National Justice Museum
The National Justice Museum is an independent museum on High Pavement in the Lace Market area of Nottingham, England. The museum is housed in a former Victorian courtroom, prison, and police station and is therefore a historic site where an individual could be arrested, tried, sentenced and executed.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Opening hours: Monday and Friday—Sunday 10:00 AM—4:00 PM
- Email: info@nationaljusticemuseum.org.uk
- Type: Museum
- Description: museum housed in a former courtroom, gaol and police station in Nottingham, England, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “County Gaol”, “Galleries of Justice”, “Galleries of Justice Museum”, “Nottingham Shire Hall”, “Shire Hall”, “Shire Hall and County Gaol”, and “Shire Hall, Nottingham”
- Address: High Pavement, Nottingham, NG1 1HN
- Wheelchair access: limited
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St Mary’s Church and Lace Market Theatre.
St Mary’s Church
Church
Photo: Roy Hughes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Church of St Mary the Virgin is the oldest parish church of Nottingham, in Nottinghamshire, England. The church is Grade I listed by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport as a building of outstanding architectural or historic interest. St Mary’s Church is situated 340 feet northeast of National Justice Museum.
Lace Market Theatre
Theater building
Photo: David Hallam-Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Lace Market Theatre is a small, independent amateur theatre in the Lace Market area of Nottingham city centre. Lace Market Theatre is situated 380 feet north of National Justice Museum.
Nottingham Contemporary
Art gallery
Photo: John Sutton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Nottingham Contemporary is a contemporary art centre in the Lace Market area of Nottingham, England. The gallery opened in 2009. The gallery describes its site as being "the oldest in the city", having been the site of a Saxon fort. Nottingham Contemporary is situated 340 feet northwest of National Justice Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lace Market and Hockley.
Lace Market
Neighborhood
Photo: Alan Murray-Rust, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Lace Market is a historic quarter-mile square area in the centre of Nottingham, England. It was once the centre of the world's lace industry and was an area of salesrooms and warehouses for storing, displaying and selling the lace.
Hockley
Quarter
Photo: Alan Murray-Rust, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hockley is an area near the city centre of Nottingham, England. It lies adjacent to the Lace Market area and contains multiple well-preserved Victorian buildings.
The Meadows
Suburb
Photo: Stephen McKay, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Meadows or Meadows is an area of Nottingham, England, south of the city centre, close to the River Trent and connected to West Bridgford in the Borough of Rushcliffe by Trent Bridge and the Wilford Suspension Bridge.
National Justice Museum
- Categories: charitable organization, independent museum, building, tourism, public building, and tourist attraction
- Location: Nottingham, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.95071° or 52° 57′ 3″ northLongitude
-1.1444° or 1° 8′ 40″ westLevels
5Open location code
9C4WXV24+76OpenStreetMap ID
way 265885272OpenStreetMap feature
building=publicOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=limitedWikidata ID
Q5518971
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In Other Languages
From French to Italian—“National Justice Museum” goes by many names.
- French: “musée national de la justice”
- French: “Musée national de la justice”
- Italian: “Gallerie del museo di giustizia”
- Italian: “Gallerie del Museo di Giustizia”
- Italian: “Shire Hall di Nottingham”
- Italian: “Shire Hall”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Governors House and (former) County Gaol.
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