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Wikidata identifier:
Q15265780
Also known as:
Peak District Lead Mining Museum
Instance of:
mining museum; independent museum
Museum/collection status:
Accredited museum
Accreditation number:
561
Persistent shareable link for this record:
https://museumdata.uk/museums/q15265780/

Collection-level records:

  • Collection overview (Cornucopia)

    Science and Industry Collection

    Regional significance and National interest. Items associated with lead mining and miners, lead smelting and mining and mineral quarrying today. Limitations on storage of large machinery.

    Subjects

    Lead industry; Quarrying; Miners; Lead mining; Mining; Science; Minerals; Industry

    Geology Collection

    Regional significance and National interest Howie collection of minerals, 1,700 specimens of high quality; otherwise around 160 specimens, mostly minerals, includes 23 good quality specimens on loan from Natural History Museum. Also collections on loan from Dr Willies, Dr Ford and D Penney.

    Subjects

    Natural sciences; Geology; Minerals

    Source: Cornucopia

    Date: Not known, but before 2015

    Licence: CC BY-NC

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