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.
8-542: Wakefield Museum is a local museum in Wakefield , West Yorkshire , north England , covering the history of the city of Wakefield and the local area from prehistoric times onwards. From 1955 Wakefield Museum was housed in the former Wakefield Mechanics' Institute , a 19th-century listed building . Wakefield Museum has been in its current home, the Wakefield One civic building, since 2013. The relocated museum
16-568: 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 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
24-526: A nature park (arguably the first in Europe) at his home, Walton Hall near Wakefield. His collection of preserved animals some made up from different animal parts can be seen. The caiman which Waterton rode ashore in South America is displayed under the floor, allowing visitors to get a unique view of this special object. The collection belongs to Stonyhurst College which has loaned the collection to
32-401: The area such as 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
40-400: The economy that 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
48-487: The museum since 1967. The loan is planned to end at the end of 2022. Other exhibits include an 1809 post box believed to be the oldest example in Britain, a pair of boots which belonged to Rugby league player, Don Fox , and a medieval posy ring from Sandal Castle . 53°41′02″N 1°30′03″W / 53.6838°N 1.5007°W / 53.6838; -1.5007 Local museum These museums can cover
56-483: The museum's three-dimensional object collection. Local history museums are frequently housed in 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
64-722: Was officially opened by Sir David Attenborough in March 2013. The museum covers the story of Wakefield, looking at the Manor of Wakefield in the Tudor period, HM Prison Wakefield , Wakefield as the West Yorkshire Police Headquarters, Wakefield Trinity Wildcats , The Battle of Wakefield , Wakefield's writers and theatres and more. There is a dedicated area to Charles Waterton – a pioneering Victorian eco-warrior, explorer and Yorkshireman. Waterton developed
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