The Museum collections
These are under custody of Herefordshire Council and include over 180,000 pieces of historic interest. Some are kept on display at Museum and Art Gallery in Broad Street, or at the Old House in High Town, Hereford. But the majority are held in optimised conditions at the History Store in Friar Street, Hereford.
The Museum Staff
The museum staff have professional and specialist skills to care for the collections, and wide experience from their posts prior to joining the Herefordshire Team. Currently they are working on their plans for the various collections to be shown to their best advantage in the redeveloped facility. They prepare exhibitions and events at the other buildings open and have been involved in opening access to people whose needs may differ, all part of their regular working to show the best, to the best effect. They work a lot of the time behind the scenes and the fruits of their labours will become apparent as various projects come into existence. Do keep up with their social media posts and via news updates on this site for events, new initiatives and progress on the Broad Street building.
Independent Museums in Herefordshire
There are also a large number of independent Museums in Herefordshire. In Hereford itself these include Belmont Abbey, the Museum of Cider, Hereford Light Infantry Museum, Hereford Society of Model Engineers, Mappa Mundi and Chained Library as part of the cathedral, Mayor’s Parlour, St John Medieval Museum, Chapel and Coningsby Hospital, and the Waterworks Museum. Find more details here.
