- 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:
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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