- Wikidata identifier:
- Q7108887
- Instance of:
- local museum
- Museum/collection status:
- Accredited museum
- Accreditation number:
- 1234
- Persistent shareable link for this record:
- https://museumdata.uk/museums/q7108887/
Collection-level records:
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Collection overview (Cornucopia)
Archaeology Collection
2 collections of note are: Eric Cowling collection of prehistoric stone tools and artefacts collected from the middle Wharfe valley by Cowling who founded Otley Museum. The Archbishop’s Manor House Collection from excavations at the palace of the Archbishop of York at Otley. Eric Cowling collection of prehistoric stone tools and artefacts collected from the middle Wharfe valley by Cowling who founded Otley Museum. The Archbishop’s Manor House Collection from excavations at the palace of the Archbishop of York at Otley.
Subjects
Archaeology
Archives Collection
Otley story is the main archive of documents, photographs, locally printed material, communal and personal records from 18th century showing a social history of the town. Otley Printers’ Engineers collection records the history and development of Victorian machine makers centres on the invention of the Wharfedale printing machine. Urban Development is a comprehensive collection of building records of 19th and 20th century showing development and planning in Otley. 3 important archives: Otley story is the main archive of documents, photographs, locally printed material, communal and personal records from 18th century showing a social history of the town. Urban Development is a comprehensive collection of building records of 19th and 20th century showing development and planning in Otley. Otley Printers’ Engineers collection records the history and development of Victorian machine makers centres on the invention of the Wharfedale printing machine.
Subjects
Archives
Source: Cornucopia
Date: Not known, but before 2015
Licence: CC BY-NC