Chesterfield Museum & Art Gallery

Chesterfield Museum & Art Gallery is situated in the centre of Chesterfield. It is a 5 minute walk from the station and a couple of minutes walk from various car parks. It is also next door to the Pomegranate Theatre and across the road from the famous Crooked Spire. Admission is free and it is open 10-4pm mon to sat (closed wednesdays). Upon entering you will find a 14th Century windlass which was used when building the Crooked Spire. It is like a huge hamster wheel that was used to transport construction materials to the top of large buildings. You will then find a gift shop with various toys, books and historical ...  Read the complete review

Chesterfield is a very historic Town located in North East Derbyshire. Having lived in Sheffield for most of my life I did venture outside its boundaries to live in a Cottage on the outskirts of Chesterfield for a couple of years and I still have a strong affection for the Town. Walking around Chesterfield as I often still do it is difficult to miss the medieval looking buildings in the Town centre with their black and white timber frames. Even to those just quickly passing through the Town it is obvious that this place has a long and rich history. I have always had a bit of a fascination with the history of places and so it was not long before I discovered ...  Read the complete review

For a town with as much history as Chesterfield it is weird to think that it never used to have a museum at all. For years we had to rely on transient exhibitions in a room in the upstairs ofthe Tourist Information Centre. Thankfully, in 1994, a Museum and Art Gallery was opened (by Henry Sandon of Antiques Roadshow fame), and now we have a chance to show visitors a little of what has made our little town what it is today. ~~~WHERE IS IT? Chesterfield Museum can (not surprisingly) be found in the centre of the North Derbyshire town of Chesterfield! More precisely it is housed in the beautiful and historic Stephenson Memorial Hall on St. Mary's Gate ...  Read the complete review