Peterborough Museum and Art Gallery houses the historical and art collections of the city of Peterborough in Cambridgeshire, England. Managed by Vivacity on behalf of the city council, it is part of the Greater Fens Museum Partnership.
The Museum and Art Gallery, Priestgate, Peterborough.
The building, originally a private house dating from 1816 (though parts of the cellar date back to a house that was built in the 16th century), was acquired and donated to the Peterborough Natural History, Scientific and Archaeological Society in 1931 by Sir Percy Malcolm Stewart; the art gallery was added in 1939.
The Priestgate mansion had been sold to Earl Fitzwilliam in 1856, who allowed it to be used as a public dispensary and infirmary – the city's first hospital – from 1857 until the opening of the War Memorial Hospital in 1928.[1] In 1968, it was presented to the city by the Peterborough Museum Society.
Since 2010, the museum has been managed on behalf of the city council by Vivacity, an independent not-for-profit organisation with charitable status, which also runs the Key Theatre and the city's libraries.[2]
Collections
Marine fossils
Norman Cross doll house
Peterborough Museum has a collection of some 227,000 objects, including local archaeology and social history ranging from the products of the Roman pottery industry to a collection of marine fossil remains of international importance from the Jurassic period.[3][4]
The museum also contains the original manuscripts of John Clare, the "Northamptonshire Peasant Poet" as he was commonly known in his own time and the Norman Cross collection of items made by French prisoners of war.[5] These prisoners were kept at Norman Cross on the outskirts of Peterborough from 1797 to 1814, in what is believed to be the world's first purpose built prisoner-of-war camp.[6]
The art collection contains a variety of paintings, prints and drawings dating from the 17th century to the present day.
^Beatty, Gwendoline, "Peterborough and District War Memorial Hospital 1928–1968" in Peterborough's Past Vol. 3, pp. 45–56. Peterborough Museum Society, 1988.
^About Vivacity Vivacity Culture and Leisure (retrieved 15 January 2013).
^Cambridgeshire (including City of Peterborough) 21 October 2009 at the Wayback Machine, Natural England (retrieved 17 May 2010).
^Martill, David M. Predation on Kosmoceras by Semionotid Fish in the Middle Jurassic Lower Oxford Clay of England 24 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Journal of the Palaeontological Association, Vol. 33, Part 3, pp. 739–742, August 1990.
^Grainger, Margaret, A Descriptive Catalogue of the John Clare Collection. Peterborough Museum and Art Gallery, 1973.
peterborough, museum, gallery, canadian, city, museum, peterborough, museum, archives, houses, historical, collections, city, peterborough, cambridgeshire, england, managed, vivacity, behalf, city, council, part, greater, fens, museum, partnership, museum, gal. For the Canadian city s museum see Peterborough Museum amp Archives Peterborough Museum and Art Gallery houses the historical and art collections of the city of Peterborough in Cambridgeshire England Managed by Vivacity on behalf of the city council it is part of the Greater Fens Museum Partnership The Museum and Art Gallery Priestgate Peterborough Portrait of George Montagu by John Giles Eccardt after Jean Baptiste van Loo c 1739 1750 Contents 1 History 2 Collections 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksHistory Edit Victorian operating theatre The building originally a private house dating from 1816 though parts of the cellar date back to a house that was built in the 16th century was acquired and donated to the Peterborough Natural History Scientific and Archaeological Society in 1931 by Sir Percy Malcolm Stewart the art gallery was added in 1939 The Priestgate mansion had been sold to Earl Fitzwilliam in 1856 who allowed it to be used as a public dispensary and infirmary the city s first hospital from 1857 until the opening of the War Memorial Hospital in 1928 1 In 1968 it was presented to the city by the Peterborough Museum Society Since 2010 the museum has been managed on behalf of the city council by Vivacity an independent not for profit organisation with charitable status which also runs the Key Theatre and the city s libraries 2 Collections Edit Marine fossils Norman Cross doll house Peterborough Museum has a collection of some 227 000 objects including local archaeology and social history ranging from the products of the Roman pottery industry to a collection of marine fossil remains of international importance from the Jurassic period 3 4 The museum also contains the original manuscripts of John Clare the Northamptonshire Peasant Poet as he was commonly known in his own time and the Norman Cross collection of items made by French prisoners of war 5 These prisoners were kept at Norman Cross on the outskirts of Peterborough from 1797 to 1814 in what is believed to be the world s first purpose built prisoner of war camp 6 The art collection contains a variety of paintings prints and drawings dating from the 17th century to the present day See also EditFlag FenReferences Edit Beatty Gwendoline Peterborough and District War Memorial Hospital 1928 1968 in Peterborough s Past Vol 3 pp 45 56 Peterborough Museum Society 1988 About Vivacity Vivacity Culture and Leisure retrieved 15 January 2013 Cambridgeshire including City of Peterborough Archived 21 October 2009 at the Wayback Machine Natural England retrieved 17 May 2010 Martill David M Predation on Kosmoceras by Semionotid Fish in the Middle Jurassic Lower Oxford Clay of England Archived 24 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine Journal of the Palaeontological Association Vol 33 Part 3 pp 739 742 August 1990 Grainger Margaret A Descriptive Catalogue of the John Clare Collection Peterborough Museum and Art Gallery 1973 Time Team dig up old Norman Cross Pow camp s secrets Peterborough Evening Telegraph 16 July 2009 External links EditOfficial website Peterborough Civic Society Coordinates 52 34 18 N 0 14 45 W 52 57176 N 0 2459 W 52 57176 0 2459 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Peterborough Museum and Art Gallery amp oldid 1128163544, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
