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}}'''Prescot Museum''' is a [[local museum]] in [[Prescot]], [[England]]. The museum focuses on topics relating to the history of [[Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley|Knowsley,]] its people and local industries such as coalmining and watchmaking. In 2012 the museum building was purchased by the [[Shakespeare North|Shakespeare North Trust]] and its contents now reside in Prescot Shopping Centre.<ref>{{Cite news|last=|first=|date=7 January 2015|title=What’s Happening to Prescot’s Buildings?|work=Prescot Online|url=https://prescotonline.co.uk/index.php/2015/01/07/whats-happening-to-prescots-buildings/|url-status=live|access-date=13 February 2021}}</ref>
}}'''Prescot Museum''' is a [[local museum]] in [[Prescot]], [[England]]. The museum focuses on topics relating to the history of [[Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley|Knowsley]], its people and local industries such as coalmining and watchmaking. In 2012 the museum building was purchased by the [[Shakespeare North|Shakespeare North Trust]] and its contents now reside in Prescot Shopping Centre.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|last=|first=|date=7 January 2015|title=What's Happening to Prescot's Buildings?|work=Prescot Online|url=https://prescotonline.co.uk/index.php/2015/01/07/whats-happening-to-prescots-buildings/|access-date=13 February 2021}}</ref>


== History ==
== History ==
The previously named ''Prescot Museum of Clock and Watch Making'' was opened 29 April 1982 by historian [[A. J. P. Taylor]]<ref>{{Cite book|last=Moore|first=Kevin|title=Management in Museums|publisher=Bloomsbury Academic|year=1999|isbn=9780485900088|location=|pages=134}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=|first=|title=The Museums Journal - Volumes 83-85|publisher=Museums Association|year=1983|isbn=|location=|pages=211}}</ref> as a special interest museum dedicated to the area's local involvement in the manufacture of timepieces. Later the museum expanded its collection to textiles, [[numismatics]] and [[Militaria|militaria.]]
The previously named ''Prescot Museum of Clock and Watch Making'' was opened 29 April 1982 by historian [[A. J. P. Taylor]]<ref>{{Cite book|last=Moore|first=Kevin|title=Management in Museums|publisher=Bloomsbury Academic|year=1999|isbn=9780485900088|location=|pages=134}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=|first=|title=The Museums Journal - Volumes 83-85|publisher=Museums Association|year=1983|isbn=|location=|pages=211}}</ref> as a special interest museum dedicated to the area's local involvement in the manufacture of timepieces. Later the museum expanded its collection to textiles, [[numismatics]] and [[militaria]].<ref name=":0" />


== Exhibits ==
== Exhibits ==
Currently the museum holds a total of 4,000 objects; most of which being photographs and [[ephemera]]. Larger items include costumes, tools, clock movements and various types of pottery.
Currently the museum holds a total of 4,000 objects; most of which being photographs and [[ephemera]]. Larger items include costumes, tools, clock movements and various types of pottery.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Prescot Museum|url=https://artuk.org/visit/venues/prescot-museum-3610|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=13 February 2021|website=[[Art UK]]}}</ref>


== Museum Building ==
== Museum Building ==
The building in which the museum formerly resided is a [[Grade II listed]] Georgian Townhouse
The building in which the museum formerly resided was a Georgian Townhouse that became [[Grade II listed]] in 1987.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Prescot Museum|url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1075500|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=13 February 2021|website=[[Historic England]]}}</ref>


== References ==
== References ==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
[https://www.prescotmuseum.org.uk/ Prescot Museum website]
* [https://www.prescotmuseum.org.uk/ Prescot Museum website]


[[Category:Museums in Merseyside]]
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[[Category:Prescot]]

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Prescot Museum
Previous museum building on Church Street
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Former name
Derby Museum
Established1982 (1982)
LocationPrescot, Knowsley, England, United Kingdom
Coordinates53°25′43″N 2°48′13″W / 53.4285051°N 2.8035843°W / 53.4285051; -2.8035843
Websitewww.prescotmuseum.org.uk

Prescot Museum is a local museum in Prescot, England. The museum focuses on topics relating to the history of Knowsley, its people and local industries such as coalmining and watchmaking. In 2012 the museum building was purchased by the Shakespeare North Trust and its contents now reside in Prescot Shopping Centre.[1]

History

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The previously named Prescot Museum of Clock and Watch Making was opened 29 April 1982 by historian A. J. P. Taylor[2][3] as a special interest museum dedicated to the area's local involvement in the manufacture of timepieces. Later the museum expanded its collection to textiles, numismatics and militaria.[1]

Exhibits

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Currently the museum holds a total of 4,000 objects; most of which being photographs and ephemera. Larger items include costumes, tools, clock movements and various types of pottery.[1][4]

Museum Building

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The building in which the museum formerly resided was a Georgian Townhouse that became Grade II listed in 1987.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "What's Happening to Prescot's Buildings?". Prescot Online. 7 January 2015. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
  2. ^ Moore, Kevin (1999). Management in Museums. Bloomsbury Academic. p. 134. ISBN 9780485900088.
  3. ^ The Museums Journal - Volumes 83-85. Museums Association. 1983. p. 211.
  4. ^ "Prescot Museum". Art UK. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
  5. ^ "Prescot Museum". Historic England. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
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