Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery

Rowley's House, Barker Street
Shrewsbury
Shropshire
SY1 1QH
England

Website

General information

www.shrewsburymuseums.com

Darwin Country educational website

www.darwincountry.org

E-mail

Telephone

01743 361196

Fax

01743 358411

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Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery (formerly known as Rowley's House Museum) is the headquarters of Shrewsbury Museums Service (see also Shrewsbury Castle and Coleham Pumping Station). The collections were founded in 1835 as the museum of the Shropshire and North Wales Natural History and Antiquarian Society. The museum is housed in a fine 16th/17th century building, part timber-framed former warehouse and part brick and stone mansion. The museum provides long-term displays relating to Shrewsbury, the county of Shropshire and its hinterland. Also an active programme of Special Exhitions and Events including Contemporary Art.

Venue Type:

Museum

Opening hours

Tues-Sat: 1000-1700
Sun & Bank Holidays: 1000-1600
Mondays: 10.00-16.00 (Summer Holiday period July-Sept)

Admission charges

Free

General services and facilities

Pre-booking service for groups
Brochure or leaflet available with directions to museum
Shop

Children and families

Activities for pre-school children
Events and resources for children and families

Disability access

Touch exhibits
Events/teaching/resources for people with disabilities
Wheelchair access to some public areas

Schools services and facilities

Printed/audio-visual information available for schools
Direct teaching services for schools
Member of staff available with responsibility for education
Secondary school education service available
Primary school education service available
Reception and lunch facilities for educational groups
Education facilities available

Research and adult learning

Adult lectures and courses held
Teaching/resources available for HE/FE students
Loan service
Research facilities for academics
Study facilities

Commercial and hire services

Meeting room available
Facilities for private functions and events

Rowley's House, Barker Street
Shrewsbury
Shropshire
SY1 1QH
England

Website

General information

www.shrewsburymuseums.com

Darwin Country educational website

www.darwincountry.org

E-mail

General enquiries

museum@shrewsbury-atcham.gov.uk

Peter Boyd, Museums Collections Manager and IT Project Coordinator

peterboyd@shrewsbury-atcham.gov.uk

Mary White, Operations Manager

marywhite@shrewsbury-atcham.gov.uk

Telephone

01743 361196

Fax

01743 358411

The collections of Shrewsbury Museums Service comprise about 166,000 items including Geology, Natural History, Archaeology, Social History, Fine and Decorative Arts. These include collections of National and Regional Importance. Significant collections include excavated items from the Roman town of Viroconium at Wroxeter and large collections of Caughley and Coalport Porcelain.

Collection details

Archaeology, Archives, Weapons and War, Natural Sciences, Costume and Textiles, Decorative and Applied Art, World Cultures, Fine Art, Coins and Medals, Personalities, Science and Technology, Social History, Land Transport

Collections services

Object identification and/or written enquiry service
Specialist publications on collections available
Object study facilities available (enquire in advance)

Rowley's House, Barker Street
Shrewsbury
Shropshire
SY1 1QH
England

Website

General information

www.shrewsburymuseums.com

Darwin Country educational website

www.darwincountry.org

E-mail

General enquiries

museum@shrewsbury-atcham.gov.uk

Peter Boyd, Museums Collections Manager and IT Project Coordinator

peterboyd@shrewsbury-atcham.gov.uk

Mary White, Operations Manager

marywhite@shrewsbury-atcham.gov.uk

Telephone

01743 361196

Fax

01743 358411

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.

Digital and online resources

Darwin Country educational website

http://www.darwincountry.org

Life-long Learning multi-disciplinary website about the part of the West Midlands and Wales broadly centered on Shrewsbury, the County Town of Shropshire and Birthplace of Charles Darwin. The first phase of this project focusses particularly on the 18th/19th centuries including nearly 3000 images of pictures, ceramics and other items from the collections of Shrewsbury Museums Service, Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust and the Wedgwood Museum. However, the site is under continuing expansion and includes hundreds of images of prehistoric and later archaeological artefacts.