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Parallel Lives, Worlds Apart


  • Paxton House Paxton Berwick-upon-Tweed, Scotland, TD15 1SZ United Kingdom (map)

“Parallel Lives, Worlds Apart: from sugar plantations in Grenada to life at Court, and other stories” costume exhibition explores the lives of past owners of Paxton House with those whose lives were intertwined – enslaved Africans, friends and family descendants. 18th century court dress and specially commissioned replica clothing is used to tell the real stories from Paxton’s archives.

Free entry, no booking required

Permanent exhibition

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