Museum of Costume and Textiles

Nottingham has been the centre of lace and textile production for hundreds of years. This museum displays costumes and textiles from 1790 to 1935 in a wonderful set of period rooms. The museum is situated in a row of 17th century houses and this gives the whole museum a feeling of looking into the past. There are six main rooms (on two floors) in the museum and you walk through the museum in the chronological order of the costumes. The displays are all in glass cabinets or room settings. The room settings are very authentic with all of the furniture etc. from the same period as the costumes, with the costumes on full size dummies. This is a very quiet ...