Museum on the Move

Museum on the Move is an award winning mobile museum, which is run by Herefordshire Heritage Services in partnership with Shropshire County Council's Museum Service. Museum on the Move exists to provide access to our museum collections for different communities in the county.

For 2011 an exciting "hands-on" exhibition suitable for all ages Our Changing World: The Dinosaur, the Dodo and the Dormouse. This exhibition explores the way in which our planet has changed and also how the creatures that inhabit the planet also change. Why do some creatures become extinct and some survive, is one of the many questions explored in the new exhibition for 2011. This exhibition will give visitors a local perspective on global changes. The fully accessible bus also comes with friendly, knowledgeable staff to help visitors to get the most from their visit.

Museum on the Move will be touring Herefordshire at the following times: Tuesday 7th June - Friday 5th August, Tuesday 1st November 2011 - Friday 24th February 2012.

Herefordshire Heritage Services are one of the partners in The Marches Network - more information on the Network can be found by clicking this link

Museum in a bus

Museum on the Move open drawer with interpreter

Open drawers to find fossils,woolly mammoths and dinosaurs. Dress up as a palaeontologist. Discover the tales of natures survivors from crocodiles to snakes and cockroaches. Find out about how species are fighting for survival today from the red squirrel to water voles. Discover the difference between normal extinction and mass extinction. Find out what you can do to help.

Our Changing World: the Dinosaur, the Dodo and the Dormouse. An interactive multi-sensory exhibition

An interactive multi-sensory exhibition, exploring the nature of our changing world in the past and also today, using objects from museum collections. Discover which species are fighting for their survival in your local area and how the changing nature of planet earth has affected species through time. Understand extinction: discover the difference between mass extinctions and normal extinction. Find out about the amazing creatures that once inhabited our planet and make your choice about which species should survive and which should go.

A Museum on Your Doorstep!

Museum on the Move in High Town, Hereford

The mobile museum is the museum which visits you - direct to your parish, ward or school. The exhibition comes with 2 staff to interpret the exhibition for visitors: all we need from you is space to park. Just some of the previous users of the service are day care centres, village fetes, after-school clubs, Brownie meetings, festivals, history societies and youth clubs.

For details about our prices or to book, phone the museum on 01432 383595 or 01432 383599.