Mansfield Museum
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Mansfield Museum is a local authority museum run by the council in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire.
in 1903. He donated his collection and the building to house it. The following year the museum proper was opened. Other prominent local men also added to the collection, including naturalist Joseph Whitaker
and artist Albert Sorby Buxton
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This growth led to a need in 1938 to move from the now deteriorating "Tin Tabernacle", and this was to be the museum as it is today. The greatest changes to the museum since were the adding of a fourth gallery in the 1960s, and the arcade, which finally allowed the building to join the road, in the late 1980s.
. They capture the town at the turn of the century.
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Background
Originally called the "Tin Tabernacle", the museum was opened by the wealthy collector and natural historian William Edward BailyWilliam Edward Baily
William Edward Baily A resident of Mansfield, Nottinghamshire. He inherited his wealth from his farther while still a child. He later became a major player in local brewing with Mansfield Brewery.He founded Mansfield Museum.-References:...
in 1903. He donated his collection and the building to house it. The following year the museum proper was opened. Other prominent local men also added to the collection, including naturalist Joseph Whitaker
Joseph Whitaker
Joseph Whitaker , English publisher, was born in London, and apprenticed to a bookseller at the age of fourteen.After years of experience at various bookselling firms, he undertook his own business as a publisher of theological works...
and artist Albert Sorby Buxton
Albert Sorby Buxton
Albert Sorby Buxton was an English painter from Mansfield, Nottinghamshire.His watercolours captured the town of Mansfield at the turn of the 19th century and can be seen on permanent display at the Mansfield Museum.-References:...
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This growth led to a need in 1938 to move from the now deteriorating "Tin Tabernacle", and this was to be the museum as it is today. The greatest changes to the museum since were the adding of a fourth gallery in the 1960s, and the arcade, which finally allowed the building to join the road, in the late 1980s.
Current work
As well as the many permanent and temporary exhibitions the museum hosts a number of community projects, these are aimed at all sections of society.Albert Sorby Buxton
A real jewel in the crown of the collection are the watercolour pictures of Mansfield painted by artist Albert Sorby BuxtonAlbert Sorby Buxton
Albert Sorby Buxton was an English painter from Mansfield, Nottinghamshire.His watercolours captured the town of Mansfield at the turn of the 19th century and can be seen on permanent display at the Mansfield Museum.-References:...
. They capture the town at the turn of the century.
Ceramics
A gallery is dedicated to the ceramic works of William Billingsley and Rachel Manner's lusterwareLusterware
Lusterware or Lustreware is a type of pottery or porcelain with a metallic glaze that gives the effect of iridescence, produced by metallic oxides in an overglaze finish, which is given a second firing at a lower temperature in a "muffle kiln", reduction kiln, which excludes oxygen.The first use...
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External links
- Mansfield Museum
- Mansfield Museum Facebook Page
- XplorActive - museum's site for games for children, and a hands-on interactive gallery in the museum