List of museums in Nottinghamshire

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This list of museums in Nottinghamshire, England contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Also included are non-profit art galleries and university art galleries. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e., virtual museums) are not included.

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NameImageTown/CityRegionTypeSummary
Bassetlaw Museum Retford Bassetlaw Local website, local history, art, archaeology, decorative arts, agriculture, costume and textiles, industry, rural life, coal mining
Beth Shalom Holocaust Centre Laxton Newark and Sherwood HistoryHistory of the Holocaust and other 20th-century genocides
Bilsthorpe Heritage Museum Bilsthorpe Newark and Sherwood LocalCoal mining
British Horological Institute Upton Hall - geograph.org.uk - 4563.jpg Upton Newark and SherwoodHorologyLocated at Upton Hall, collection of historic clocks, watches, tools and other horological artifacts, open on special occasions to non-members
Calverton Folk Museum Calverton Gedling LocalPeriod furniture and clothing, fossils, framework knitting history, Victorian kitchen, living room and bedroom [1]
Creswell Crags Church Hole Cave.jpg Creswell BassetlawArchaeologyLimestone gorge and caves with flint tools and other Stone Age artifacts
D. H. Lawrence Birthplace Museum DH Lawrence birthplace museum - geograph-1814503.jpg Eastwood Broxtowe Historic house19th century working class house, birthplace of author D. H. Lawrence
Dukes Wood Oil Museum Eakring Newark and SherwoodIndustry website, site and story of the UK’s first oilfield
Durban House Heritage Centre Durban House Heritage Centre - geograph.org.uk - 18225.jpg Eastwood BroxtoweMultipleIncludes late 19th century social history exhibits and context of author D. H. Lawrence's life in town, also an art gallery
Flintham Museum Flintham Museum and Community Shop - geograph.org.uk - 1612934.jpg Flintham Newark and SherwoodHistory website, 20th century period shop reflecting rural life
Framework Knitters Museum Stocking Frame.jpg Ruddington Rushcliffe Industry website, complex of restored Victorian period frameshops, cottages and outbuildings that show the living and working conditions of framework knitters
Galleries of Justice Museum Lace market justice galleries.JPG Nottingham Nottingham PrisonHistoric courthouse and gaol
Green's Windmill and Science Centre Green's windmill.jpg Sneinton NottinghamMultipleRestored and working 19th-century tower windmill, hands-on science exhibits
Harley Gallery Welbeck BassetlawArtLocated at Welbeck Abbey, features contemporary arts and crafts
Holme Pierrepont Hall Holme Pierrepont Hall Nottinghamshire.JPG Holme Pierrepont RushcliffeHistoric houseMedieval hall and garden, open to the public on a limited basis
Lakeside Arts CentreNottinghamNottinghamArt website, performing and visual arts centre of the University of Nottingham
Mansfield Museum Mansfield Museum 1.jpg Mansfield Mansfield MultipleArt, local history, culture
Mr Straw's House Mr Straws House.jpg Worksop BassetlawHistoric houseOperated by the National Trust, 1920s period family house
Museum of Nottingham Life at Brewhouse Yard NottinghamNottinghamHistory website, local social history, period room and shop settings, reconstructed Victorian schoolroom, wartime life
Museum of The Horse Tuxford BassetlawHistory website, walk through 2000 years of equestrian history
National Civil War Centre - Newark Museum Newark-on-Trent Newark and SherwoodHistory website, focuses solely on the British Civil War
National Videogame Arcade NottinghamNottinghamAmusementHistoric videogames, history of British videogame culture
New Art Exchange NottinghamNottinghamArt website, visual art gallery for culturally diverse contemporary artists
Newark Air Museum MeteorVZ638-055.jpg Newark-on-TrentNewark and SherwoodAviationLocated on part of the former World War II airfield of Winthorpe, historic civilian and military aircraft
Newark Castle & Gilstrap Heritage Centre Newark Castle - geograph.org.uk - 4555.jpg Newark-on-TrentNewark and SherwoodHistoryRuins of the medieval castle, exhibits about the castle's history and Newark's Civil War heritage
Newark Town Hall Museum & Art GalleryNewark-on-TrentNewark and SherwoodArt website, collection of paintings, furniture, ceremonial silver and civic gifts
Newstead Abbey Historic House & Gardens Newstead Abbey 03.jpg Ravenshead GedlingHistoric houseMedieval house that was the ancestral home of Lord Byron, Victorian rooms
Nottingham Castle Museum Nottingham Castle Gate 2009.jpg NottinghamNottinghamMultipleFine and decorative art, local history, archaeology, regimental museum of the Sherwood Foresters
Nottingham Contemporary Nottingham Contemporary - geograph-1825342.jpg NottinghamNottinghamArtContemporary art centre
Nottingham Industrial Museum NottinghamNottinghamIndustryEclectic collection of regionally significant industrial objects, including steam and diesel engines
Nottingham Transport Heritage Centre Three operatuion NTHC buses.JPG Ruddington RushcliffeTransportationNorthern terminus of the Great Central Railway heritage railway, includes locomotives, carriages and stock, buses, road transport vehicles
Papplewick Pumping Station Papplewick Pumping Station.jpg Papplewick GedlingTechnologyVictorian water pumping station with steam engines
Ruddington Village MuseumRuddingtonRushcliffeHistory website, recreated period shops, schoolroom, telephone exchange and farm implements
Tuxford Windmill Tuxford BassetlawMill website, early 19th century windmill
Walks of Life Tuxford BassetlawAgricultureCollection of handcarts and hand-powered agricultural machinery [2]
William Booth Birthplace Museum William booth statue.JPG NottinghamNottinghamBiographical Facebook site, birthplace home of William Booth, Methodist preacher who founded the Salvation Army, open by appointment
Wollaton Village Dovecote Museum Wollaton NottinghamLocal17th century dovecote with local history exhibits [3]
Wollaton Hall & Deer Park Wollaton Hall.jpg WollatonNottinghamMultipleIncludes the historic house, the Nottingham Natural History Museum, and Nottingham Industrial Museum with textile, transport and technology from Nottingham's past, including steam engines
The Workhouse Workhouse 02.jpg Southwell Newark and SherwoodHistoryOperated by the National Trust, 19th century workhouse

