Clumber is a beautiful expanse of parkland, heath and woods covering more than 3,800 acres. Clumber Park was once the country estate of the Dukes of Newcastle. Although the house was demolished in 1938, there are glimpses of its grand past to exp...
Since opening in 1993, The Teversal Trails Visitors Centre has provided an ideal access point to the Teversal and Pleasley Trails Network and other walks. There is ample free parking outside the centre with an extensive surrounding grass area maki...
Machine Knitting History brought to life.
Visit this Victorian time-capsule and see how the knitters lived and worked.
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Mansfield Museum was the brainchild of William Edward Baily, a wealthy local collector and natural historian. In 1903 Baily offered his collection and a building - the 'Tin Tabernacle' in which to house it, to Mansfield. The Museum opened the followi...
Newark Millgate Museum is now closed to visitors as we have been awarded £3.5 million of Heritage Lottery Funding to develop a new museum and national civil war centre at the Old Magnus Buildings on Appletongate Newark. The museum staff are at ou...
Newark Air Museum is located on the former World War Two airfield of Winthorpe in eastern Nottinghamshire. Its diverse collection of sixty-nine aircraft and cockpit sections cover the history of aviation, the aircraft on display include 10 (ten) Nati...
The Vina Cooke museum houses a large collection of dolls dating from the 18th century to the present day. The collection is brought together in a late 17th century Dower house and former Rectory, which is itself of considerable interest....
Step back in time to discover over 300 years of Nottingham's history in this unique community museum which is based within five 17 Century cottages situated at the base of the rock under Nottingham Castle.The galleries contain a variety of exhibition...
Visitors enter the museum through the house next door, going through the museum shop. The house has been laid out in the style of a late 19th century working class house with the furniture being mostly from the family of the women who founded it. The...
England's history of crime and punishment is a shocking one. As are the sinister and grim stories of Nottingham's own outlaws which are brought to life in the building where they were judged, imprisoned and executed.
To capture and explain this gr...
Explore our links with the natural world in the Natural History Museum. Located within the Hall itself, a fantastic array of specimens and minerals await your discovery
Since Wollaton Hall opened to the public in the autumn of 1926, it has been ho...
Creswell Crags is a limestone gorge honeycombed with caves and smaller fissures. Stone tools and remains of animals found in the caves provide evidence for a fascinating story of life during the last Ice Age between 50,000 and 10,000 years ago. Furth...
Fascinating 1920s tradesman's home. This modest semi-detached Edwardian house was the family home of well-to-do grocers William and Florence Straw from 1923. It is remarkable because the Straws' two sons preserved it almost unaltered till it came to ...
19th-century institution for paupers. The Workhouse survives as the least altered example of its kind in existence today. Visitors can explore the segregated rooms and stairways as well as the master's quarters to discover the thought-provoking story...
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