A NEW exhibition is showing at a Barrow museum.

The Sankey Family Photography Exhibition from Signal Film and Media has launched at The Dock Museum.

The Sankey collection features more than 15,000 glass plate negatives and postcards of Barrow and the north-west, which were produced and shared around the world from 1895 to the 1970s.

The exhibition brings together more than 150 photographs that have been recently digitised and catalogued as part of the Seeing the North With Sankey project, funded by the National Lottery Heritage fund.

The new exhibition is co-curated by Signal staff and local volunteers and focuses on four distinct themes: the everyday life of people in Barrow and the surrounding country; leisure and travel; working lives and maritime and shipping.

Many images have never been exhibited or shown since they were taken; in some cases over 100 years ago.

A film showcasing a series of ‘Now and Then’ images documenting the vast changes to streets and town centres over the past century is also on display. Visitors will be able to find out more about the Sankey’s family business and the history of their photographs and collection.

Activity packs for children and a postcard collage table are currently in place during the exhibition and people are invited to create new artworks to add to a growing display over the next few months.

The exhibition is open to the public at The Dock Museum from Wednesday - Sunday 11am - 4pm, until January 9 2022.