List of museums in Worcestershire
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This list of museums in Worcestershire, England contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Also included are non-profit art galleries and university art galleries. Virtual museums are not included in this list.
Museums
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| Name | Image | Town/City | Region | Type | Summary |
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| Almonry Museum and Heritage Centre |  |
Evesham | Wychavon | Local | website, local history, rural life, agriculture, trades and social history displays in a 14th-century building was once home to the almoner of Evesham Abbey |
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Stoke Heath | Bromsgrove | Open air | Over 25 historic buildings and structures moved from other locations, including houses, a windmill, church, barn, stable, collection of telephone kiosks |
| Bewdley Museum |  |
Bewdley | Wyre Forest | Multiple | website, local and social history, town jail, World War II air raid shelter, 18th century brass foundry exhibit, art exhibits, demonstrations of historic crafts and trades |
| Bredon Barn |  |
Bredon | Wychavon | Historic site | website, operated by the National Trust, 14th century barn made from stone |
| Broadway Museum & Art Gallery | Broadway | Wychavon | Local | website Set in a 17th-century Coaching Inn, displays on Broadway History, Wool History, Coaching History, with exhibitions from the Ashmolean Museum Oxford, and temporary art exhibitions | |
| Churchill Forge Mill |  |
Churchill | Wyre Forest | Industry | Water-powered forge mill used to produce metal tools, open on select days |
| Commandery |  |
Worcester | Worcester | History | Displays on English history and the historic building during different eras, including medieval, Tudor, Civil War, Georgian, Victorian and 1950s eras |
| Croome Park |  |
Besford | Wychavon | Historic house | Operated by the National Trust, unfurnished Croome Court manor house designed by Capability Brown and Robert Adam, landscaped park by Brown |
| Droitwich Spa Heritage Centre | Droitwich Spa | Wychavon | Local | information, local history and visitor centre, salt industry, Droitwich transmitting station | |
| Elgar Birthplace Museum |  |
Lower Broadheath | Malvern Hills | Historic house | 19th century period birthplace and home of composer Edward Elgar |
| Forge Mill Needle Museum |  |
Redditch | Redditch | Industry | Heritage of the needle and fishing tackle industries |
| George Marshall Medical Museum | Worcester | Worcester | Medical | website, history and artifacts about the development of medical care, reconstructed apothecary shop and operating theatre, death masks from prisoners executed by hanging | |
| Gordon Russell Museum | Broadway | Wychavon | Art | website, work of the 20th century furniture maker Sir Gordon Russell MC, includes furniture and designs | |
| The Greyfriars |  |
Worcester | Worcester | Historic house | website, operated by the National Trust, timber-framed 14th house with early 17th- and 18th-century additions, collection of textiles |
| Hagley Hall |  |
Hagley | Bromsgrove | Historic house | 18th-century house with state rooms, collection of 18th-century Chippendale furniture and family portraits |
| Hanbury Hall |  |
Hanbury | Wychavon | Historic house | Operated by the National Trust, early 18th century William and Mary-style house and gardens |
| Harvington Hall |  |
Chaddesley Corbett | Wyre Forest | Historic house | Moated medieval and Elizabethan manor house |
| The Infirmary |  |
Worcester | City of Worcester | Medical Museum | website, Interactive exhibition at the University of Worcester’s City Campus combining history, science, art and technology to explore the medical stories of one of England's oldest infirmaries.[1] |
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Kidderminster | Wyre Forest | Railway | website, railway artifacts |
| Little Malvern Court |  |
Little Malvern | Malvern Hills | Historic house | 15th century prior's hall, monk's cells and other rooms of the Benedictine monastery, collection of vestments, embroideries and paintings |
| Madresfield Court |  |
Madresfield | Malvern Hills | Historic house | Moated manor house reflecting several centuries of ownership, distinguished collections of furniture, art, and porcelain, visits by appointment |
| Malvern Museum |  |
Malvern | Malvern Hills | Local | Local history in period room displays |
| Middle Littleton Tythe Barn |  |
Middle Littleton | Wychavon | Historic site | website, operated by the National Trust, 13th century tithe barn |
| Military Wireless Museum in the Midlands |
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Kidderminster | Wyre Forest | Military | Collection of military wireless communications equipment from around the world |
| Morgan Motor Company |  |
Malvern Link | Malvern Hills | Transportation | Factory tours and museum with vehicles, company's history, developments in technology |
| Museum of Carpet | Kidderminster | Wyre Forest | Industry | website, history of local carpet-making industry | |
| Pershore Heritage Centre | Pershore | Wychavon | Local | website, local and social history | |
| Stourport Canal Basins | Stourport-on-Severn | Wyre Forest | Transportation | website, heritage rooms feature artifacts and exhibits about the basins of the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal | |
| Tenbury Museum | Tenbury Wells | Malvern Hills | Local | Local history | |
| Transport Museum, Wythall |  |
Wythall | Bromsgrove | Transportation | Buses, battery electric vehicles, a miniature steam railway, memorabilia |
| Tudor House Heritage Centre |  |
Worcester | Worcester | History | website, timber-framed Tudor house with historic artifacts reflecting its use in different ages, local social history, formerly the Museum of Local Life[2] |
| Tudor House Museum | Upton-upon-Severn | Malvern Hills | Local | website, local history | |
| Worcester City Art Gallery & Museum |  |
Worcester | Worcester | Multiple | website, art, local history, natural history, geology, archaeology, social history, period chemist's shop, collections of the Worcestershire Regiment and Worcestershire Yeomanry Cavalry |
| Worcester Porcelain Museum |  |
Worcester | Worcester | Art | Formerly known as the Dyson Perrins Museum, collection of Royal Worcester porcelain |
| Worcestershire County Museum at Hartlebury Castle |  |
Stourport-on-Severn | Wyre Forest | Multiple | Local history, period rooms, toys, archaeology, costumes, local crafts, local industry and transportation, area geology and natural history, transport vehicles |
| Worcestershire Masonic Library & Museum | Worcester | Worcester | Masonic | website, Masonic medals, jewels, regalia, ceramics, medals, coins, books, photographs and memorabilia |
Defunct museums
[edit]- Bromsgrove Museum, Bromsgrove[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "The Infirmary - University of Worcester". www.worcester.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 3 September 2014.
- ^ "The Museum of Local Life". Worcester City Museums. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 19 September 2013.
- ^ "Bromsgrove Museum". Archived from the original on 15 June 2011. Retrieved 18 May 2010. Bromsgrove District Council - Bromsgrove Museum is closed