A local museum or local history museum is a type of museum that shows the historical development of a place/region ( local history ) using exhibits. These museums usually maintain a collection of historic three-dimensional objects which are exhibited in displays. Such museums are often small in nature and generally have a low budget for their running costs. As such, many of the collections are compiled, cataloged, and interpreted by amateur historians as well as professionals.
12-564: Baysgarth House Museum is a local museum located in Baysgarth House , situated in Baysgarth Park , in the market town of Barton-upon-Humber , Lincolnshire , England . Baysgarth House is a Grade II* listed building, believed to date from c. 1731. The building is built on an L-plan, with 2 storeys and an attic in red brick with a hipped pantiled roof. The building has an adjacent grade II listed stable building, believed to date from
24-401: A bank or a railroad depot. Many local museums are also open-air museums in which several historical buildings from the area have been collected in some museum villages and rebuilt in a new location. In some cases the character of the local history museum is superimposed with the representation of a famous or well-known person from the area, or focuses on a single branch of the economy that
36-401: A historically significant or thematically typical building; it is often a former public building such as a school building, a former courthouse, or city/town hall since the structure, which was already owned by the municipality and can continue its use as a in the public realm as a museum. Other times museums are located in repurposed commercial buildings that had significance for the area such as
48-1088: A museum dedicated to the unique German concept of heimat , a form of local cultural identity. Heimatmuseum Look for Heimatmuseum on one of Misplaced Pages's sister projects : [REDACTED] Wiktionary (dictionary) [REDACTED] Wikibooks (textbooks) [REDACTED] Wikiquote (quotations) [REDACTED] Wikisource (library) [REDACTED] Wikiversity (learning resources) [REDACTED] Commons (media) [REDACTED] Wikivoyage (travel guide) [REDACTED] Wikinews (news source) [REDACTED] Wikidata (linked database) [REDACTED] Wikispecies (species directory) Misplaced Pages does not have an article with this exact name. Please search for Heimatmuseum in Misplaced Pages to check for alternative titles or spellings. You need to log in or create an account and be autoconfirmed to create new articles. Alternatively, you can use
60-588: Is a large collection of 18th and 19th century pottery and porcelain. There is also an Industrial Museum in the old stable block. Traditional crafts such as blacksmithing, cobbing, and thatching are displayed in the Craft Cottage. From 1930, it was in public ownership, until 2004 when the Community Heritage Arts and Media Project (Champ Ltd) took over the management of the house, including its additional buildings, museum, collections, and archives. The museum
72-424: Is mainly staffed by volunteers who are responsible for opening the museum to the public, running exhibitions and assisting in collections care. 53°40′49″N 0°26′20″W / 53.6804°N 0.4388°W / 53.6804; -0.4388 Local museum These museums can cover a governmental defined unit such as a town , city , county , or parish or they can cover an area defined within
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96-439: The early 19th Century, and an adjacent cottage believed to have been built for servants. Also attached to the property are the grade II* listed gate piers in an 18th-century style, topped by a lion and a unicorn. The two lodges in the wall date from the 19th Century. The first known owner of Baysgarth House is Thomas Glentham. The Nelthorpes owned the house between 1620 and 1792. It passed through various owners until 1889 when it
108-543: The museum's mission. In the United States while some museums may be part of the local government or receive funding from them in some way. However, most local history museums are usually self-funded. These museums can also run as independent organizations or they can managed by an accompanying local historical society which also will maintain an archive of local records in addition to the museum's three-dimensional object collection. Local history museums are frequently housed in
120-534: The site by Clare Ramsden in July 1930 as part of the formal opening of the park and house to the public. The opening ceremony was attended by more than 3000 people. During the Second World War and ARP Officer used the house. From 1960-1997 it was used by the local council. It opened as a museum in 1981. The main building houses Georgian and Victorian style rooms. The museum covers the lives of local people. There
132-404: Was or is particularly formative for the region. Local history museums offer the interpretation of the everyday lives of ordinary people and the unique histories that locale may offer. These museums also offer a more in-depth look into the details of how national and international events affected the locale represented by the museum. In Germany, a specific type of local museum is a Heimatmuseum ,
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#1732868783384144-453: Was sold to Robert Wright Taylor . Taylor and his wife Clara Lousia Taylor had two children in the house. After the son, George Robert Marmaduke Stanbury Taylor, died in the Battle of Ypres , their daughter Clare Ermyntrude Magdalen Wight Ramsden subsequently married and left the area leaving the house to the public in 1930. A memorial to Robert Wright, Clara Louisa, and George Robert was unveiled at
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