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 ex ...

in the town of

Scunthorpe Scunthorpe () is an industrial town in Lincolnshire, England, and the county's third most populous settlement after Lincoln, England, Lincoln and Grimsby, with a population of 81,286 in 2021. It is the administrative centre and largest settleme ...

North Lincolnshire North Lincolnshire is a Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area with Borough status in the United Kingdom, borough status in Lincolnshire, England. At the 2011 United Kingdom census, 2011 Census, it had a population of 167,446. T ...

England England is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is located on the island of Great Britain, of which it covers about 62%, and List of islands of England, more than 100 smaller adjacent islands. It ...

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, a local government district in the ceremonial county of Lincolnshire, England. The council is a unitary authority, being a district council which also performs the function ...

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

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, and war time. It is housed in the former Frodingham vicarage, built in 1874 on the site of Frodingham Hall. 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 or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting to ...

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

baptismal font A baptismal font is an Church architecture, ecclesiastical architectural element, which serves as a receptacle for baptismal water used for baptism, as a part of Christian initiation for both rites of Infant baptism, infant and Believer's bapti ...

from the church of St Mary,

Barnetby-le-Wold Barnetby le Wold is a village and Civil parishes in England, civil parish in North Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire, England, located between Brigg and Immingham. The village is also near Barton-upon-Humber. Barnetby railway station serves the vill ...

, 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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