 Museum of Lincolnshire Life in 2010 | |
  Lincolnshire | |
| Established | 1969 |
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| Location | Lincoln |
| Coordinates | 53°14′16″N0°32′40″W / 53.2379°N 0.5444°W /53.2379; -0.5444 |
| Type | Local history museum |
| Website | www |
TheMuseum of Lincolnshire Life is a museum inLincoln,Lincolnshire, in theUK. The museum collection is a varied social history that reflects and celebrates the culture of the county of Lincolnshire and its people from 1750 to the present day. Exhibits illustrate commercial, domestic, agricultural, industrial and community life.[1] The story of theRoyal Lincolnshire Regiment andLincolnshire Yeomanry is explained and illustrated by a variety of methods.[2]
The museum was established at theOld Barracks on Burton Road in June 1969.[3] Management of the museum was transferred toLincolnshire County Council in 1974.[3]
The museum has a collection of tanks. It thought that it housed one of the firsttanks developed during theFirst World War by the local firm ofWilliam Foster & Co. of Lincoln. Thetank was believed to be named "Flirt II", aMark IV Female; however during the filming of inside the tank for the museum's new digital tour guides, a different serial number was discovered than the one that was expected. This led to the discovery that this tank was called "Daphne" and not "Flirt II". They were two completely different tanks. Research has shown that she was issued to the 12th Company,D Battalion of theTank Corps. She was mentioned in regimental diaries as having been involved in the attacks atPasschendaele in August 1917.[4]
The museum also has exhibits featuring recreations of old shops, house interiors along with an extensive collection of early farm machinery, with examples of machines built by local companies, such as theField Marshall tractor built inGainsborough, byMarshall, Sons & Co.[5]
Two earlyRuston-Bucyrusexcavators are on display in the yard, an RB4 of 1929 and an RB17 of 1937.[6]
