Museums and galleries

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Herefordshire Heritage Services operates five sites across the county and Museum on the Move, a mobile museum, we also support the independent museums in the county through our Museum Development Officer scheme.  Three of our sites are in the county town of Hereford - these are Hereford Museum and Art Gallery, the Old House and the new Museum Resource and Learning Centre (opened in 2008), our other centres are the Market House Visitor Centre in Ross on Wye and Ledbury Heritage Centre.  Admission to museums, galleries and heritage centres is free of charge, charges apply for some events and special services.

For information on how to find any of the museums (including maps) please follow the links above to the relevant pages.
 

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The county museum collections of some 100,000 items are now all housed at the Museum Resource & Learning Centre, this building also acts as the service headquarters.  Our staff and services are divided into three main areas of work - Visitor Services, delivering the service to the public,  Collections and Access, curating and caring for the collections and providing access to them and Learning, providing learning opportunities.

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Please navigate through the menu on the left hand side of this page to see details of the individual sites and areas we work in.  For the exhibitions and events, see the events page for details.  The current major temporary exhibition is listed on the Hereford Museum and Art Gallery page. We look forward to welcoming you soon and hope you enjoy your visit.

01432 260692

herefordmuseums@herefordshire.gov.uk

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Herefordshire Heritage Services are one of the partners of The Marches Network - a group of museums across the region who work together to develop and demonstrate the value of museums. More information can be found by visiting the Network's website at: http://marchesnetwork.org.uk/2011/09/29/welcome/

 

Herefordshire Heritage Services are also pleased to support the work of the Victoria County History Group for the area. Please see their website for more details:
http://www.victoriacountyhistory.ac.uk/counties/herefordshire