Item from Morpeth museum in North East historic list – Northumberland communities – Morpeth:

“An artifact from the Chantry Bagpipe Museum in Morpeth has been picked as one of the top man-made objects which sum up the North East, its past and its impact on the world.

The regional objects are part of the History of the World project between the BBC, the British Museum and a further 350 museums and institutions across the country.

Musette de cour from the Chantry Bagpipe Museum is a rare example of a bagpipe played at the French court, which some believe to be the forerunner of the Northumbrian pipes.

The regional lists complement a series A History Of The World In 100 Objects, which began yesterday on BBC Radio 4.

The series dips into the British Museum’s world collection. Ten objects have been chosen from each of Wearside and County Durham, Tyneside and Northumberland, the Tees and Cumbria.”

(Via morpeth.journallive.co.uk – Read Full Article.)