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The first stately museum of England
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The Independent - London
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September 7, 1998
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HAREWOOD HOUSE, home to the Seventh Earl of Harewood, a cousin of
the Queen, will become the first stately home in Britain to win
designated museum status tomorrow.
The announcement will be made by Chris Smith, Secretary of State
for Culture, Media and Sport, as a tribute to the unfailing good
taste shown by successive generations of the Harewood family, who
have maintained the home.
Harewood has been accorded designated museum status by the Museums
and Galleries Commission, recognising it as a centre of excellence
and putting it in the premier league of museums in the country.
The house, built west of Leeds in 1759, was designed by John Carr
and Robert Adam, is set in gardens created by ...
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