- Wikidata identifier:
- Q113369819
- Also known as:
- Pitstone Green Farm Museum
- Instance of:
- museum; independent museum
- Museum/collection status:
- Accredited museum
- Accreditation number:
- 424
- Persistent shareable link for this record:
- https://museumdata.uk/museums/q113369819/
Collection-level records:
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Collection overview (Cornucopia)
Local and Social History
The collections cover agriculture, social, domestic and rural life, local trades and professions ranging from the early 19th century to the mid 20th century. The agricultural collection of about 500 items includes tractors, tools, implements, horse and tractor ploughs, sowing, cultivating, harvesting, carts, wagons, and heavy horse harness; The rural life, local trades and professions collection of about 650 items includes tools form blacksmith, wheelwright, carpenter, cobbler, plumber, market gardener, printer, undertaker, brush maker, shepherd, thatcher, hedge-layer, brewer and pig keeping and local cement making. Small archaeological collection of about 250 items recovered by the Pitstone Local History Society during the 1960’s and 1970’s ranging from prehistoric through the Bronze Age and into Roman. There are fossil plants and animals, including a mammoth tooth. There are also about 50 photographs and 200 items of science and ind
Source: Cornucopia
Date: Not known, but before 2015
Licence: CC BY-NC