This list of museums in Nottinghamshire, England contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Also included are non-profit art galleries and university art galleries. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e., virtual museums) are not included.
Name Image Town/City Region Type Summary Bassetlaw Museum Retford Bassetlaw Local local history, art, archaeology, decorative arts, agriculture, costume and textiles, industry, rural life, coal mining Beth Shalom Holocaust Centre Laxton Newark and Sherwood History History of the Holocaust and other 20th-century genocides Bilsthorpe Heritage Museum Bilsthorpe Newark and Sherwood Local Coal mining British Horological Institute Upton Newark and Sherwood Horology Located at Upton Hall, collection of historic clocks, watches, tools and other horological artifacts, open on special occasions to non-members Calverton Folk Museum Calverton Gedling Local Period furniture and clothing, fossils, framework knitting history, Victorian kitchen, living room and bedroom Creswell Crags Creswell Bassetlaw Archaeology Limestone gorge and caves with flint tools and other Stone Age artifacts D. H. Lawrence Birthplace Museum Eastwood Broxtowe Historic house 19th century working class house, birthplace of author D. H. Lawrence Dukes Wood Oil Museum Eakring Newark and Sherwood Industry site and story of the UK’s first oilfield Durban House Heritage Centre Eastwood Broxtowe Multiple Includes late 19th century social history exhibits and context of author D. H. Lawrence's life in town, also an art gallery Flintham Museum Flintham Newark and Sherwood History 20th century period shop reflecting rural life Framework Knitters Museum Ruddington Rushcliffe Industry complex of restored Victorian period frameshops, cottages and outbuildings that show the living and working conditions of framework knitters Galleries of Justice Museum Nottingham Nottingham Prison Historic courthouse and gaol Green's Windmill and Science Centre Sneinton Nottingham Multiple Restored and working 19th-century tower windmill, hands-on science exhibits Harley Gallery Welbeck Bassetlaw Art Located at Welbeck Abbey, features contemporary arts and crafts Holme Pierrepont Hall Holme Pierrepont Rushcliffe Historic house Medieval hall and garden, open to the public on a limited basis Lakeside Arts Centre Nottingham Nottingham Art performing and visual arts centre of the University of Nottingham Mansfield Museum Mansfield Mansfield Multiple Art, local history, culture Mr Straw's House Worksop Bassetlaw Historic house Operated by the National Trust, 1920s period family house Museum of Nottingham Life at Brewhouse Yard Nottingham Nottingham History local social history, period room and shop settings, reconstructed Victorian schoolroom, wartime life Museum of The Horse Tuxford Bassetlaw History walk through 2000 years of equestrian history National Civil War Centre - Newark Museum Newark-on-Trent Newark and Sherwood History focuses solely on the British Civil War National Videogame Arcade Nottingham Nottingham Amusement Historic videogames, history of British videogame culture New Art Exchange Nottingham Nottingham Art visual art gallery for culturally diverse contemporary artists Newark Air Museum Newark-on-Trent Newark and Sherwood Aviation Located on part of the former World War II airfield of Winthorpe, historic civilian and military aircraft Newark Castle & Gilstrap Heritage Centre Newark-on-Trent Newark and Sherwood History Ruins of the medieval castle, exhibits about the castle's history and Newark's Civil War heritage Newark Town Hall Museum & Art Gallery Newark-on-Trent Newark and Sherwood Art collection of paintings, furniture, ceremonial silver and civic gifts Newstead Abbey Historic House & Gardens Ravenshead Gedling Historic house Medieval house that was the ancestral home of Lord Byron, Victorian rooms Nottingham Castle Museum Nottingham Nottingham Multiple Fine and decorative art, local history, archaeology, regimental museum of the Sherwood Foresters Nottingham Contemporary Nottingham Nottingham Art Contemporary art centre Nottingham Industrial Museum Nottingham Nottingham Industry Eclectic collection of regionally significant industrial objects, including steam and diesel engines Nottingham Transport Heritage Centre Ruddington Rushcliffe Transportation Northern terminus of the Great Central Railway heritage railway, includes locomotives, carriages and stock, buses, road transport vehicles Nottinghamshire Mining Museum Mansfield Mansfield Local Local coal mining history, situated within Mansfield railway station building'We had to help each other during miners' strike'BBC News, 3 March 2025. Retrieved 8 September 2025Home page Nottinghamshire Mining Museum. Retrieved 8 September 2025 Papplewick Pumping Station Papplewick Gedling Technology Victorian water pumping station with steam engines Ruddington Village Museum Ruddington Rushcliffe History recreated period shops, schoolroom, telephone exchange and farm implements Tuxford Windmill Tuxford Bassetlaw Mill early 19th century windmill Walks of Life Tuxford Bassetlaw Agriculture Collection of handcarts and hand-powered agricultural machinery William Booth Birthplace Museum Nottingham Nottingham Biographical Birthplace home of William Booth, Methodist preacher who founded the Salvation Army Wollaton Village Dovecote Museum Wollaton Nottingham Local 17th century dovecote with local history exhibits Wollaton Hall & Deer Park Wollaton Nottingham Multiple Includes the historic house, the Nottingham Natural History Museum, and Nottingham Industrial Museum with textile, transport and technology from Nottingham's past, including steam engines The Workhouse Southwell Newark and Sherwood History Operated by the National Trust, 19th century workhouse
Defunct museums Lace Centre, Nottingham, closed in 2009 Longdale Craft Centre, Ravenshead Millgate Museum of Folk Life, Newark-on-Trent Newark Millgate Museum, closed in 2012 Vina's Doll Gallery, Cromwell, closed in 2015
See also :Category:Tourist attractions in Nottinghamshire
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