- Wikidata identifier:
- Q5203399
- Also known as:
- D H Lawrence Birthplace Museum
- Instance of:
- historic house museum; local authority museum; literary museum
- Museum/collection status:
- Accredited museum
- Accreditation number:
- 527
- Persistent shareable link for this record:
- https://museumdata.uk/museums/q5203399/
Collection-level records:
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Collection overview (Cornucopia)
Personalia Collection
Local significance. D H Lawrence and family personalia, including: by DH Lawrence 4 watercolours, an inkwell, two letters and a school textbook belonging to Lawrence, travelling trunk; belonging to his mother, chiffonier and bedside table. Original photographs of Lawrence as a baby, Mrs Lawrence and Bert Beardsall.
Subjects
Writing; Childhood; Furniture; Photographs; Personal history; Authors; Personal property
Costume and Textiles Collection
Local significance. Includes examples of costumes and domestic textiles contemporary with the period interpretation of the house.
Subjects
Textiles; Authors; Costume
Social History Collection
Local significance. Domestic furniture and fittings; laundry and other household equipment used in furnishing the Birthplace.
Subjects
Domestic life; Furniture; Authors; Social History
Fine Art Collection
Local significance. Small collection of framed pictures, including chromolithographs, engravings and a watercolour. No further collecting.
Subjects
Watercolour painting; Fine Arts; Engravings; Authors
Science and Industry Collection
Local significance Examples of personal objects connected with the mining industry, including helmets, gaiters, lamp, boots, miners’ sweat band and snap tin.
Subjects
Equipment; Trade (practice); Miners; Mining; Industry
Archives Collection
Local significance. Some documentary material and printed ephemera, but not policy to acquire books, documents and papers.
Subjects
Authors; Archives; Literary history; Photographs
Source: Cornucopia
Date: Not known, but before 2015
Licence: CC BY-NC