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Image Archive

Photographs of the local area and local people.

North Lincolnshire Museums has a collection of over 30,000 photographic negatives and prints. The collection ranges from views of the largest towns to the smallest villages. It covers a variety of themes including agriculture, industry, leisure, religion, and sport. The collection creates a comprehensive visual record of the history of North Lincolnshire from the middle of the 19th Century to the present day.

Black and white image of a residential, 1960s, tower block — Langland House in the Westcliff Estate, Ashby. Now known as Trent View House

Black and white photograph of blast furnaces. Several cylinders and chimneys with grass in foreground. — Blast furnaces, Appleby Ironworks c.1900

Black and white photograph of a tower windmill. There is a white house in the foreground. — The Mill, Scunthorpe.

To date more than 16,000 images have been digitised and were made available for purchase through the Image Archive website. The North Lincolnshire Museums Image Archive website has now closed.

The photographic collection and other records from the Museums collection are being made available on the North Lincolnshire Museums CollectionsOnline database. New records are being added all the time. If you cannot find what you are looking for digital image files can be requested using the image request form below.

North Lincolnshire Museums will no longer provide a print service. Where possible, images will be published under a Creative Commons licence and available for download free of charge for personal use.