Collection: Littlehampton Museum

Collection-level records:

• Collection overview (Cornucopia)

  Social History

  The social history collections comprise material of relevance to the history of the collecting area and includes themes such as medicine, music, numismatics, oral history, personalia, science and industry and transport.

  Maritime

  Maritime History material relating to both the Littlehampton area in particular and to maritime history in general. Non-local material will only be acquired when it is considered to enhance the existing collection.

  Fine Art

  Paintings, drawings and engravings. The museum also holds some decorative art material and also costume/textiles.

  Archaeology

  A large collection of archaeological material of all periods from the collecting area. Geological material is held from the collecting area and from outside. Non-local material is only be acquired when it is considered to enhance the existing collection.

  Biology

  The museum has a small collection of natural history, although this type of material has not been collected for some years.

  Photographic

  There are over 8000 photographic prints, negatives transparencies, film, videos, audio recordings and computerised records. The history of photography is also depicted through photographic equipment and ancillary material, material relating to both the Littlehampton area and to the history of photography in general. Non-local material is only be acquired when it is considered to enhance the existing collection.

  Archives

  Material of relevance to the history of the collecting area including documents, newspapers, books, manuscripts, printed ephemera, maps and plans.

  Source: Cornucopia

  Date: Not known, but before 2015

  Licence: CC BY-NC