Welcome to the website of the Brontë Parsonage Museum and Brontë Society. The site has information about the lives and novels of the Brontë Family and the Brontë Parsonage Museum. Enjoy exploring the website and we hope you will visit us soon.

WATERMEN'S HALL EVENT, FRIDAY 19TH NOVEMBER 2010:  To celebrate the Museum's highly successful Contemporary Arts Programme we are delighted to welcome participants, Society members and members of the public to a special reception at London's historic Watermen's Hall. For full details, plus a downloadable booking form, click on Bronte Society (at left) and then Events and bookings. This event is open both to Society members and non-members.   

SPECIAL TOURS - Private tours of the museum, including an opportunity to see behind the scenes, and visit the museum library are avaialble by special arranagment. For further information contact Administration Officer, sonia.boocock@bronte.org.uk/ 01535 640192

BRONTE SOCIETY ANNUAL REPORT 2009

The Society's 2009 Annual Report and Accounts have now been published. 
To view and optionally download a copy click here. 

It is now much easier to help to support the work of the Brontë Society and Brontë Parsonage Museum.

You can now:
Use the improved  online shop -  remember all profits from the shop go to support the work of the Brontë Parsonage Museum, preserving items once owned by the Brontë Family. 
If you are a company or individual wishing to donate money or services to the Bronte Society please contact us directly on 01535 642323 or bronte@bronte.org.uk  There is also extra information for those wishing to remember the Society and Museum by leaving a legacy in their will.

You can also raise money for the society by using the everyclick search engine.

Brontë Society events take place throughout the year. A contemporary arts programme also takes place at the Brontë Parsonage Museum. To join our mailing list for events information contact bronte@bronte.org.uk/ 01535 642323. Forthcoming events include;

2010 - 2011 Literary Competition: we are delighted to announce the Society's Literary Competition. There will be three entry categories : short stories, essays and poetry, and each entry must have a connection with the Bronte Sisters' lives or works, or with people, places or objects connected with them.

Judges will be :    Short story :   Ms Bonnie Greer
                           Essay :         Professor Heather Glen
                           Poetry :         Professor Michael O'Neill.

In each section first prize will be £500, second prize £250 and third prize £100. All entrants who are not already Society members will receive one year's free membership of the Bronte Society.

Deadline for entries : 31st January 2011.

For a downloadable set of competition rules click here 

For a downloadable entry form click here.

Events for Society Members, Spring 2010 onwards: for further details and booking forms for our 2010 Literary Lunch please click on Bronte Society (at left) and then click on Events and booking.

Monday 1 February 2010 until Friday 20 May 2011

Sex, Drugs and Literature - The Infernal World of Branwell Brontë: New special exhibition focusing on Branwell Brontë - Bronte Parsonage Museum - Free on admission to the museum

Friday 21 May - Sunday 18 July

Victoria Brookland: Wearer Unknown: A series of new paintings by artist Victoria Brookland, inspired by the dresses in the Bronte Parsonage Museum collection - Bronte Parsonage Museum - Free with admission to the museum.

Saturday 17 July - Monday 20 September

The Writing Shed: Interactive installation project The Writing Shed by artist Merry Swarbrick will be installed in 'Parson's Field' behind the Parsonage. The piece was previously displayed at South Square Gallery in Thornton (close to the Bronte birthplace) as part of A Room of Words, an experimental exhibition of text based art brought together by curator Deborah Britten - Free exhibition

Summer Holidays 

Get Busy with the Brontes!

TALKS and WALKS: Every Tuesday from 27th July until 24th August, there will be free talks at the museum about the Brontes and their lives at the Parsonage, and then a short guided walk around Haworth, exploring what kind of place it would have been in the time of the Brontes - Free to museum visitors.

Wild Wednesdays!: Every Wednesday throughout the summer holidays there will be all manner of fun and frolics for families, in a wide range of activities from storytelling to bug hunting! All free for museum visitors:

28 July

Write your own Bodice Ripper!: Contribute to a communal 'bodice ripper' in these short fun writing activities with award winning writer Char March.

4 August

Snap Dragons in Silk:Be inspired by Charlotte Bronte's flower paintings and produce your own little miniature to take home with you. With local artist Rachel Lee.

Saturday 7 August

Tales of the Islanders with artist Orly Orbach: Join Orly to make your own little book inspired by the Brontes' childhood tales. Orly will create 'pyrography' illustrations on tree stumps which you can make rubbings from as a starting point to create your own imaginative little book to take home with you - Throughout the day - Free with admission to the museum - on Friday 6 August museum visitors will be able to watch Orly creating her pyropgraphy designs.

11 August

Hands on History: Explore the time of the Brontes with some original artefacts. Have a go at making your own little book; you could even try your hand at cross-stitch.

18 August

Tall Tales and Riddling Rhymes: Join local legend Peter Findlay for some mayhem in the museum with this lively, interactive storytelling. We might even visit the meadow if the sun shines...

25 August

Churchyard Challenge! Take our special pack to the Haworth Churchyard; follow the graveyard trail, try your hand at grave rubbings, and have a close up view with our special bug catcher / magnifiers at some of the tiny living inhabitants of the churchyard...

Saturday 21 August until Sunday 28 November

Remnants: Su Blackwell: Exhibition of new site specific paper-cut installations by artist Su Blackwell, inspired by the collection and installed in the period rooms of the museum - Daily - Free with admission to the museum.

Saturday 11 September - Sunday 12 September

Fair Intents: Ecofair in Parson's Field behind the Bronte Parsonage Museum with a wide range of local products and projects to try, in conjunction with Haworth Arts Festival. For times and details see www.fairintents.org.uk

Friday 17 September - Sunday 19 September

Bronte Festival of Women's Writing: As part of a special programme of events celebrating women's writing, the museum hosts its first literary festival. The festival will include readings with Kate Mosse (17 September) Carol Ann Duffy (18 September) and Daisy Hay (19 September) as well as a range of events, writing workshops and family activities at the museum throughout the weekend. DOWNLOAD THE FULL PROGRAMME by clicking HERE - For information and bookings contact jenna.holmes@bronte.org.uk / 01535 640188.

Friday 24th September 2010 at Whalley Abbey at 7.00 pm

Joint meeting with The Prayer Book Society : Dr Tom Winnifrith will speak on "The Brontes and The Prayer Book."  Tickets, inclusive of supper with wine, at £10. For further details, and to place a booking, please contact Neil Inkley on 01772 821676.

Friday 19th November 2010 at Watermen's Hall, London

A celebration of the Contemporary Arts Programme : for full details of this event, from our home page click on Bronte Society and then Events and bookings.

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