Defunct museums

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Long Eaton</span> Town in Erewash district in Derbyshire, on the Nottinghamshire border, England

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Wollaton Hall</span> Historic house museum in Nottingham, England

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sneinton</span> Human settlement in England

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Wollaton</span> Suburb of Nottingham, England

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Epperstone</span> Village and civil parish in Nottinghamshire, England

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tuxford</span> Town and civil parish in Nottinghamshire, England

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lambley, Nottinghamshire</span> English village in Nottinghamshire

Lambley is an English village and civil parish near Nottingham, England, hardly touched by urbanisation, as it lies in a green belt. The population recorded in the 2011 census was 1,247, marginally falling to 1,231 at the 2021 census. Its proximity to Nottingham has tended to raise the price of its real estate.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Oxton, Nottinghamshire</span> Village in Nottinghamshire, England

Oxton is a village in Nottinghamshire, England, with 568 residents at the 2011 census, falling marginally to 566 at the 2021 census. It is located 5 miles (8 km) west of Southwell, 5 miles (8 km) north of Lowdham, 10 miles (16 km) north-east of Nottingham and 2 miles (3 km) north-east of Calverton, and lies on the B6386, and is very close to the A6097 trunk road.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Trolleybuses in Nottingham</span>

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nottingham Industrial Museum</span> Industrial museum in Nottingham, England

The Nottingham Industrial Museum is a volunteer-run museum situated in part of the 17th-century stables block of Wollaton Hall, located in a suburb of the city of Nottingham. The museum won the Nottinghamshire Heritage Site of the Year Award 2012, a local accolade issued by Experience Nottinghamshire. The Museum collection closed in 2009 after Nottingham City Council withdrew funding, but has since reopened at weekends and bank holidays, helped by a £91,000 government grant, and run by volunteers. The museum contains a display of local textiles machinery, transport, telecommunications, mining and engineering technology. There is a display of cycles, motorcycles, and motor cars. There are examples of significant lace-making machinery. It also houses an operational beam engine, from the Basford, Nottingham pumping station.

There are a number of listed buildings in Nottinghamshire. The term "listed building", in the United Kingdom, refers to a building or structure designated as being of special architectural, historical, or cultural significance. Details of all the listed buildings are contained in the National Heritage List for England. They are categorised in three grades: Grade I consists of buildings of outstanding architectural or historical interest, Grade II* includes significant buildings of more than local interest and Grade II consists of buildings of special architectural or historical interest. Buildings in England are listed by the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport on recommendations provided by English Heritage, which also determines the grading.

References

  1. ↑ "Calverton Folk Museum". Calverton. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
  2. ↑ "Walks of Life Heritage Centre". Experience Nottinghamshire. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
  3. ↑ "Wollaton Village Dovecote Museum". Wollaton Historical & Conservation Society. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
  4. ↑ "'Last hoorah' planned for Nottingham lace heritage centre". Nottingham Post. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 20 September 2013.
  5. ↑ "Longdale Craft Centre and Museum". Yelp. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
  6. ↑ "Millgate museum". Newark and Sherwood District Council. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 20 September 2013.
  7. ↑ "Millgate Museum in Newark closes". Nottinghamshire History Blog. 4 November 2012. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
  8. ↑ "Official site". Vina's Doll Gallery. Retrieved 1 December 2016. After 31 years as a visitor attraction at Cromwell, just off the A1 north of Newark, the Doll Museum was closed in July 2015. I now live in Hardwick Village, in Clumber Park, near Worksop. There are currently no plans to reopen the Museum to the public.
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