Pickford's House Museum

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Pickford's House Museum in Derby, 41 Friar Gate

Pickford's House Museum is a listed town house in the style of Georgian architecture in Derby , which the architect Joseph Pickford (1734–1782) built for himself and his family in 1770 . It is owned by the city and administered by the city council.

The museum, opened in 1988, shows the historical furnishings of the house over the last 250 years, there is also a gallery for temporary exhibitions and a collection of paper theaters from around 1800.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Pickford's House. Derby Museums (accessed March 1, 2017).
  2. ↑ 41, FRIAR GATE. Entry in the English List of Monuments on Historic England (accessed March 1, 2017).

Coordinates: 52 ° 55 ′ 26.9 ″  N , 1 ° 29 ′ 9.5 ″  W.