Nidderdale Museum facts for kids
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| Established | 1975 |
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| Location | Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire, England |
| Type | Local history museum |
| Visitors | 7,000 |
The Nidderdale Museum is a cool place to learn about local history. It's in Pateley Bridge, a market town in Nidderdale. This area is part of the beautiful Yorkshire Dales in North Yorkshire, England.
The museum is inside an old building. This building used to be a workhouse, a place where people who needed help could live and work. The museum is usually open every day from April to October. In winter, it's open on Saturdays and Sundays. There's a small fee for adults, but kids get in for free when with an adult!
Volunteers run the Nidderdale Museum. These amazing people are part of the Nidderdale Museum Society. They have a committee and a group of trustees who help manage everything.
What You Can See Inside
The museum has 11 rooms full of interesting things. They show what life was like in the countryside. You can see displays about farming, local jobs, and how people traveled. There are also sections on old clothes and religion.
Some rooms are set up like they were long ago. You can step into a Victorian schoolroom. There's also a shoemaker's (or cobbler's) workshop. You can even see a re-creation of a lead mining tunnel!
Other cool displays include:
- A Victorian living room (called a parlour)
- An old-fashioned general store
- A 1930s hairdresser's shop
- A kitchen from the past
You can also see historic costumes and old farming tools. There are displays about local industries and old vehicles too.
The museum also has a special library. It's filled with books about Nidderdale's history. You can even find materials to research your own family history!
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A cobbler's shop from the past
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A re-creation of a tunnel in a lead mine
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A general store from the 1940s
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A hairdressing salon from the 1950s
The Museum's Story
The Nidderdale Museum started in 1975. A group of local people who loved history created it. Some of them had helped write a book called A History of Nidderdale.
Harrogate Borough Council gave the group a building for the museum. This building was the old offices of the Ripon and Pateley Bridge Rural District Council. It was originally built as a workhouse in 1863.
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In 1990, the museum won a big award. It was called the National Heritage Museum of the Year Award. They won for being "The Museum which does the Most with the Least." This means they did amazing things with limited resources!
In 2017, the volunteers at Nidderdale Museum received another special honor. They were given the Queen's Award for Voluntary Service. This award celebrates excellent volunteer groups in the UK.
