Mill Green Museum & Mill

Mill Green
Hatfield
Hertfordshire
AL9 5PD
England

Website

www.welhat.gov.uk/museum

E-mail

museum@welhat.gov.uk

Telephone

01707 271362

Fax

01707 272511

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
C18 working water mill
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A local history museum for the Welwyn Hatfield District, housed in the former Miller's House dating back to the sixteenth century. Three galleries housing local artefacts or temporary exhibitions.
Adjacent to the museum is a fully restored, working, eighteenth century corn mill powered by the River Lea. Milling every week on Tuesday, Wednesday and Sunday. Mill Green organic flour on sale.
Jubilee garden with picnic tables, knot garden and herb trail. Riverside setting.

Venue Type:

Museum

 Opening hours

Tues-Thu 1000-1700
Sun & Bank Holidays 1400-1700
Closed Mon,Fri and Sat

 Admission charges

Entry to the grounds is FREE but adults will be charged £2.50 to enter the museum. Children under 16 FREE.
Entry for one adult accompanying a child on a booked activity (£4.00+) FREE.
Children must have a parent or guardian on the premises at all times during their visit, unless otherwise stated.
We have tea and coffee facilities for parents and grandparents to enjoy. Children like our hot chocolate, too!

 General services and facilities
  • Brochure or leaflet available with directions to museum
  • Foreign language leaflet or brochure available
  • Guided tours
  • Pre-booking service for groups
  • Toilets
  • Gardens open to public
  • Parking for coaches
  • Picnic area
  • Refreshments
  • Shop
 Children and families
  • Activities for pre-school children
  • Events and resources for children and families
  • Baby changing facilities
 Disability access
  • Touch exhibits
  • Parking for disabled available
  • Toilets for disabled
  • Wheelchair access to some public areas
  • Wheelchairs available for loan
 Schools services and facilities
  • Member of staff available with responsibility for education
  • Primary school education service available
  • Printed/audio-visual information available for schools
  • Secondary school education service available
  • Education facilities available
 Research and adult learning
  • Academic publications and resources available
  • Adult lectures and courses held
  • Loan service
  • Teaching/resources available for HE/FE students
  • Library with public access
  • Study facilities
 Commercial and hire services
  • Meeting room available

Additional info

Our resources room is open on Thursday mornings between 10:00 and 12 noon, or other times by appointment. You can browse through old photographs, search local history information files or just chat to our volunteer local history enthusiasts who staff the facility.

Mill Green
Hatfield
Hertfordshire
AL9 5PD
England

Website

www.welhat.gov.uk/museum

E-mail

museum@welhat.gov.uk

Telephone

01707 271362

Fax

01707 272511

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.

Collection details

Archaeology, Archives, Coins and Medals, Costume and Textiles, Decorative and Applied Art, Fine Art, Natural Sciences, Science and Technology, Social History

Collections services

  • General guide to collections available
  • Object identification and/or written enquiry service
  • Public access available to collections information
  • Object study facilities available (enquire in advance)

Mill Green
Hatfield
Hertfordshire
AL9 5PD
England

Website

www.welhat.gov.uk/museum

E-mail

museum@welhat.gov.uk

Telephone

01707 271362

Fax

01707 272511

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
Exhibition details are listed below, you may need to scroll down to see them all.

Where Do You Think You Live?

3 January — 11 March 2012 *on now

Between September 2010 and August 2011 the Welwyn Garden Heritage Trust ran a project in the town to encourage residents to learn about the history and development of the town since its foundation. The project gathered oral histories, photographs and research materials - examples of which are on display in this exhibition.

Suitable for

  • Any age

Where

Mill Green Mill - Gallery 1

Admission

See museum details.

Mill Green
Hatfield
Hertfordshire
AL9 5PD
England

Website

www.welhat.gov.uk/museum

E-mail

museum@welhat.gov.uk

Telephone

01707 271362

Fax

01707 272511

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
Events details are listed below. You may need to scroll down or click on headers to see them all. For events that don't have a specific date see the 'Resources' tab above.

Down on the Farm - Make a Fun Farm mobile

14 February 2012

Join us each day for some fun art & craft activities and a visit to the exhibition. Booking essential.

Suitable for

  • 5-6
  • 7-10

When

10am-12:30pm

Where

Mill Green Mill

Admission

Bookable sessions
10.00 – 11.00 and 11.30 – 12.30 £4.00 per child
Book on museum website www.welhat.gov.uk/museum on the easyview grid or telephone 01707 350117 between 4.00 – 7.00 pm and all day at weekends.
Child booked onto an activity session, must be accompanied by an adult. For each child booked in, one adult has free entry to museum.

Down on the Farm - Create a picture frame

15 February 2012

Create a beautiful padded picture frame to hold a drawing of your favourite farm scene. Join us each day for some fun art & craft activities and a visit to the exhibition. Booking essential.

Suitable for

  • 5-6
  • 7-10

When

10am-12:30pm

Where

Mill Green Museum

Admission

Bookable sessions
10.00 – 11.00 and 11.30 – 12.30 £4.00 per child
Book on museum website www.welhat.gov.uk/museum on the easyview grid or telephone 01707 350117 between 4.00 – 7.00 pm and all day at weekends.
Child booked onto an activity session, must be accompanied by an adult. For each child booked in, one adult has free entry to museum.

Mill interior

Down on the Farm - Clay model making

16 February 2012

Clay all day! Make some models of your favourite farm animals. Booking essential 10.00 – 11.00 and 11.30 – 12.30. Between 4.00 – 7.00 pm and all day at weekends. Children booked onto an activity session must be accompanied by an adult.

Suitable for

  • 5-6
  • 7-10
  • Especially for children

When

10am-12:30pm

Where

Mill Green Museum

Admission

£4.00 per child. Book on www.welhat.gov.uk/museum or 01707 350117. For each child booked in, one adult has free entry to museum.

Mill Green
Hatfield
Hertfordshire
AL9 5PD
England

Website

www.welhat.gov.uk/museum

E-mail

museum@welhat.gov.uk

Telephone

01707 271362

Fax

01707 272511

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
Resources listed here may include websites, bookable tours and workshops, books, loan boxes and more. You may need to scroll down or click on headers to see them all.
 Resources

Young Archaeologists' Club (YAC)

http://www.welhat.gov.uk/leisureculture/museumservice/youngarchaeologistclub

The Hatfield branch of the Young Archaeologists' Club is hosted by Mill Green Museum and Mill. Meetings are held on the 3rd weekend of every month (excluding December and Summer holidays) for various archaeological and historical activities and explorations, including trips to places of historical interest.

How to obtain

Membership is not necessary but as there is an open list for meetings, they can get busy so it is important to email or call before the meeting to inform organisers that you will be attending. Contact Sarah Adamson on s.adamson@welhat.gov.uk or 01707 271362.

Mill Green
Hatfield
Hertfordshire
AL9 5PD
England

Website

www.welhat.gov.uk/museum

E-mail

museum@welhat.gov.uk

Telephone

01707 271362

Fax

01707 272511

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
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