- Wikidata identifier:
- Q26338893
- Also known as:
- Parr's Bank, Cockpit House, Prescot
- Instance of:
- house; museum; bank building; local authority museum; historic house museum
- Museum/collection status:
- Accredited museum
- Accreditation number:
- 243
- Persistent shareable link for this record:
- https://museumdata.uk/museums/q26338893/
Collection-level records:
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Collection overview (Cornucopia)
Science and Industry Collection
200 clocks, 500 watches and many thousands of tools and components that form part of the horology collections owned by the NMGM. There are also examples of precision instruments. Other local industries include cable making and mining. The local pottery industry material includes 18th and 19th century pottery shards and kiln waste.
Subjects
Science and Industry
Decorative and Applied Art Collection
Glass, ceramics and metalwork and wooden items (Victorian and later).
Subjects
Decorative and Applied Arts
Personalia Collection
Personalities of the area include John Kemble, the famous 18th century Shakespearean actor.
Subjects
Personalia
Social History Collection
The collections relate to the social history of the town and include domestic items. There are also the stones from a cheese press. The political history includes the establishment in 1447 of an early type of town council, the Court Leet, which was created in Prescot. Other local history themes include the building in the 1590s of the very first theatre outside of London.
Subjects
Social History
Fine Art Collection
The museum has a small number of framed paintings and two red sandstone carvings (14th century and early 19th century).
Subjects
Fine Art
Archaeology Collection
Local archaeology.
Subjects
Archaeology
Photographic Collection
Photographs and postcards of Prescot including a number of early street scenes from the 1880s, together with houses, events and Prescot residents of the same era.
Subjects
Photography
Archives Collection
There is archive and reference library material associated with the Horology collections, together with a wide range of ephemera such as packaging, bills, posters, deeds, books, pamphlets, newspapers, maps and plans. Archives also relate to the museum itself and include the 1760 deeds to the site.
Subjects
Archives
Source: Cornucopia
Date: Not known, but before 2015
Licence: CC BY-NC