- Wikidata identifier:
- Q116738943
- Also known as:
- New Mills Heritage and Information Centre
- Instance of:
- local authority museum
- Museum/collection status:
- Accredited museum
- Persistent shareable link for this record:
- https://museumdata.uk/museums/q116738943/
Collection-level records:
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Collection overview (Cornucopia)
Social History Collection
Local significance. Majority of collection falls into this category: most items are associated with community or domestic life, or with local industry, e.g. commemorative mugs, Sunday School crockery and prizes, sports medals, uniform badges, domestic equipment, war mementoes, retirement presents, bottles.
Subjects
Community; Domestic life; Sport; Social History; Church
Military Collection
Local significance. The collection contains uniform badges, war mementoes.
Subjects
Uniforms; Military clothing; War (concept); Armed forces
Numismatics Collection
Local significance. Collection includes coins and tokens.
Subjects
Numismatics; Tokens; Coins
Science and Industry Collection
Local significance. Some material relating to local industry, including textile industry(?) (engraving tools, engraved rollers, cloth samples).
Subjects
Textiles; Local History; Textile industry; Science; Industry
Geology Collection
A small number of geological items. Local significance.
Subjects
Geology
Archives Collection
Local significance. There are a few items of ephemera in the local history collection but the policy is not to collect books, papers, miscellaneous material or photographs. The Town Council and Local History Society both own such material which the Heritage Centre occasionally borrows.
Subjects
Printed ephemera; Local history; Archives
Source: Cornucopia
Date: Not known, but before 2015
Licence: CC BY-NC