Bassetlaw Museum

About

The Bassetlaw Museum is a museum on Grove Street in Retford, Nottinghamshire, England. It documents the history of North Nottinghamshire from the earliest times to the present day.

History: The Bassetlaw Museum was created in 1983 and has a number of collections donated by people in the local area. The collections include local history, archaeology, decorative and fine art, agriculture, costume and textiles. The museum is situated in the 18th-century Grade II* listed Amcott House on Grove Street, Retford where it moved in 1986. Admission to the museum is free.

Collection highlights: Art gallery - built in 1994 and partly financed by the Percy Laws Memorial Fund of the Rotary Club of Retford. Photography - comprising the 21,000 negatives known as the Welchman Collection, which were taken by professional photographers Edgar Welchman and Son of Grove Street, Retford between 1910 and 1960. The photograph collection at the museum also contains over 25,000 photographs of the towns and villages of North Nottinghamshire and people who lived there from about the 1850s onwards Carlton-in-Lindrick knight Anglo-Saxon log boat Autochromes by Stephen Pegler The Pilgrims Gallery - which...