Nidderdale Museum
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| name = Nidderdale Museum
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| map_type = North Yorkshire
| coordinates = {{coord|54.08787|-1.75930|type:landmark_region:GB|display=inline,title}}
| established = {{Start date|1975}}{{cite news|url=https://www.harrogateadvertiser.co.uk/news/queen-s-award-success-for-north-yorkshire-s-secret-gem-1-8580178|title=Queen's Award success for North Yorkshire's secret gem|work=Harrogate Advertiser|date=6 June 2017|accessdate=8 June 2019}}
| location = Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire, England
| type = Local history museum
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| website = {{URL|http://www.nidderdalemuseum.com/|Official website}}
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Nidderdale Museum is a local and social history museum in the market town of Pateley Bridge in Nidderdale, one of the Yorkshire Dales, in North Yorkshire, England.{{cite book |last1=Long |first1=Peter |title=The hidden places of England |year=2004 |publisher=Travel |location=Aldermaston |isbn=1904434126 |page=618 |edition=4}} The museum is housed in a former workhouse, and is normally open every week from Tuesday to Sunday 1.30 p.m. to 4.30 p.m. from Easter (or 1 April) to 31 October, and only open on Saturdays and Sundays from 1.30 p.m. to 4.30 p.m. over the winter months, from November to March. The Museum is closed on a Monday. There is a small entry charge for adults. Accompanied children under 16 are free.{{cite book|title=The Rough Guide to Yorkshire|year=2019|page=209|isbn=978 1 789 19415 9}}
The museum is run by volunteers.{{cite web |title=Pateley Bridge - the village with winning ways |url=https://www.yorkshirelife.co.uk/out-about/places/pateley-bridge-the-village-with-winning-ways-1-5137526 |website=yorkshirelife.co.uk |accessdate=10 June 2019 |date=7 August 2017}} The Nidderdale Museum Society has two hundred members, with an elected Committee, and a Board of Trustees.{{cite web|title=The History of Nidderdale Museum|url=https://www.nidderdalemuseum.com/about-nidderdale-museum/|publisher=Nidderdale Museum Society|accessdate=7 February 2021}}
Exhibits
The exhibits focus on rural life, with sections devoted to agriculture, local industries, religion, transport and costume, set out across 11 rooms. Displays include re-creations of a Victorian schoolroom, a cobbler's workshop, a lead mining tunnel, a Victorian parlour, general store, a 1930s hairdresser's shop and a kitchen. Other displays include historic costumes, agriculture tools and equipment, local industries and transport vehicles.
The museum also has a reference library of books relating to the local history and life of Nidderdale, and materials for local and family history research.{{cite news |title=The woman of Nidderdale who left a lasting legacy of wisdom and warmth |url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/analysis/the-woman-of-nidderdale-who-left-a-lasting-legacy-of-wisdom-and-warmth-1-2581119 |accessdate=10 June 2019 |work=The Yorkshire Post |date=13 July 2010|url-access=limited}}
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|File:NiddMuseum3 Cobbler Shop.jpg|Cobbler's shop
|File:NiddMuseum18 Tunnel.jpg|Re-creation of a tunnel in a lead mine
|File:NiddMuseum13 OldShop.jpg|General store from the 1940s
|File:NiddMuseum6 HairSalon.jpg|Hairdressing salon from the 1950s
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History of the museum
The museum was established in 1975 by a group of local enthusiasts. Some of the group had been members of the local history class which wrote A History of Nidderdale, first published in 1967,{{cite book|last=Jennings|first=Bernard|author-link=Bernard Jennings|title=A History of Nidderdale|year=1992|page=10|isbn=1-85072-114-9}} and they invited Bernard Jennings, editor of the History, to become one of the first trustees.{{rp|232}} Harrogate Borough Council provided premises for the museum in the redundant offices of the Ripon and Pateley Bridge Rural District Council, originally built as a workhouse in 1863.{{cite book|title=Traces of Nidderdale in 40 Years and 40 Objects|last=Moody|first=Joanna|year=2014|isbn=978 0 9928508 0 7}}{{rp|xvii}}
File:Nidderdale Museum plaque (geograph 2022666).jpg
In 1990 the museum won the National Heritage Museum of the Year Award for "The Museum which does the Most with the Least".{{rp|247–248}} In 2017 the volunteers at Nidderdale Museum were honoured with the Queen's Award.{{London Gazette |issue=61945 |date=2 June 2017 |page=J11 |supp=y }}
References
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External links
- [http://www.nidderdalemuseum.com/ Nidderdale Museum web site]
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Category:Museums in North Yorkshire
Category:Local museums in North Yorkshire