The Collection - Lincoln (2011) Edition - Lincoln, UK
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The Collection is the county museum and gallery for Lincolnshire in England. It is an amalgamation of the Usher Gallery and the City and County Museum.
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Location: East Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 07/18/2023
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"The museum part of the enterprise is housed in a new, purpose-built building close by the Usher Gallery in the city of Lincoln.
History
The Collection has existed since 2005. It is a merger between the Usher Gallery, that was established in 1927, and the City and County Museum, that was founded in 1906. The first curator of the Lincoln City and County Museum was Arthur Smith (1869–1947), who was born in Leicester and raised in Grimsby and who was interested in natural history. After being appointed curator, he moved to Lincoln. He became the (honorary) secretary of the Lincolnshire Naturalists' Union (LNU), and acquired important collections, for example from J.E. Mason (Heteroptera, bugs), W. Wallace (Diptera, flies) and G.W. Mason (Lepidoptera, butterflies). The Museum also acquired important collections of bird specimen, for instance from George Henry Caton Haigh.
Smith retired as curator in 1935. He moved away from Lincoln and died in 1947."
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"Lincoln is a cathedral city and district in Lincolnshire, England, of which it is the county town. In the 2021 Census, the Lincoln district had a population of 103,813. The 2011 census gave the urban area of Lincoln, including North Hykeham and Waddington, a population of 115,000, a figure which has been updated to 127,540 with the 2021 census."
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