Bacup Natural History Society   Welcome to the Bacup Natural History Society  Museum website. The “ Nat” as it is more fondly  known locally is situated on Yorkshire Street, Bacup. We are open every Thursday night from 7.30 pm, other times by arrangement. During the winter months from October to March we have Saturday night lectures which take place every other Saturday evening. Visitors are welcome to come and view our comprehensive collection of old local newspapers such as the Bacup Times, The Bacup & Stacksteads Chronicle and several issure of the Bacup Echo along with a vast collection of local photographs and local history artifacts in our museum. Membership request forms can be obtained from the Nat, all memberships are subject to committee approval. Bacup's big lamp stood at the junction of Market Street and Burnley Road, pictured here in 1902. The George and Dragon Inn, once stood in the center of Bacup, shown here with Mr Gibsons black pudding and tripe shop in 1898. © Bacup Natural History Society