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The second half of the nineteenth century saw Lancashire overcome with both development and deprivation thanks to thousands of cotton mills providing hundreds of thousands of jobs. Many of the magnates who profited from the industry spent their newfound riches on great works of art and important artefacts, many of which are now housed in public museums in the area. This exhibition of treasures on loan from Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery, Haworth Art Gallery (Accrington) and Towneley Hall (Burnley) includes rare Roman coins, Medieval manuscripts, Turner watercolours, Tiffany glass and even a Peruvian mummy. As you admire the eclectic collection you'll find out more about the exhibits' one-time owners and the rapidly evolving society they lived in.