Preston Park Museum and Grounds

Preston Hall, which stands in 100 acres of parkland, was originally opened as a museum and park by Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council in 1953. Following refurbishment in 2012, it is able to display a wide range of the 90,000-plus items in the Stockton Museum Services’ collection and concentrates on six themes: a Victorian winter garden; the Hall and its people; collectors and collecting; the River Tees; Clocking Off, an investigation of working life; and 1895 – The Victorian Street, a major recreation of Victorian society.