Library
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The museum has an excellent library and archive, designed to enable research by both museum staff and others. Members of the public are welcome to use these facilities on a reference basis. Access is by appointment only.
The Library, which is situated in the Museum's Administration Building, contains about 25,000 books and many periodicals, covering a wide range of topics from cookery to local history, from costume to early motor cars. The archives have an equally wide scope, containing reminiscences, linguistic and folklore material, transport material, maps, plans and much more. The Library contains many notable collections, such as, the D B McNeill & Frank H W Green Collection (download McNeill-Green collection summary).
You can see a sample of one of the Folk tales in the library be clicking the link below:
Staff contact: Roger Dixon, Librarian
Tel +44 (0) 28 9042 8428
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