Museum of Lincolnshire Life
Established | 1969 |
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Location | Lincoln |
Coordinates | 53°14′16″N 0°32′40″W / 53.2379°N 0.5444°W |
Type | Local history museum |
Website | www |
The Museum of Lincolnshire Life is a museum in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, in the UK. The museum collection is a varied social history that reflects and celebrates the culture of the county of Lincolnshire and its people from 1750 to the present day. Exhibits illustrate commercial, domestic, agricultural, industrial and community life.[1] The story of the Royal Lincolnshire Regiment and Lincolnshire Yeomanry is explained and illustrated by a variety of methods.[2]
History
The museum was established at the Old Barracks on Burton Road in June 1969.[3] Management of the museum was transferred to Lincolnshire County Council in 1974.[3]
Collection
The museum has a collection of tanks. It thought that it housed one of the first
The museum also has exhibits featuring recreations of old shops, house interiors along with an extensive collection of early farm machinery, with examples of machines built by local companies, such as the Field Marshall tractor built in Gainsborough, by Marshall, Sons & Co.[5]
Two early Ruston-Bucyrus excavators are on display in the yard, an RB4 of 1929 and an RB17 of 1937.[6]
See also
- Ellis' Mill, a tower windmill adjacent to the Museum
- Church Farm Museumof Agricultural life in Skegness
- Gordon Boswell Romany Museum, Spalding
References
- ^ "Museum of Lincolnshire Life". Lincolnshire County Council. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
- ^ "Museum of Lincolnshire Life". About Britain. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
- ^ a b "About the Museum of Lincolnshire Life". Lincolnshire County Council. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
- ^ "Lincoln's hidden gems: The home of 'Daphne' the tank". The Lincolnite. 17 July 2015. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
- ^ "Marshall & Field Marshall Tractors". Tractor Data. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
- ^ "Photo: "Museum of Lincolnshire Life, Lincoln - Excavator (c. 1937)"". Trip Advisor. Retrieved 9 December 2017.