Brewhouse Yard Museum

The Museum of Nottingham Life, at the Brewhouse Yard Museum is centrally situated in Nottingham itself, just a few minutes walk from the Broadmarsh shopping area and Nottingham Castle. I was attracted to the museum most recently via a link from the Nottingham City Council Website. The museum appealed to me as it was described as a museum of Social History over the last 300 years, and this was in reference to Social History within Nottingham homes in particular. Entry to the museum is a very reasonable £3 per adult with concessions for children and groups. Family tickets are available for £7 to include three children, and Nottingham residents holding a Library ...

A short walk from the centre of Nottingham is the Brewhouse Yard Museum. This is a wonderful museum depicting life in Nottingham over the past 300 years. The museum is set in a row of five 17th Century cottages and is a collection of rooms with each one depicting a different aspect of local life. The rooms are set out as original rooms from Nottingham homes, or as local shops such as a chemist, a cobblers, a pawnbrokers, a music shop and a hairdressers. The items in the rooms and shops are all original and are set up in such a way to be totally realistic. In the living room you can even smell the coal burning on the open fire. At the back of the houses ...