Prescot Museum

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Prescot Museum
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Previous museum building on Church Street
Prescot Museum
Former name
Derby Museum
Established1982 (1982)
Location Prescot, Knowsley, England, United Kingdom
Coordinates 53°25′43″N2°48′13″W / 53.4285051°N 2.8035843°W / 53.4285051; -2.8035843
Website www.prescotmuseum.org.uk

Prescot Museum is a local museum in Prescot, England. The museum focuses on topics relating to the history of Knowsley, its people and local industries such as coalmining and watchmaking. In 2012 the museum building was purchased by the Shakespeare North Trust and its contents now reside in Prescot Shopping Centre. [1]

Contents

History

The previously named Prescot Museum of Clock and Watch Making was opened 29 April 1982 by historian A. J. P. Taylor [2] [3] as a special interest museum dedicated to the area's local involvement in the manufacture of timepieces. Later the museum expanded its collection to textiles, numismatics and militaria. [1]

Exhibits

Currently the museum holds a total of 4,000 objects; most of which being photographs and ephemera. Larger items include costumes, tools, clock movements and various types of pottery. [1] [4]

Museum Building

The building in which the museum formerly resided was a Georgian Townhouse that became Grade II listed in 1987. [5]

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References

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  2. Moore, Kevin (1999). Management in Museums. Bloomsbury Academic. p. 134. ISBN   9780485900088.
  3. The Museums Journal - Volumes 83-85. Museums Association. 1983. p. 211.
  4. "Prescot Museum". Art UK . Retrieved 13 February 2021.
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