Jane Austen 200

Happy Birthday #JaneAusten born 244 years ago today in 1775. We love Jane so much that we created a very special pair of books with @HantsCulture and @JaneAustenHouse illustrated by @ailiebusby called 123 Tea Party and The ABC of Musical Instruments, inspired by Jane's loves.

#JaneAusten was born #otd in 1775. Nearly 250 years later, her novels - by turns satirical, passionate, critical & progressive - live on not only in paperback copies and hardback tomes, but as films, television series, theatre adaptations, modernist revisions, and parodies. (1/2)

Happy Birthday #JaneAusten! 🎈🎁 Austen was born on this day in 1775 in #Hampshire. She is known for books such as #PrideAndPrejudice' and #MansfieldPark. If you would like to read or re-read her work, find them 👉 bit.ly/34ylgma @JAusten200 @JaneAustenHouse

Happy birthday to Jane Austen! Born on this day in 1775. hants.co/2PnCkXc #JaneAusten #Hampshire

★★★★★ 'Pride and Prejudice* (*Sort Of) is a total blast of hilarity from start to finish' - What's On Stage The show is getting glowing reviews, don't miss this unique telling of Jane Austen's brilliant story 👉 #NSTCity from 17 - 28 Mar #Theatre #Southampton

We still have a few tickets available for our special talk this Saturday. Come and see the objects that Juliette Wells will speak about, on display in our Making the Museum exhibition, before gaining an insight into their history. Book: buff.ly/2HECRld 🎟

Supported by JASNA Churches Group, a team of volunteers from the Museum and St Nicholas Church tend the graves of Jane Austen’s mother and sister. The plot looked peaceful today in the sunlight, covered in a spray of primroses.

Did you know Hampshire was home to famous literary heroes such as Jane Austen, Gilbert White, Charles Dickens and Charles Kingsley? Find out more here >> visit-hampshire.co.uk/ideas-and-insp… #WorldBookDay #worldbookday19

⏱LAST CHANCE TO SEE: Visit before end of year to see our ‘Persuasion and War’ displays, featuring this beautiful first edition owned by Jane’s brother Edward. Ends on 31st December, as does the year that marks the 200th anniversary of #NorthangerAbbey & #Persuasion.

'This is a delightful day in the Country' #JaneAusten writing from this house in 1814

Even so. You would be surprised, although perhaps you had surmised, to hear how often I watched you, sometimes I was positive you knew... All the wit and wisdom of the great woman herself. Sue Spiers @SpiroPoetry is 'Coupling with Jane Austen' on inksweatandtears.co.uk.

Frosty November mornings in Chawton. ❄️ #JaneAusten #JaneAustensHouse #Hampshire

#JANEAUSTEN PENDANT WORKSHOP, with @Pinkhot_uk: 7 Dec, #ChandlersFord Library. Book lovers and Austen fans looking for their next crafting project look no further! Join Pinkhot for this exciting beading workshop where you’ll create a beaded pendant. buff.ly/2OhnMcS

Massive respect to Hilary Davidson @FourRedShoes for hre researches on Jane Austen's pelisse, which was so helpful when planning my talk today for @WinchesterHods . Also beautifully displayed at the City Museum by @HantsCulture . The county is so lucky to own this iconic item.

TALK: JANE AUSTEN, WARTIME NOVELIST, @JaneAustenHouse, 13 Oct. Wartime was the ordinary, everyday time of #JaneAusten’s adult life. It is time to reclaim Jane Austen as the first English novelist to explore the effect of contemporary war on the home front. buff.ly/2Fed3e5

Have you been to a 📢 Tuesday Talk 📢 yet? We have four left this year, the first of which is on 18 September, when we'll discover stories behind key objects in our current exhibition: bit.ly/2Cpa1Df

'Persuasion and War' is now on display and open to the public. We love this beautiful ceremonial fan featured in the Drawing Room. Join us before the end of the year to see the exhibition: bit.ly/2msKkt9 #JaneAusten

GUIDED WALK: IN JANE AUSTEN'S FOOTSTEPS, 21 Sept, 10.30am. Join @JaneAustenHouse for a stroll through #JaneAusten’s country village of Chawton. Walk in Jane’s footsteps and find out more about the village in which she lived. Price: £10, plus booking fee. buff.ly/2oCh4yw

"Persuasion and War" exhibit at the @JaneAustenHouse 1 Sept - 31 Dec. janeausten200.co.uk/event/persuasi…, Although #JaneAusten did not often write about war in her novels, it is a subtext to many of the stories and this is particularly true of #PERSUASION #Persuasion200 @JAusten200

PERSUASION AND WAR, @JaneAustenHouse, 1 Sept - 31 Dec. In the second half of 2018 the displays around the Museum will consider the impact of war on #JaneAusten's novels, the life of the Austen family and on the country at large. buff.ly/2F2SWfp