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Robert Owen: Legacies that last: exploring the current relevance of Robert Owen's ideas and actions, compiled for the 150th anniverary of his death.

This beautifully restored 18th century cotton mill village nestles in the spectacular gorge of the River Clyde in southern Scotland. Award winning Visitor Centre.

The Rochdale Pioneers Museum exists to preserve the original store of the Rochdale Pioneers and to generate an understanding of the ideals and principles of the co-operative movement.

New Harmony, Indiana, located on the banks of the Wabash River, is an experience like no other. A community that began almost two hundred years ahead of its time.

New Opening Times from 1 August 2011: See Museum Facebook page for more details.

Robert Owen was one of the most influential thinkers and social reformers of his time. The Robert Owen Museum in Newtown, Montgomeryshire houses a collection of objects, pictures and written material relating to the life of Robert Owen. The Museum tells Owen’s story and is in the centre of Newtown just a few feet from where Owen was born.