NCCL Galleries of Justice

High Pavement
Lace Market
Nottingham
Nottinghamshire
NG1 1HN
England

Website

Visitor Attraction and Corporate website

www.nccl.org.uk

E-mail

General enquiries

info@nccl.org.uk

Schools and Colleges

learning@nccl.org.uk

Projects

laura.dean@nccl.org.uk

Curatorial/Archival enquiries

bev.baker@nccl.org.uk

Telephone

0115 952 0555

Fax

0115 993 9828

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
NCCL Galleries of Justice
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The NCCL Galleries of Justice is a museum and heritage site housed in the old Shire Hall in Nottingham’s Lace Market and made up of a range of Victorian courtrooms, an 18th century prison and Edwardian Police station. For centuries citizens of the local community were locked up in the prison, stripped of their civil liberties in the courtroom and sometimes lost their lives, on the gallows of the front steps.

Venue Type:

Museum, Historic house or home

Opening hours

Please check the website for current and updated opening times

September-April
Tues-Sun 1000-1700
Last admission 16.00

October-March
Tues-Sun 10.00-16.00
Last admisson 15.00

Closed: Mondays (except Bank Holiday Mondays and Nottinghamshire holidays)
Christmas & New Year

Admission charges

Adults: £8.95
Children and Concessions: £6.95
Family: £24.95

General services and facilities
  • Brochure or leaflet available with directions to museum
  • General audio-guide available
  • Pre-booking service for groups
  • Cafeteria
  • Refreshments
  • Shop
Children and families
  • Events and resources for children and families
  • Baby changing facilities
Disability access
  • Events/teaching/resources for people with disabilities
  • Induction loops in exhibition spaces
  • Touch exhibits
  • Toilets for disabled
  • Wheelchair access to some public areas
Schools services and facilities
  • Direct teaching services for schools
  • Member of staff available with responsibility for education
  • Primary school education service available
  • Printed/audio-visual information available for schools
  • Secondary school education service available
  • Education facilities available
  • Reception and lunch facilities for educational groups
Research and adult learning
  • Academic publications and resources available
  • Teaching/resources available for HE/FE students
  • Library
  • Research facilities for academics
  • Study facilities
Commercial and hire services
  • Facilities for private functions and events
  • Meeting room available

High Pavement
Lace Market
Nottingham
Nottinghamshire
NG1 1HN
England

Website

Visitor Attraction and Corporate website

www.nccl.org.uk

E-mail

General enquiries

info@nccl.org.uk

Schools and Colleges

learning@nccl.org.uk

Projects

laura.dean@nccl.org.uk

Curatorial/Archival enquiries

bev.baker@nccl.org.uk

Telephone

0115 952 0555

Fax

0115 993 9828

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.

Collection details

Archives, Costume and Textiles, Law and Order, Social History, Weapons and War

Collections services

  • Object identification and/or written enquiry service
  • Public access available to collections information
  • Object study facilities available (enquire in advance)

High Pavement
Lace Market
Nottingham
Nottinghamshire
NG1 1HN
England

Website

Visitor Attraction and Corporate website

www.nccl.org.uk

E-mail

General enquiries

info@nccl.org.uk

Schools and Colleges

learning@nccl.org.uk

Projects

laura.dean@nccl.org.uk

Curatorial/Archival enquiries

bev.baker@nccl.org.uk

Telephone

0115 952 0555

Fax

0115 993 9828

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
Resources listed here may include websites, bookable tours and workshops, books, loan boxes and more. You may need to scroll down or click on headers to see them all.
Face to face resources

Contemporary mock trial: Paul's story

A young graffiti artist has been charged with criminal damage. The trial helps young people understand the workings of the Youth Court and the Young Offender’s Panel and how crime can affect everyone it touches from the offender, to his family and the victim.

Contemporary mock trial: Scott Green

As a result of a party at his girlfriends Scott finds himself charged with supplying drugs. This Crown Court trial explores the law relating to drugs and so deals with citizenship, personal, social and health issues.

Mock trial: Luddites in the dock

It is 1812. Revolutionary new machines are appearing in textile mills all over the North of England. The threat to jobs has led to violent night-time raids by Luddites who fear poverty and unemployment. Daniel Diggle stands charged with attempted murder after his ex-employer was shot and left for dead… Found guilty, was justice done by Diggle or was he set up? What will your jury decide?

Mock trial: Reform Bill Rioters in the Dock

It is 1831. England is in uproar as the Reform Bill riots erupt all over the country. In Nottingham the castle lies in ashes. Reform Bill rioters pack the cells of the gaol and Valentine Marshall stands trial as a ringleader. Guilty! He was transported to Australia. Was justice done or did politics prevail? Will your jury give Marshall a fairer hearing the second time round?

Mock trial: Suffragettes in the Dock

It is March 1914. The Suffragettes have been campaigning for equal rights for women since 1903. Three Suffragettes are charged with inciting a riot after their peaceful protest got out of hand. Found guilty, were they made an example of because of their beliefs or did they get a fair trial? What will your jury do? Be sympathetic to their cause or treat them as a threat to society?

Narrow Marsh: Queen Victoria's Back Yard

Narrow Marsh is a dramatic interpretation of Victorian life where children will be intrigued, excited and surprised. Step inside our Victorian narrative and become one of the characters who lived and worked in Narrow Marsh, exploring the space through interactive activities, drama and role-play.
During your visit your group will become Victorian children discovering clues about their characters, acting out events and scenarios and making choices and decisions along the way. They will use their imagination to create their own experiences of Victorian Nottingham; developing and challenging their understanding of the period.

Object handling

Support your visit to Narrow Marsh with an object handling session where pupils can feel, explore and try on a wide selection of objects and items on a crime & punishment theme. Children will develop their skills of historical enquiry and investigation as they engage with our handling collection.

Reform School

Journey back into the 19th century and experience the strict regime of a Victorian Reformatory School. How will your group cope with a lesson with the stony faced Miss Price.

Victorian children mock trial

Was it hunger or greed? Re-enact the trials of real life child criminals in our imposing Victorian Courtroom and decide for yourselves. Pupils will have an insight into the darker side of Victorian society as they take a look through the eyes of judge, jury, victim and accused.

face to face resources

Evening Ghost Tours

http://www.galleriesofjustice.org.uk/visitor_attraction/index.asp?getpage=true&sid=59

Following the success of our overnight ghost investigations we will be holding an evening Ghost Tour on the first Monday of every month. Group bookings are also welcome.

How to obtain

Evening Ghost Tour costs £8.95 per person. Booking is essential. For more information please email Gina Thomson on gina.thomson@galleriesofjustice.org.uk or call 0115 9520555.

High Pavement
Lace Market
Nottingham
Nottinghamshire
NG1 1HN
England

Website

Visitor Attraction and Corporate website

www.nccl.org.uk

E-mail

General enquiries

info@nccl.org.uk

Schools and Colleges

learning@nccl.org.uk

Projects

laura.dean@nccl.org.uk

Curatorial/Archival enquiries

bev.baker@nccl.org.uk

Telephone

0115 952 0555

Fax

0115 993 9828

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
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