Museum sights in Nottingham
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Nottingham Castle Museum & Art Gallery
Set atop a sandstone outcrop worm-holed with caves and tunnels, the original Nottingham castle was founded by William the Conqueror and held by a succession of English kings before falling in the English Civil War. Its 17th-century replacement contains a diverting museum of local history, with an extensive collection of costumes, jewellery, Wedgwood jasperware and paintings, including works by Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Your ticket also gains you entry to the Museum of Nottinghamshire Life at Brewhouse Yard.
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Brewhouse Yard Museum
Housed in five 17th-century cottages carved into the cliff below the castle, this engaging Brewhouse Yard Museum re-creates everyday life in Nottingham over the past 300 years with particularly fine reconstructions of traditional shops.
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Industrial Museum
The Industrial Museum , in the 18th-century stable block, displays lace-making equipment, Raleigh bicycles, a gigantic 1858 beam engine and oddities such as a locally invented, 1963 video recorder that never got off the ground.
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Brewhouse Yard Museum
Housed in five 17th-century cottages carved into the cliff below the castle, this engaging Brewhouse Yard Museum re-creates everyday life in Nottingham over the past 300 years with particularly fine reconstructions of traditional shops.
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Galleries of Justice
In the grand Georgian Shire Hall, the Galleries of Justice offer a ghoulish stroll through centuries of British justice, including medieval trials by fire and water. Audio tours run on Monday and Tuesday; live-action tours with 'gaolers' run Wednesday to Sunday (daily during school holidays).
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