LISTING CATEGORY: Museums
Mr Straw’s House
About
An ‘ordinary’ turned ‘extraordinary’ Edwardian semi, boasting untouched furnishings and fittings from the 1920s. Hear stories about a fascinating family who stood firm as the outside world advanced around them.
- Free Parking on Site Yes
- Paid Parking On Site No
- Toilet Facilities Yes
- Restaurant or Café Facilities Yes
- Light Refreshments No
- Free Disabled Parking No
- Limited Disabled Parking Please call ahead Yes
- Full Access for Mobility Impaired No
- Limited Access for Mobility Impaired No
- Accessible Toilet Facilities No
- Group Visits Available Yes
- Programme of Public Events Yes
D.H. Lawrence Birthplace Museum
About
Come and visit the D.H. Lawrence Birthplace Museum, the atmospheric miner’s cottage where scandal was born. Guided tours Tues to Sat.
- Free Parking on Site No
- Paid Parking On Site No
- Toilet Facilities Yes
- Restaurant or Café Facilities No
- Light Refreshments Yes
- Free Disabled Parking No
- Limited Disabled Parking Please call ahead No
- Full Access for Mobility Impaired No
- Limited Access for Mobility Impaired No
- Accessible Toilet Facilities No
- Group Visits Available Yes
- Programme of Public Events Yes
Ruddington Village Museum
About
The museum explores life in Edwardian Ruddington through a series of reconstructed shops, a schoolroom, telephone exchange and a collection of farm implements.
- Free Parking on Site No
- Paid Parking On Site No
- Toilet Facilities Yes
- Restaurant or Café Facilities No
- Light Refreshments No
- Free Disabled Parking No
- Limited Disabled Parking Please call ahead Yes
- Full Access for Mobility Impaired Yes
- Limited Access for Mobility Impaired No
- Accessible Toilet Facilities Yes
- Group Visits Available Yes
- Programme of Public Events No
The Framework Knitters Museum
About
Step back 150 years to when framework knitting was one of the main industries in the East Midlands. See the frames in action, have a go on the sock making machines and visit the workers’ homes and chapel.
- Free Parking on Site No
- Paid Parking On Site No
- Toilet Facilities Yes
- Restaurant or Café Facilities No
- Light Refreshments Yes
- Free Disabled Parking No
- Limited Disabled Parking Please call ahead No
- Full Access for Mobility Impaired No
- Limited Access for Mobility Impaired Yes
- Accessible Toilet Facilities Yes
- Group Visits Available Yes
- Programme of Public Events Yes
William Booth Birthplace Museum
Address
11-14 Notintone Place
Sneinton Road
Sneinton
Nottingham NG2 4QG
0115 9503927
About
The museum tells the story of William Booth, founder of the Salvation Army and includes four rooms reconstructed as they may have looked when he was born here in 1829.
- Free Parking on Site No
- Paid Parking On Site No
- Toilet Facilities Yes
- Restaurant or Café Facilities No
- Light Refreshments No
- Free Disabled Parking Yes
- Limited Disabled Parking Please call ahead No
- Full Access for Mobility Impaired No
- Limited Access for Mobility Impaired Yes
- Accessible Toilet Facilities Yes
- Group Visits Available Yes
- Programme of Public Events No
Nottingham Industrial Museum
Address
Wollaton Park
Nottingham
NG8 2AE
About
Learn about the rich industrial heritage that has made Nottingham the city it is today, and what it was like to work here in times past.
- Free Parking on Site No
- Paid Parking On Site Yes
- Toilet Facilities Yes
- Restaurant or Café Facilities Yes
- Light Refreshments No
- Free Disabled Parking No
- Limited Disabled Parking Please call ahead Yes
- Full Access for Mobility Impaired Yes
- Limited Access for Mobility Impaired No
- Accessible Toilet Facilities Yes
- Group Visits Available Yes
- Programme of Public Events Yes
Wollaton Hall and Deer Park
About
Wollaton Hall is a Grade 1 listed Elizabethan mansion, set within a dramatic, natural landscape.
- Free Parking on Site No
- Paid Parking On Site Yes
- Toilet Facilities Yes
- Restaurant or Café Facilities Yes
- Light Refreshments No
- Free Disabled Parking No
- Limited Disabled Parking Please call ahead Yes
- Full Access for Mobility Impaired No
- Limited Access for Mobility Impaired Yes
- Accessible Toilet Facilities Yes
- Group Visits Available Yes
- Programme of Public Events Yes
Galleries of Justice Museum
About
Explore our museum of Crime and Punishment based at Nottingham’s old courthouse and gaol, the home of the villainous Sheriff of Nottingham.
- Free Parking on Site No
- Paid Parking On Site No
- Toilet Facilities Yes
- Restaurant or Café Facilities Yes
- Light Refreshments No
- Free Disabled Parking No
- Limited Disabled Parking Please call ahead No
- Full Access for Mobility Impaired Yes
- Limited Access for Mobility Impaired No
- Accessible Toilet Facilities Yes
- Group Visits Available Yes
- Programme of Public Events Yes
Museum of Nottingham Life at Brewhouse Yard
About
The museum is housed within five 17th century cottages. Learn about local people through objects made, used or owned in Nottingham with the stories they tell.
- Free Parking on Site No
- Paid Parking On Site No
- Toilet Facilities Yes
- Restaurant or Café Facilities No
- Light Refreshments No
- Free Disabled Parking Yes
- Limited Disabled Parking Please call ahead No
- Full Access for Mobility Impaired No
- Limited Access for Mobility Impaired Yes
- Accessible Toilet Facilities Yes
- Group Visits Available Yes
- Programme of Public Events Yes
University of Nottingham Museum
About
The museum contains archaeology collections from the East Midlands covering a 250,000 year period with a strong emphasis on everyday life.
- Free Parking on Site Yes
- Paid Parking On Site No
- Toilet Facilities Yes
- Restaurant or Café Facilities Yes
- Light Refreshments No
- Free Disabled Parking Yes
- Limited Disabled Parking Please call ahead No
- Full Access for Mobility Impaired Yes
- Limited Access for Mobility Impaired No
- Accessible Toilet Facilities Yes
- Group Visits Available Yes
- Programme of Public Events Yes
