Our Heritage
Getting involved in heritage has the power to enrich our lives and offers the chance for communities across Newark and Sherwood to discover objects from museum collections which are not normally on display.
Mining for Stories | Tuesday 8 July 2025 - Friday 13 February 2026
Unearth local history in this unique travelling exhibition, which celebrates the former mining communities in Ollerton, Edwinstowe, and Bilsthorpe.
Hands on History Event
Open Doors in partnership with Collingham and District Local History Society and The Notts and District Guild of Weavers, Spinners, and Dyers, hosted a 'Hands on History' event on Saturday 20th January 2024. See the video below for the event's highlights.
Our Heritage celebrates the stories told by some of over 95,000 objects in our museum collections in venues across the district including Newark, Ollerton, Edwinstowe, Rainworth, Bilsthorpe and Clipstone. Watch Rebecca and Kevin Winter, our Exhibitions and Collections Assistant reveal some of the fascinating objects in the collections that inspire us today