Collection: Erewash Museum

Collection-level records:

• Collection overview (Cornucopia)

  Social History Collection

  Collection contains a diverse range of personal and domestic artefacts. In general they relate to everyday life, but are not all unique to the Erewash region. Strongest in domestic bygones, in particular kitchen and laundry equipment. Additional strengths are children’s toys and dolls. Active collecting in areas of employment, recreation, religion, the family and family life – all items to have strong local significance. Local history collections include all material which has direct link with Erewash area. Existing collections are strongest in respect of the development of local government in Ilkeston and Long Eaton. Policy of active collecting to represent areas outside Ilkeston; trades, industries and transport; minority groups in the community. Local interest and significance

  Subjects

  Community; Trades (occupations); Domestic life; Leisure; Local government; Transport; Religion; Family; Employment; Social history; Toys; Industry

  Fine Art Collection

  Local significance. Collection contains Howitt Bequest of paintings; largely 18th century oils and watercolours. Also works by local artists, many topographical scenes. Future collecting limited to Erewash scenes, and passive collection of work by notable artists. Similar policies apply to photographic art.

  Subjects

  Watercolour painting; Fine arts; Paintings

  Decorative and Applied Arts Collection

  Collection of decorative art and ceramics. Policy is only to acquire items of local history interest, e.g. pottery manufactured by the West Hallam Art and Earthenware Co. Ltd. Local significance.

  Subjects

  Ceramics; Decorative arts

  Geology Collection

  Local significance. Collection may acquire specimens of local rocks and minerals to complement local history collections, e.g. coal mining, brick and pottery ironstone/gravel/sand extraction and quarrying.

  Subjects

  Quarrying; Geology; Building materials; Mining; Coal mining; Minerals

  Agriculture Collection

  Small collection of agricultural items. Local interest.

  Subjects

  Agriculture

  Archaeology Collection

  Local significance. Small collection of objects. Not policy to acquire except for locally-provenanced chance finds.

  Subjects

  Archaeology

  Costume and Textiles Collection

  Costume and costume accessories. Further acquisition limited to selected, locally-manufactured items. Local significance.

  Subjects

  Textiles; Costume

  Science and Industry Collection

  Local significance. Collections include material relating to local industries.

  Subjects

  Trade (practice); Science; Industry

  Photography Collection

  Local history collections include photographs. Local significance.

  Subjects

  Photographs; Photography

  Oral History Collection

  Local significance. A collection of recordings related to local people and local history. Active policy towards recording.

  Subjects

  Oral history; Recordings; Local history

  Transport Collection

  Collections include relevant transport related material. Policy to collect objects that illustrate nature and scale of local transport, and working conditions therein, with cautious approach to large objects. Local significance.

  Subjects

  Transport; Employment

  Archives Collection

  Local significance. Local history collections include printed ephemera.

  Subjects

  Printed ephemera; Local history; Archives

  Source: Cornucopia

  Date: Not known, but before 2015

  Licence: CC BY-NC