The Northern Echo

Watch: Bowes Museum's iconic silver swan is dismantled ahead of its first journey south

A MUSEUM’S iconic silver swan automaton has been dismantled ahead of its first ever journey south. The Silver Swan, which has become the emblem of The Bowes Museum, in Barnard Castle, County Durham, ...
BBC

Hopes swan will perform again after £20,000 raised

An 18th Century automated swan could soon perform for the first time since the pandemic after more than £20,000 was raised towards a conservation project. The Silver Swan, at the Bowes Museum in ...
BBC

Bowes Museum Silver Swan flies nest for robot exhibition

A 240-year-old musical automaton is set to leave its County Durham home for an exhibition in London. The Silver Swan - considered the emblem of the Bowes Museum - will become one of the star ...
Gizmodo

18th Century Silver Swan Automaton Looks More Realistic than Most Modern Robots

If this Silver Swan automaton were invented yesterday, it would have surprised me for its realism, and the fact that it’s made of glass and silver. When I learnt it’s from the 18th century, it ...