Brewhouse
Yard Museum (photo - left)
The row of houses alongside the museum recreates the daily life of
Nottingham in the 17th to 19th century. The caves connected to the museum,
which are hewn into the castle rock, once served as workshops.
Museum & Art Gallery
Since 1878 Nottingham Castle has housed the
Nottingham Museum and Art Gallery. Among its treasures there are some
beautiful Anglo-Saxon brooches (sixth century); medieval ceramics and
alabaster carvings; Nottingham stoneware from the 17th and 18th century,
including a "love goblet" of 1679; English household silver; drinking
glasses of the 17th and 18th century; an ethnographic gallery (including
New Zealand jade jewelry, Burmese bronze statues, Indo-Persian steelware);
a collection devoted to the Sherwood Foresters regiment and the fighter
pilot, Albert Ball (1896-1917). The picture collection in the Long Gallery
includes works by Charles le Brun, Richard Wilson, William Dyce, Marcus
Stone, Ben Nicholson and Epstein.
Ye
Old Trip to Jerusalem (photo - right)
"Ye Old Trip to Jerusalem" in Castle Road, dates from the 12th century and
ranks as the oldest inn in England. Long-standing tradition and a
welcoming atmosphere are combined here in typically British fashion.
Museum of Costume and Textiles
The costume museum in Castle Gate contains valuable lacework, Renaissance-style
embroidery and notable 17th century wall coverings which were manufactured
in Nottinghamshire.
Nottingham was a major center for machine made lace, used in both costume
and home furnishings in the 19th and 20th centuries.
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Brewhouse
Yard Museum (photo - left)
Ye
Old Trip to Jerusalem (photo - right)
