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Galleries of Justice Museum

01159520555 Shire Hall, High Pavement,
NOTTINGHAM, NG1 1HN view on map
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Based at Nottingham’s old courthouse and gaol, there are many ways to explore the Galleries of Justice Museum, with free exhibitions, audio & performance led tours and a themed café. Whatever you choose, you will be delving in to the dark and disturbing past of Britain’s crime and punishment!

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This historic site - in the heart of the City`s Lace Market - was in use as courts and prisons from the 1780s to the 1980s - although there has been a court on the site since at least 1375 and a prison since 1449. Over the centuries, thousands of people have entered the building with a sense of dread for their future - as many would have been imprisoned, sentenced, and sometimes, even publicly executed on the gallows of the front steps ... Today, this authenticity and history have helped to create a unique award winning Museum ... `Where the Future meets the Past` ... From the Galleries of Justice, with its atmospheric and exciting interactive exhibitions and tours, through to the Citizen`s Zone, which provides an innovative national and regional Citizenship and Crime Reduction learning resource - covering social and moral rights and responsibilities, community involvement and legal literacy

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Gulbenkian Prize Winner 2003

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Operating Since:

1995

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A good way to enjoy a few hours learning about how convicts was treated in years gone by. Great for kids.

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Carole D.

Review Date: 18/09/2006 Report review