North Lincolnshire Museum (formerly known as Scunthorpe Museum) is a

local museum A local museum or local history museum is a type of museum that shows the historical development of a place/region (local history) using exhibits. These museums usually maintain a collection of historic three-dimensional objects which are exh ...

in the town of

Scunthorpe Scunthorpe () is an industrial town and unparished area in the unitary authority of North Lincolnshire in Lincolnshire, England of which it is the main administrative centre. Scunthorpe had an estimated total population of 82,334 in 2016. A pre ...

, north

Lincolnshire Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs.) is a county in the East Midlands of England, with a long coastline on the North Sea to the east. It borders Norfolk to the south-east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south-west, Leicestershire ...

England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...

Overview

The museum is on Oswald Road, near the

Scunthorpe railway station Scunthorpe railway station serves the town of Scunthorpe in North Lincolnshire, England. The station is located a short walk from the town centre, on Station Road. As one approaches the station by road, there is a pay and display car park with ...

. It is run by

North Lincolnshire Council North Lincolnshire Council is the local authority of North Lincolnshire. It is a unitary authority, having the powers of a non-metropolitan county and district council combined. It is one of fifty five unitary authorities. It provides a full rang ...

. The museum has interactive exhibits and covers archaeology, nature, the

Victorian era In the history of the United Kingdom and the British Empire, the Victorian era was the period of Queen Victoria's reign, from 20 June 1837 until her death on 22 January 1901. The era followed the Georgian period and preceded the Edwardia ...

, and war time. It is housed in the former Frodingham vicarage, built in 1874 on the site of

Frodingham Hall Frodingham was a hamlet in Lincolnshire which has grown into a suburb of Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire. Although the village lay directly to the south of what is now Scunthorpe town centre, the name Frodingham is now often used to refer to the ...

. There is also a modern extension to the museum. It re-opened in February 2016 after undergoing a £150,000 refurbishment.

Gallery

File:Scunthorpe War Memorial - geograph.org.uk - 272415.jpg, The Scunthorpe War Memorial, situated on the forecourt of the museum on Oswald Road. File:Great War Memorial Tablet, Scunthorpe - geograph.org.uk - 592403.jpg, Great War memorial tablet, set on the wall of the museum, listing the names of those employed at the Iron and Steel works who died in the

First World War World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...

. File:The Barnetby Font - geograph.org.uk - 272430.jpg, The Barnetby Font, a rare lead

baptismal font A baptismal font is an article of church furniture used for baptism. Aspersion and affusion fonts The fonts of many Christian denominations are for baptisms using a non-immersive method, such as aspersion (sprinkling) or affusion (pouring). ...

from the church of St Mary,

Barnetby-le-Wold Barnetby le Wold is a village and civil parish in North Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire, England, located between Brigg and Immingham. The village is also near Barton-upon-Humber. The population of the parish in the 2001 census was 1,593. This incr ...

, North Lincolnshire, dating from about 1170 AD, now housed in the museum. File:The Barnetby Font - Pattern Detail - geograph.org.uk - 272441.jpg, Detailed view of the Barnetby Font.

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North Lincolnshire Museum
Houses completed in 1874 Museums in Lincolnshire Local museums in Lincolnshire Buildings and structures in Scunthorpe {{UK-museum-stub

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