Pickford’s House Museum

Pickford's House Museum of Georgian Life and Costume is in , England. It is named after architect Joseph Pickford, who built it as his family home in 1763-65. It was opened as a museum in 1988. The building is Grade I listed.
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  • Type: Museum
  • Description: Historic house museum in Derby, United Kingdom
  • Also known as: “Pickford’s House”
  • Address: Friar Gate, Derby, DE1 1DA

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Derby Museum and Art Gallery and Derby Gaol.

Museum
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is a and art gallery in , England. It was established in 1879, along with Derby Central Library, in a new building designed by Richard Knill Freeman and given to Derby by Michael Thomas Bass. is situated 1,400 feet southeast of Pickford’s House Museum.

Museum
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The term historically refers to the five jails in , England. Today, the term usually refers to one of two small 'tourist attractions', the jail which stood on Friar Gate from 1756 to 1846 and the cells of which still exist and are open to the public.

Museum
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, formerly known as Derby Industrial Museum, is a museum of industry and history in , England. The museum is located on the former site of Lombe's Mill, a historic silk mill which marks the southern end of the World Heritage Site. is situated 2,300 feet east of Pickford’s House Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cathedral Quarter and New Zealand.

Neighborhood
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The is one of five areas within city centre, based around the name of the . It is bound by St Alkmund's Way and Ford Street to the north and west, the River Derwent to the east, and Albert Street, Victoria Street, Wardwick and Friargate to the south.

Neighborhood
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is an inner-city suburb of in , England. It is surrounded by the Mackworth Estate, Rowditch and The West End suburbs. also incorporates an area called the Morley Estate.

Suburb
, also known as Chester Green after the area of open parkland at its centre, is a suburb of the city of , in , England. It is located approximately 0.6 miles north of the city centre, on the east bank of the River Derwent.

Pickford’s House Museum

Latitude
52.92435° or 52° 55′ 28″ north
Longitude
-1.48592° or 1° 29′ 9″ west
Operator
Derby City Council
Open location code
9C4WWGF7+PJ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 111553281
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Wiki­data ID
Q839065
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In Other Languages

From Bashkir to Ukrainian—“Pickford’s House Museum” goes by many names.
  • Bashkir: “Пикфорд йорт-музейы”
  • Belarusian: “Дом-музей Пікфарда”
  • Belarusian: “Дом-музэй Пікфарда”
  • Catalan: “Pickford’s House Museum”
  • Czech: “Pickford’s House Museum”
  • Danish: “Pickford’s House Museum”
  • Dutch: “Pickford’s House Museum”
  • Esperanto: “Dom-muzeo de Pickford”
  • Finnish: “Pickford House Museum”
  • French: “musée de la maison de Joseph Pickford”
  • French: “Musée de la maison de Joseph Pickford”
  • French: “Pickford’s House Museum”
  • Galician: “Pickford’s House Museum”
  • German: “Pickford’s House Museum”
  • Greek: “Οικία - Μουσείο Πίκφορντ”
  • Indonesian: “Museum Rumah Pickford”
  • Italian: “Pickford’s House Museum”
  • Japanese: “ピックフォードハウス博物館”
  • Javanese: “Muséum Griya Pickford”
  • Javanese: “Musiyum Griya Pickford”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Pickford’s House Museum”
  • Norwegian: “Pickford’s House Museum”
  • Russian: “Дом-музей Пикфорда”
  • Slovak: “Pickford’s House Museum”
  • Spanish: “Pickford’s House Museum”
  • Swedish: “Pickford’s House Museum”
  • Turkish: “Pickford Ev Müzesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Будинок-музей Пікфорда”

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Highlights include Friar Gate Bridge and Agard Court.

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