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Visitor update: Opening Safely through the Storms

– Posted on Sunday 25th October 2026

The Manx Museum, House of Manannan, Laxey Wheel (woodland walks closed), The Grove, Rushen Abbey, Castle Rushen and our Castletown sites are open today as usual.

Peel Castle and Cregneash will remain closed for the remainder of the day.

Turnup for Turnips will commence at midday on Monday 26 October, in a slightly later start than originally scheduled.

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Image: Billowing clouds over a brown landscape

An atmospheric watercolour landscape by Archibald Knox (1864-1933) depicting the rolling Manx hills with stormy rain clouds appearing to race across the sky and a single tree braced against the wind. The painting appears to be an attempt to capture the broad panoramic views of the Island’s landscape with the gently rolling hills and the broad expanse of sky above them.

Knox’s watercolour sketches can be seen as exercises in capturing the light and a single moment in time. The artist is said to have painted his watercolour scenes in a few hours or less, but that he would also sit for hours waiting for the exact light and cloud formations that he wanted to paint.

Watercolour on paper. 1959-0059.

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