Ware Museum

Priory Lodge
89 High Street
Ware
Hertfordshire
SG12 9AL
England

Website

website

www.waremuseum.org.uk

Telephone

01920 487 848

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Ware Museum
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Ware Museum is an independent museum established in 1986 and run entirely by volunteers. It is located in the historic centre of Ware in the grounds of the Grade 1 listed Priory.

Venue Type:

Museum

 Opening hours

Tues, Thurs, Sat 1100-1700
Sun & Bank holidays 1400-1700
Closes at 1600 October - March
Other times by appt.

 Admission charges

Free but donations are requested.

Additional info

Pay and Display car park near by. Public toilets within the grounds of Ware Priory.

Permanent displays show a timeline of Ware's Social, Industrial and Archaeological History from pre-historic times to the Second World War.

New displays on Malting and a Hitch Brick 'window'. Part of the coverlet of the Great Bed of Ware is on display.

The Mediaeval Well discovered within the museum grounds is now incorporated in the new gallery.

World War 2 Bunker with interactive display.

Collection details

Archaeology, Industry, Land Transport, Medicine, Social History

Key artists and exhibits

  • Great Bed coverlet
  • Wickhams
  • Allen & Hanburys
  • World War 2
  • Mediaeval Well
  • Malting
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