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Mansfield Museum
Local authority museum located in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Mansfield Museum is a local authority museum in Nottinghamshire run by Mansfield District Council. Mansfield Museum opened in 1904. Though the present building opened in 1938. [1]
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History
Originally called the "Tin Tabernacle", the Museum was given to the town of Mansfield by the wealthy collector and natural historian, William Edward Baily in 1903. On his death he donated his collection and the building to house it. The following year the Museum was opened to the public on its current site on Leeming Street. Other prominent local people also added to the collection, including naturalist Joseph Whitaker and artist Albert Sorby Buxton.
The current building replaced the deteriorating "Tin Tabernacle" in 1938 and a fourth gallery was added in the 1960s.
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Collections
Made in Mansfield
The Museum arcade holds an exhibition on eight of the more well-known industries that built Mansfield's reputation for manufacturing. The gallery features artefacts, photos, film and audio relating to the major, past and present employers of the town: Metal Box, Shoe Co, Mansfield Brewery, Barrs Soft Drinks, hosiery, precision engineering, mining, foundries and quarrying.
Albert Sorby Buxton
The museum holds the watercolour pictures of Mansfield painted by artist Albert Sorby Buxton. The pictures highlight buildings in Mansfield that no longer exist and views that have long since disappeared.[2]
Ceramics
A gallery is dedicated to the ceramic works of William Billingsley and Rachel Manner's lustreware.[3]
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Awards
The museum, with a focus on natural history,[4] is known for being family friendly. The museum received an award from The Guardian Newspaper in 2011. [5][6]
Mansfield museum also won an award by the Museum Development East Midlands in 2019 with the best project on a shoestring for ‘Fitness, Food & Fun’. [7]
The former curator of Mansfield museum Liz Weston received an MBE in 2013 for her services to heritage and the community. [8]
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