Chesterfield Museum and Art Gallery
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Chesterfield Museum and Art Gallery is a local museum
and art gallery
in the town of Chesterfield
, Derbyshire
, England
.
The museum, established in 1994, presents the history of Chesterfield from its origins as a Roman
fort to the present. It is located on St Mary's Gate in the Stephenson Memorial Hall, dating from 1879 and originally built as a mechanics institute. The hall was named in honour of the British railway pioneer George Stephenson
and the museum has a small collection of objects relating to Stephenson and his family. The museum is close to the Church of St Mary and All Saints, the parish church, with its distinctive crooked spire.
Chesterfield Museum is owned and operated by Chesterfield Borough Council.
Local museum
A local museum is a museum that covers local history. Its collection normally includes objects with a local connection of some sort. Such museums are often small in nature and have a low budget for their running costs...
and art gallery
Art gallery
An art gallery or art museum is a building or space for the exhibition of art, usually visual art.Museums can be public or private, but what distinguishes a museum is the ownership of a collection...
in the town of Chesterfield
Chesterfield
Chesterfield is a market town and a borough of Derbyshire, England. It lies north of Derby, on a confluence of the rivers Rother and Hipper. Its population is 70,260 , making it Derbyshire's largest town...
, Derbyshire
Derbyshire
Derbyshire is a county in the East Midlands of England. A substantial portion of the Peak District National Park lies within Derbyshire. The northern part of Derbyshire overlaps with the Pennines, a famous chain of hills and mountains. The county contains within its boundary of approx...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
.
The museum, established in 1994, presents the history of Chesterfield from its origins as a Roman
Roman Britain
Roman Britain was the part of the island of Great Britain controlled by the Roman Empire from AD 43 until ca. AD 410.The Romans referred to the imperial province as Britannia, which eventually comprised all of the island of Great Britain south of the fluid frontier with Caledonia...
fort to the present. It is located on St Mary's Gate in the Stephenson Memorial Hall, dating from 1879 and originally built as a mechanics institute. The hall was named in honour of the British railway pioneer George Stephenson
George Stephenson
George Stephenson was an English civil engineer and mechanical engineer who built the first public railway line in the world to use steam locomotives...
and the museum has a small collection of objects relating to Stephenson and his family. The museum is close to the Church of St Mary and All Saints, the parish church, with its distinctive crooked spire.
Chesterfield Museum is owned and operated by Chesterfield Borough Council.