A local museum or local history museum is a type of museum that shows the historical development of a place/region ( local history ) using exhibits. These museums usually maintain a collection of historic three-dimensional objects which are exhibited in displays. Such museums are often small in nature and generally have a low budget for their running costs. As such, many of the collections are compiled, cataloged, and interpreted by amateur historians as well as professionals.
8-616: Swaledale Museum is a local museum in the village of Reeth , near Richmond in North Yorkshire , England . It covers rural history including life and work in the local area of Swaledale and Arkengarthdale within the Yorkshire Dales National Park . The museum is in the former Methodist school room near The Green in Reeth. The school was built in 1836 on the site of two cottages that dated from
16-401: A bank or a railroad depot. Many local museums are also open-air museums in which several historical buildings from the area have been collected in some museum villages and rebuilt in a new location. In some cases the character of the local history museum is superimposed with the representation of a famous or well-known person from the area, or focuses on a single branch of the economy that
24-401: A historically significant or thematically typical building; it is often a former public building such as a school building, a former courthouse, or city/town hall since the structure, which was already owned by the municipality and can continue its use as a in the public realm as a museum. Other times museums are located in repurposed commercial buildings that had significance for the area such as
32-476: A privately owned museum, the Swaledale Folk Museum. In 2004 there was a change of ownership, but the museum remains independently run with a team of volunteers. There is a Friends of Swaledale Museum volunteer group, which helps in the running of the museum and its associated activities and groups. Among the exhibits at the museum are some photographs of the former lead mine at Arn Gill , and
40-729: The late 17th or early 18th century. After the Quaker school was built in Reeth in 1862, the building became a Sunday School . During the Second World War , the building was used to billet troops who attended the Battle Training Camp at Catterick . After the Second World War, the building was used as a recreation hall. In 1974, the building was bought from the Methodist Church and opened as
48-410: The local government or receive funding from them in some way. However, most local history museums are usually self-funded. These museums can also run as independent organizations or they can managed by an accompanying local historical society which also will maintain an archive of local records in addition to the museum's three-dimensional object collection. Local history museums are frequently housed in
56-467: The original engraved keystone from its entrance arch. 54°23′20″N 1°56′28″W / 54.3888°N 1.9410°W / 54.3888; -1.9410 Local museum These museums can cover a governmental defined unit such as a town , city , county , or parish or they can cover an area defined within the museum's mission. In the United States while some museums may be part of
64-404: Was or is particularly formative for the region. Local history museums offer the interpretation of the everyday lives of ordinary people and the unique histories that locale may offer. These museums also offer a more in-depth look into the details of how national and international events affected the locale represented by the museum. In Germany, a specific type of local museum is a Heimatmuseum ,
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