Eyam Museum

Eyam Museum occupies a building on Hawkhill Road and tells the story of the village's encounter with bubonic plague in 1665 and 1666, when villagers chose to seal themselves off rather than let the disease spread beyond the parish. The museum was founded in 1989 and moved into its present site in 1994. It is run as an independent registered charity by a board of trustees, with a handful of paid staff supported by volunteers who staff the front desk and galleries. Displays cover the plague story alongside the village's wider social history and industrial heritage. It holds accreditation from Arts Council England. The museum opens seasonally, on a reduced weekend-only timetable either side of a main season running from late March to early November, and closes on Mondays outside bank holidays.