In June 2019 we took a four day tour to North East England. During our first days, we visited the Burrell Collection at the Berwick Museum, Alnwick Castle and two National Trust properties, Cragside, the first house powered by hydroelectricity, and Wallington, which hosts a huge collection of Chinese ceramics including a Ming dynasty plate, formerly in the collection of the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan. Later, we toured the Bowes Museum and Raby Castle’s Chinese porcelain pagodas dating to the Qianlong period. We wrapped up our visit with a stop at the Durham Oriental Museum and Durham Cathedral.
Arriving at Raby Castle 
The porcelain pagodas at Raby Castle 
Afternoon at National Trust Wallington 
Handling session at the Durham Oriental Museum 
The group outside the Berwick Museum
