Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery

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

Website

Darwin Country educational website

www.darwincountry.org

E-mail

shrewsbury.museum@shropshire.gov.uk

Telephone

01743 361196

Fax

01743 358411

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Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery (formerly known as Rowley's House Museum) is part of the Shropshire Museums group. 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

Mon-Sat: 1000-1700

 Admission charges

Free

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

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.

Creator

  • Shrewsbury Museums Service
  • Orangeleaf Systems Ltd.
  • Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust
  • Wedgwood Museum

Publisher

  • Shrewsbury Museums Service
 Resources

Discover Shropshire's History

http://www.shropshirehistory.org.uk/

Discover Shropshire's History brings together the collections of Shropshire Museums, Archives and Monument Record alongside those of community groups and organisations to privide a wealth of historical information about Shropshire.

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