008,disastrous flooding in central Morpeth forced the successful evacuation of the entire collection.[2] After extensive repairs and refurbishment, the Chantry was reopened the following year, with a visit by thePrincess Royal.[3]
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