Nottingham Museums

About

Nottingham Museums is a Nottingham City Council service that promotes the rich history preserved within the walls of seven historic sites across the City.

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Discover the past

Established in 1878, our goal is to collate and display the best arts and crafts from around the world.

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Our role

Nottingham Museums is the oldest municipal museum service outside of London and currently oversees seven sites across the City.

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Our team

Meet some of our curatorial team

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Sheila Wright

Curator of Natural Sciences, Wollaton Hall

Curator of Biology at Nottingham Natural History Museum, Wollaton Hall, I oversee collections of invertebrate (animals without backbones: insect, crustacean, spider and mollusc) and vertebrate (backboned animals: fish, amphibian, reptile, bird and mammal).

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Simon Brown

Curator of Collections, Newstead Abbey

Curator at Newstead Abbey since October 2016, my background is museum collections, front of house, exhibition installation, education and artefact documentation.

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Adam Smith

Curator of Natural Sciences, Wollaton Hall

As a Curator of Natural Sciences at the Nottingham Natural History Museum, Wollaton Hall, I’m co-responsible for the ongoing documentation and care of some 750,000 natural history objects.

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Our work

Our work is imperative in helping protect and preserve artifacts and sites like Newstead Abbey and Wollaton Hall for future generations.

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With specialist curators across the various heritage sites responsible for creating bespoke exhibitions and ensuring the upkeep of the rare and precious objects within collection. If you have a particular interest and would like explore within a given collection, email Museum.collections@nottinghamcity.gov.uk.

Similarly if you have an enquiry relating to visiting the museum itself or one of the museums facilities, contact wollaton.hall@nottinghamcity.gov.uk or newstead.abbey@nottinghamcity.gov.uk

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