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Purpose

The principle aim of the Museum is to maintain a wildlife education facility and to foster industrial relationships. The museum also has the aim of making people aware of the industrial heritage of Nottinghamshire.

This aim extends out to local schools and special interest groups where lectures and videos can be arranged through this website or contacting the telephone numbers listed on the Home page of this site.

 

School Video Lecture 1992

 

Facilities

The museum is situated in the Dukes Wood Nature Reserve and is in the former Geological & Geophysical Surveyors office Portacabins. It can cater for groups up to 16 and has a Video/Lecture room with Tea and Coffee facilities on site. The museum is usually open on Sunday afternoons during the summer months but can can be made available for opening by prior arrangement. The museum also consists of the five Jack Pumps (nodding donkeys) on the nature trial and the statue of the 'Oil Patch Warrior'.

 

 What you can view in the Museum

Artefacts from various aspects of the Oil Industry can be viewed on the site from real core and oil samples to photographs of the men who were involved in the UK sector and abroad. Comprehensive information on all aspects of oil exploration and production can be found here. Also there is a collection of Video shows which include:

 

Secret of Sherwood - An American made film about the Roughnecks of Sherwood forest

Sea Gem Story - The story of the first offshore hydrocarbon find and the tragic loss of the Sea Gem and some of the crew.

The Story of Pluto - The story of the wartime PipeLine Under The Ocean.

An English Oilfield - A film made by BP.

People, Petroleum, Politics - An Industrial Relations film.

West of Shetland - The story of the Foinavon field.

BP Exploration in Western Europe - A BP Film

Wildlife Adoption Project - A film from the Wildlife trusts.

As old as the hills - A film about how oil is formed.

Down a long way - A film about oil exploration.

Disasters - Flawed Gem - Another short film about the Sea Gem.

There is also a small corner dedicated to the story of HMS Amethyst from the 20th - 21st April 1949. The story known as 'The Yangtse Incident' became a film starring Richard Todd.

The present curator of the Dukes Wood museum was involved in the 'Yangtse Incident'. Also the 'Amethyst' gas field in the North sea was named after HMS Amethyst. There is also some displays of the works of the RAF Bomb Disposal and of RAF prisoners of war.

The museum also covers the ongoing preservation of the natural habitat of some of the rare species of wildlife in the UK.

 

Some famous signatures in the museum's visitors book

 

 

Contact Information

Telephone
44 1623 882446 or 44 1623 883332
Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust - 44 115 9588242
Location
Dukes Wood, Nottinghamshire, England (OS 120 NGR: SK677603)
Electronic mail
General Information or contributions: info@dukeswoodoilmuseum.co.uk
For comments or suggestions about the website only: iamyford@tiscali.co.uk
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