Newark-on-Trent by Andrew Nicholson

Artefactual

Newark Town Hall.
Newark Town Hall.

Newark Museums Service has over 70,000 items in its collection with social history being a prominent theme. The Resource Centre (based near Newark North Gate station) offers a research service that provides access to objects and archives that are not on display.

The National Civil War Centre opened in the Old Magnus Building on Appleton Gate in May 2015. The £5.4 million centre was built by Newark and Sherwood District Council and aims to tell 'the story of the brutal 17th century clash between Crown and Parliament in compelling new detail'.

Newark Town Hall Museum and Art Gallery, as well as being the home of Newark Town Council, opened a fully accredited Civic Museum in September 1999. The collections include: