Craven Museum has many collections, ranging from those that are regionally important, like the archaeology from Elbolton Cave, to local material from the towns and villages in Craven.

The museum also cares for the nationally important Roebuck art collection, currently on loan from the Roebuck Trust.

Other collections include geology, costume, lead mining and a broad range of social history material most dating from the 19th and early 20th century.

Museum staff deal with a wide range of enquiries related to the museum collections and to aspects of local history in general.

Identifications: museum staff can assist with identifying objects. We may sometimes have to refer identifications to other museum services who have the relevant curatorial expertise.

Loans and donations: we deal with many enquiries related to objects that have been loaned or donated to the museum.

Enquiries: we also deal with a range of other local history enquiries which link to the museum collections.