Hereford Museum and Art Gallery — Attraction in Hereford

Nice. The Hereford Museum and Art Gallery is a local museum in the center of the city Hereford. You can find it in a Victorian gothic building. It was opened as a free library and museum on 8 October 1874 and has since exhibited artefacts, fine art, and decorative art associated with the local area. There are regular temporary exhibitions of craftwork, paintings, photography, and prints. Having closed temporarily for building repairs in September 2015, the Hereford Museum and Art Gallery re-opened for the summer months in July 2017. As of July 2017, exhibits in the museum include a two-headed calf, a two-metre long fish, swords of every shape and size, elements of costume and textiles, as well as objects of historic, social and scientific interest dating back from the pre-historic era up to the 20th century. The gallery currently boasts over 80 works by Brian Hatton, as well as many of his materials and...

Interesting collection of various artefacts from the local area. I was recommended this by a friend for the stuffed sturgeon and two headed half. I was certainly not disappointed in that respect. The museum is a way a collection of different types of museum all thrown together by their shared link to Hereford and its environs. The seemingly disparate collection does kind of 'work', but perhaps more thought needs to be made into creating a narrative that more easily be followed. Just a bit of money and a revamp is all it would take to make this an excellent...

The Museum and Art Gallery is within the library building. It offers variety of events to showcase many things related to this county particularly.

The library also keeps their books updated all the time. We enjoy visiting the library not only to borrow books, but also to attend many events, particularly for our little ones. Highly recommended to visit on regular basis. It also has computer, printing and photocopying services.

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