| Nottingham is lively city, full of music and entertainment, | | | | produces award-winning organic flour. Visitors to |
| as well as history and culture. For those looking for a | | | | Green's Windmill and Science Centre, founded 1985, |
| day of art or history appreciation, and the quiet | | | | can observe the workings of the mill and learn about |
| restoration that it can bring, the city has a variety of | | | | the history and current production of flour. There is |
| museums and art galleries. | | | | also a hands-on Science Centre which explores some |
| The free Angel Row Gallery at the Central Library | | | | of the concepts Green studied during his lifetime. There |
| showcases contemporary works by living artists. Most | | | | are interactive displays on electricity, light and |
| shows are experimental and thought-provoking in | | | | magnetism which are geared towards children. |
| nature, and usually include some interactive exhibits for | | | | The Natural History Museum was founded in 1867 and |
| children and families alongside the more contemplative | | | | showcases the collections of local and international |
| displays. There are also a number of workshops, | | | | naturalists. It was moved into its own buildings at |
| lectures, and courses available through the gallery. | | | | University College (now the University of Nottingham) in |
| The first municipal art gallery in the United Kingdom | | | | 1881, was closed during the war, then relocated to the |
| was the Midland Counties Museum of Art, founded in | | | | largely unsuitable Wollaton Hall in 1926. It holds over |
| 1872. In 1878 moved into Nottingham Castle, finally | | | | three quarters of a million specimens of fossils, |
| refurbished by noted local architect Thomas | | | | minerals, insects, plants, and vertebrate and |
| Chambers Hine after it was burned and gutted by | | | | invertebrate animals. The Nottingham Biological and |
| rioters angry at the Duke of Newcastle in 1831. The | | | | Geological Records Centre is also housed at the |
| gallery, with its name changed to "Nottingham Art | | | | museum. |
| Museum" and then to "Museum and Art Gallery, | | | | Newstead Abbey was the home of the Byron family. |
| Nottingham Castle" grew quickly through public | | | | The estate and its Byron Museum were donated to |
| donations, and now hoses a world class collection of | | | | the city of Nottingham by Sir Julien Cahn in 1931. It has |
| archaeological items and antiquities, an ethnographical | | | | information and memorabilia about the famous poet |
| collection, ceramics, paintings, prints, and drawings, silver, | | | | Lord Byron, the related families Byron, Wildman and |
| armour, and Venetian glass. It has many children's | | | | Webb, and archival and archaeological information |
| exhibitions, and frequent tours through the numerous | | | | about Newstead Priory and the Newstead Estate. |
| manmade caves, tunnels, dungeons and wine cellars | | | | A Canal Museum was opened in 1981, but closed and |
| delved deep under the castle's sandstone foundations. | | | | transferred its collections to the National Boat Museum |
| The Castle Museum is now associated with the | | | | in 1998. |
| Nottingham School of Art. | | | | The 500-acre Wollaton Park and the impressive Tudor |
| There are also numerous private art galleries and art | | | | mansion Wollaton Hall (built by Robert Smythson in the |
| dealers throughout Nottingham, especially in the Lace | | | | 1500s, and once owned by the Willoughby family) |
| Market district. The Lakeside Arts Centre provides | | | | were purchased by the city in 1925. The estate was |
| visual art in addition to music, dance and theatre. | | | | briefly taken over by the military during World War II, |
| The Museum of Nottingham Life at Brewhouse Yard | | | | and the museum collections housed there were |
| is a fascinating collection of information about | | | | temporarily forced to move. A classic Doric Temple |
| everyday life in the city over the last three hundred | | | | stands in the deer park, and the Grade 1 Listed |
| years. The Brewhouse Yard was once a tiny village | | | | Camellia house is also part of the complex. The estate |
| of twenty houses, including the renowned "Trip to | | | | has been undergoing thorough restoration throughout |
| Jerusalem" pub which dates back to the 11th century, | | | | 2006, with some portions closed to the public. |
| and several underground dwellings carved into the | | | | Wollaton Park was later used to house the Industrial |
| sandstone bluff, which were used as air raid shelters | | | | Museum which preserved the important history of the |
| during World War II. Since 1977, five of the 17th century | | | | manufacturing and processing of textiles, lace, wool, |
| cottages from the village have been refurbished to | | | | bicycles, pharmaceuticals, telecommunications, steam |
| hold the historical collection of the Museum. Each | | | | engines, agricultural machinery and other manufacturing |
| cottage holds a reconstruction of Edwardian and | | | | in the area. It also has a fine transport collection, with |
| Victorian households or shop settings from days gone | | | | Baskerville coaches and other historical items. |
| by, as well as displays of antique photographs, | | | | The similar Museum of Costume and Textiles was |
| paintings, machinery and more. | | | | opened in Castlegate in 1976, but closed to the public in |
| Mathematical physicist George Green built a windmill in | | | | 2003, although the collections are still viewable by |
| the 19th century, and it is still a working mill which | | | | appointment. |