Herefordshire Heritage Guide - Museums

The local history society for Bromyard and District have created an enjoyable resource for people interested in learning about the heritage of the town and the surrounding area.
5 Sherford Street, Bromyard, Herefordshire, England, HR7 4DL

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Butchers Row House Museum is a small museum of Victorian life, housed in a historic timber-framed medieval cottage on cobbled Church Lane in Ledbury. The cottage used to stand on Ledbury's High Street and was one of 15 burgage houses and shops making up Butchers Row.
Church Lane, Ledbury, Herefordshire, England, HR8 1DW

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One of the more popular visitor attractions in Hereford, the Cider Museum is attached to King Offa Distillery, which produces a range of ciders and cider-based fruit liqueurs. The museum tells the story of how cider is made, tracing the process from growing apples, milling, pressing, fermenting, and bottling.
Pomona Place, Hereford, Herefordshire, England, HR4 0EF

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A modern museum on the site once occupied by the Dominican monstery of Blackfriars (so-named for the black habits traditionally worn by the Dominican monks). Blackfriars was the home of the Order of St John (the Hospitallers), the ancestor of the St John Ambulance organization.
Widemarsh Street, Hereford, Herefordshire, England, HR4 9HN

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Occupying a stunning Victorian Gothic building on Broad Street, almost opposite Hereford Cathedral, is the Hereford Museum and Art Gallery. The building has been exhibiting fine and decorative art objects with local links since 1874. Highlights include the 4th-century Kenchester Roman mosaic from a nearby villa.
Broad Street, Hereford, Herefordshire, England, HR4 9AU

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Heritage Highlight: Kenchester Roman mosaic
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The museum of the Herefordshire Light Infantry tells the compelling tale of the regiment's history from its inception as the Herefordshire Rifle Volunteers in 1860, through its involvement in such historic campaigns as Gallipoli, Egypt, and Palestine.
Harold Street, Hereford, Herefordshire, England, HR1 2QX

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Church Lane is a narrow, cobbled lane leading from Ledbury High Street to the medieval parish church of St Michael. The lane is full of attractive timber-framed buildings, and among those historic buildings is the Ledbury Heritage Centre, built around 1480 for a prosperous wool merchant.
Church Lane, Ledbury, Herefordshire, England, HR8 1DN

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Leominster Museum is an exceptional museum of local history for Leominster and area. The Museum includes a recreation of a Victorian schoolroom and stables, plus a Georgian cider press and mill. There is a special exhibit on local artist John Scarlett Davis, an immensely successful Victorian painter, and local archaeological finds.
16 Etnam Street, Leominster, Herefordshire, England, HR6 8AL

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Heritage Highlight: The Aymestrey Bronze Age burial
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Step aboard the Tardis and explore the time-travelling world of Dr Who in this fascinating museum located in the centre of historic Bromyard. The Time Machine Museum of Science Fiction features the real props used in Dr Who television series from the 1960s right up to the present day.
12 The Square, Bromyard, Herefordshire, England, HR7 4BP

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The Waterworks Museum bills itself as a 'Celebration of water engineering', tracing the story of drinking water through time. The museum is housed in a historic Victorian water pumping station which served as Hereford's main water supply station for well over a century. The museum has displays covering the history of drinking water from the earliest prehistoric times through to today.
Broomy Hill, Hereford, Herefordshire, England, HR4 0LJ

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