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Cultural Services Report 2024 – 25

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The Harris Receives £25,000 Towards Alexander Frieze Conservation

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Harris Your Place: The Harris Keys are Handed to HUB

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The Harris’ Youth Panel Update: Meet our Youth Panel

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Harris Your Place

Love the Harris? You can help local people benefit from Harris Your Place by making a donation today.

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Visit The Harris Library in the Guild Hall

The Harris Library has temporarily moved to its new ‘Home from Home’ in the Guild Hall.

Book recommendations and reviews, computer classes, Baby Bounce and Rhyme for parents and children, Lego sessions plus much much more…

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Kingfisher Couture Acquisition

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Preston Street Songs: Victorian Harkness Ballads Performance

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The Harris Libraries Project: Phase One, HMP Preston 

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Three Yellow Dresses: The Muse, The Artist and The Alter Ego

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The Harris Collections

View our exciting collections, many of the works of art and historical objects are of regional, national or even international significance.

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Visit The Harris Shop in the Guild Hall

The Harris Gift Shop has temporarily moved to its new ‘Home from Home’ in the Guild Hall.

Browse our range of beautiful gifts exclusive to The Harris Shop, your go-to place for unique handcrafted gifts from local artists.

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Artist Q&A Series

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Q&A with Becki Miller

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Q&A with Lucy Mulligan

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Q&A with Gavin Renshaw

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Aerial View of the Harris

Come fly over the Harris with us and see a whole new view of the Grade I Listed Building.

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