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
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 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

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Nottingham is a city and unitary authority area in Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England. It is located 110 miles (180 km) north-west of London, 33 miles (53 km) south-east of Sheffield and 45 miles (72 km) north-east of Birmingham. Nottingham has links to the legend of Robin Hood and to the lace-making, bicycle and tobacco industries. The city is also the county town of Nottinghamshire and the settlement was granted its city charter in 1897, as part of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee celebrations. Nottingham is a tourist destination; in 2018, the city received the second-highest number of overnight visitors in the Midlands and the highest number in the East Midlands.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nottinghamshire</span> County of England

Nottinghamshire is a landlocked county in the East Midlands region of England, bordering South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west. The traditional county town is Nottingham, though the county council is based at County Hall in West Bridgford in the borough of Rushcliffe, at a site facing Nottingham over the River Trent.

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

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Newark-on-Trent</span> Market town in Nottinghamshire, England

Newark-on-Trent or Newark is a market town and civil parish in the Newark and Sherwood district in Nottinghamshire, England. It is on the River Trent, and was historically a major inland port. The A1 road bypasses the town on the line of the ancient Great North Road. The town's origins are likely to be Roman, as it lies on a major Roman road, the Fosse Way. It grew up round Newark Castle and as a centre for the wool and cloth trades.

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

Nottingham Castle is a Stuart Restoration-era ducal mansion in Nottingham, England, built on the site of a Norman castle built starting in 1068, and added to extensively through the medieval period, when it was an important royal fortress and occasional royal residence. In decline by the 16th century, the original castle, except for its walls and gates, was demolished after the English Civil War in 1651. The site occupies a commanding position on a natural promontory known as "Castle Rock" which dominates the city skyline, with cliffs 130 feet (40 m) high to the south and west.

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

Wollaton Hall is an Elizabethan country house of the 1580s standing on a small but prominent hill in Wollaton Park, Nottingham, England. The house is now Nottingham Natural History Museum, with Nottingham Industrial Museum in the outbuildings. The surrounding parkland has a herd of deer, and is regularly used for large-scale outdoor events such as rock concerts, sporting events and festivals.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Arnold, Nottinghamshire</span> Market town and suburb of Nottingham

Arnold is a market town and unparished area in the Borough of Gedling in the ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire in the East Midlands of England. It is situated to the north-east of Nottingham's city boundary. Arnold has the largest town centre in the Borough of Gedling and the most important town centre in the northeastern part of the conurbation of Greater Nottingham. Gedling Borough Council is headquartered in Arnold. Since 1968 Arnold has had a market, and the town used to have numerous factories associated with the hosiery industry. Nottinghamshire Police have been headquartered in Arnold since 1979. At the time of the 2011 United Kingdom census, Arnold had a population of 37,768.

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

Bingham is a market town in the Rushcliffe borough of Nottinghamshire, England, 9 miles (14 km) east of Nottingham, 11.7 miles south-west of Newark-on-Trent and 14.5 miles west of Grantham. The town had a population of 9,131 at the 2011 census.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">History of Nottinghamshire</span>

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

Sneinton is a suburb of Nottingham, England. The area is bounded by Nottingham city centre to the west, Bakersfield to the north, Colwick to the east, and the River Trent to the south. Sneinton lies within the unitary authority of Nottingham City, having been part of the borough of Nottingham since 1877.

Wollaton is a suburb and former parish in the western part of Nottingham, England. Wollaton has two Wards in the City of Nottingham with a total population as at the 2011 census of 24,693. It is home to Wollaton Hall with its museum, deer park, lake, walks and golf course.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Wollaton Park</span>

Wollaton Park is a 500 acre park in Nottingham, England, which includes a deer park. It is centred on Wollaton Hall, a classic Elizabethan prodigy house which contains the Nottingham Natural History Museum, with the Nottingham Industrial Museum in the stable block.

Sherwood is a large district and ward of the city of Nottingham, England, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north of the city centre. The population at the 2011 census was 15,414. It is bordered by Woodthorpe to the northeast, Mapperley to the east, Carrington to the south, New Basford and Basford to the west, and Daybrook and Bestwood to the north.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nottingham city centre</span>

Nottingham city centre is the cultural, commercial, financial and historical heart of Nottingham, England. Nottingham's city centre represents the central area of the Greater Nottingham conurbation.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Epperstone</span> Village in England

Epperstone is an English village and civil parish in mid-Nottinghamshire, located near Lowdham and Calverton. It had a population of 589 at the time of the 2011 Census. Many inhabitants commute to work or school in Nottingham 9 miles (16 km) to the south-west.

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

Tuxford is a historic market town and a civil parish in the Bassetlaw district of Nottinghamshire, England. It had a population of 2,813 in the 2021 Census.

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

The Nottingham trolleybus system once served the city of Nottingham, in the county of Nottinghamshire, England. Opened on 10 April 1927, it gradually replaced the Nottingham tramway network.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nottingham Industrial Museum</span>

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.

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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