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Museums long ago ceased to be stuffy
rooms full of glass cases containing bits of old pottery
and fossilised bones.
Today even most conventional museums including displays
which change but over recent years there has been a
growth in industrial and "living" museums.
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Here you can learn about local heritage, get a feel for
how people lived and worked, the hardships they
endured...
Galleries listed include not just civic
galleries displaying publicly owned artworks, but also
privately owned galleries with items for sale.
Not all the
museums and galleries in the Hertfordshire area are listed.
Please provide details of any we have missed
here.
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First Garden City Heritage
Museum
296 Norton Way South, Letchworth Garden City,
Hertfordshire, SG6 1SU
Tel: 01462 482710 Fax:
01462 486056
E-mail:
fgchm@letchworth.com
Web:
www.letchworthgc.com
Open on Monday to Saturday, from 10am to 5pm,
the Museum tells the story of the Garden City
Movement.
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Forge Museum and Victorian
Cottage Garden
High Street, Much Hadham, Hertfordshire, SG10
6BS
Tel: 01279 843301
E-mail:
enquiries@beamsltd.co.uk
Web:
www.hbpt.co.uk
The story of over 4 generations of the Page
family, local blacksmiths in Much Hadham in
1811. The Victorian Cottage Garden is located
behind the museum and is a fine example of 19th
century gardening.
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Hertford Museum
18 Bull Plain, Hertford, SG14 1DT
Tel: 01992 582686
E-mail:
hertfordmuseum@btconnect.com
Web:
www.hertford.net
The story of Hertford including its historic
royal past is housed within a early 17th century
town house. The museum also contains the
Hertfordshire Regiment Collection.
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Letchworth Museum & Art
Gallery
Broadway, Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire,
SG6 3PF
Tel: 01462 685647
Web:
www.north-herts.gov.uk
Located within an Edwardian building, the museum
has four main galleries featuring local
wildlife, Art Exhibitions and "Before the Garden
City" the story of how people lived in the area
from pre-history to 1903.
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Museum of St. Albans
Hatfield Road, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, AL1
3RR
Tel: 01727 819340 Fax:
01727 837472
E-mail:
history@stalbans.gov.uk
Web:
www.stalbansmuseums.org.uk
The story of St. Albans from the departure of
the Romans to the present day. There's also a
regular programme of special exhibitions,
covering a wide range of subjects from Barbie
dolls to the Egyptians.
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St. Albans Organ Theatre
320 Camp Road, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, AL1
5PE
Tel: 01727 869693 / 768652
E-mail:
info@stalbansorgantheatre.org.uk
Web:
www.stalbansorganmuseum.org.uk
Open to the public every Sunday from 2.15pm
until 4.30pm, a live musical performance
is given with a commentary. Exhibits include two
theatre organs, four cafe organs worked by
punch-card and many other instruments.
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Stevenage Museum
St. Georges Way, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG1
1XX
Tel: 01438 218 881 Fax:
01438 218 882
E-mail:
museum@stevenage.gov.uk
Web:
www.stevenage.gov.uk
Open on Monday to Saturday from 10.00am to
5.00pm, Sunday from 1.00pm until 4.00pm. The
story of Stevenage through exhibitions and
displays. Please be aware that the museum
is closed on Bank Holidays.
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Verulamium Museum
St. Michael's Street, St. Albans, Hertfordshire,
AL3 4SW
Tel: 01727 751810 Fax:
01727 859919
E-mail:
museums@stalbans.gov.uk
Web:
www.stalbansmuseums.org.uk
Open all year, except between Christmas and New
Year, the museum is located on the site of one
of the major cities in Roman Britain.
Attractions include; recreated Roman rooms,
hands-on Discovery Areas and some of the finest
Roman mosaics and wall plasters outside the
Mediterranean.
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Welwyn Roman Baths
Welwyn By Pass, Welwyn, Herts, AL6 9NX
Tel: 01707 271362 Fax:
01707 272511
Web:
www.hertsmuseums.org.uk
The remains of a Roman bath-house, part of a
villa dating back 1,700 years.
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