List of museums in Nottinghamshire Facts for Kids

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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Name	Town/City	Region	Type	Summary
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	History	History of the Holocaust and other 20th-century genocides
British Horological Institute	Upton	Newark and Sherwood	Horology	Located 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	Local	Period furniture and clothing, fossils, framework knitting history, Victorian kitchen, living room and bedroom
Creswell Crags	Creswell	Bassetlaw	Archaeology	Limestone gorge and caves with flint tools and other Stone Age artifacts
D.H. Lawrence Birthplace Museum	Eastwood	Broxtowe	Historic house	19th century working class house, birthplace of author D. H. Lawrence
Dukes Wood Oil Museum	Eakring	Newark and Sherwood	Industry	website, site and story of the UK’s first oilfield
Durban House Heritage Centre	Eastwood	Broxtowe	Multiple	Includes late 19th century social history exhibits and context of author D. H. Lawrence's life in town, also an art gallery
Flintham Museum	Flintham	Newark and Sherwood	History	website, 20th century period shop reflecting rural life
Framework Knitters Museum	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	Nottingham	Nottingham	Prison	Historic courthouse and gaol
Green's Windmill and Science Centre	Sneinton	Nottingham	Multiple	Restored and working 19th century tower windmill, hands-on science exhibits
Harley Gallery	Welbeck	Bassetlaw	Art	Located at Welbeck Abbey, features contemporary arts and crafts
Holme Pierrepont Hall	Holme Pierrepont	Rushcliffe	Historic house	Medieval hall and garden, open to the public on a limited basis
Lakeside Arts Centre	Nottingham	Nottingham	Art	website, performing and visual arts centre of the University of Nottingham
Mansfield Museum	Mansfield	Mansfield	Multiple	Art, local history, culture
Mr Straw's House	Worksop	Bassetlaw	Historic house	Operated by the National Trust, 1920s period family house
Museum of Nottingham Life at Brewhouse Yard	Nottingham	Nottingham	History	website, local social history, period room and shop settings, reconstructed Victorian schoolroom, wartime life
Museum of The Horse	Tuxford	Bassetlaw	History	website, walk through 2000 years of equestrian history
National Civil War Centre - Newark Museum	Newark-on-Trent	Newark and Sherwood	History	website, focuses solely on the British Civil War
National Videogame Arcade	Nottingham	Nottingham	Amusement	Historic videogames, history of British videogame culture
New Art Exchange	Nottingham	Nottingham	Art	website, visual art gallery for culturally diverse contemporary artists
Newark Air Museum	Newark-on-Trent	Newark and Sherwood	Aviation	Located on part of the former World War II airfield of Winthorpe, historic civilian and military aircraft
Newark Castle & Gilstrap Heritage Centre	Newark-on-Trent	Newark and Sherwood	History	Ruins of the medieval castle, exhibits about the castle's history and Newark's Civil War heritage
Newark Town Hall Museum & Art Gallery	Newark-on-Trent	Newark and Sherwood	Art	website, collection of paintings, furniture, ceremonial silver and civic gifts
Newstead Abbey Historic House & Gardens	Ravenshead	Gedling	Historic house	Medieval house that was the ancestral home of Lord Byron, Victorian rooms
Nottingham Castle Museum	Nottingham	Nottingham	Multiple	Fine and decorative art, local history, archaeology, regimental museum of the Sherwood Foresters
Nottingham Contemporary	Nottingham	Nottingham	Art	Contemporary art centre
Nottingham Industrial Museum	Nottingham	Nottingham	Industry	Eclectic collection of regionally significant industrial objects, including steam and diesel engines
Nottingham Transport Heritage Centre	Ruddington	Rushcliffe	Transportation	Northern terminus of the Great Central Railway heritage railway, includes locomotives, carriages and stock, buses, road transport vehicles
Papplewick Pumping Station	Papplewick	Gedling	Technology	Victorian water pumping station with steam engines
Ruddington Village Museum	Ruddington	Rushcliffe	History	website, recreated period shops, schoolroom, telephone exchange and farm implements
Tuxford Windmill	Tuxford	Bassetlaw	Mill	website, early 19th century windmill
Walks of Life	Tuxford	Bassetlaw	Agriculture	Collection of handcarts and hand-powered agricultural machinery
William Booth Birthplace Museum	Nottingham	Nottingham	Biographical	Facebook site, birthplace home of William Booth, Methodist preacher who founded the Salvation Army, open by appointment
Wollaton Village Dovecote Museum	Wollaton	Nottingham	Local	17th century dovecote with local history exhibits
Wollaton Hall & Deer Park	Wollaton	Nottingham	Multiple	Includes 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	Southwell	Newark and Sherwood	History	Operated by the National Trust, 19th century workhouse