This list of museums in Hertfordshire

Hertfordshire

Hertfordshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England. The county town is Hertford.The county is one of the Home Counties and lies inland, bordered by Greater London , Buckinghamshire , Bedfordshire , Cambridgeshire and...

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Name	Image	Town/City	Type	Summary
Art and Design Gallery		Hatfield Hatfield, Hertfordshire Hatfield is a town and civil parish in Hertfordshire, England in the borough of Welwyn Hatfield. It has a population of 29,616, and is of Saxon origin. Hatfield House, the home of the Marquess of Salisbury, is the nucleus of the old town...	Art	website, part of the University of Hertfordshire University of Hertfordshire The University of Hertfordshire is a new university based largely in Hatfield, in the county of Hertfordshire, England, from which the university takes its name. It has more than 27,500 students, over 2500 staff, with a turnover of over £181m...
Ashwell Village Museum		Ashwell Ashwell, Hertfordshire Ashwell is a village and civil parish situated about four miles north of Baldock in Hertfordshire.It has a wealth of architecture spanning several centuries. The dates almost entirely from the 14th century and is renowned for its ornate church tower which stands at , and is crowned by an...	Local	website, local history
Baldock Museum		Baldock Baldock Baldock is a historic market town in the local government district of North Hertfordshire in the ceremonial county of Hertfordshire, England where the River Ivel rises. It lies north of London, southeast of Bedford, and north northwest of the county town of Hertford...	Local	website, local history
British Schools Museum British Schools Museum (Hitchin) The British Schools Museum is an educational museum based in original Edwardian and Victorian school buildings in Hitchin in Hertfordshire, England. The museum complex is made up of Grade II listed school buildings housing infants, girls and boys schools with houses for Master and Mistress...		Hitchin Hitchin Hitchin is a town in Hertfordshire, England, with an estimated population of 30,360.-History:Hitchin is first noted as the central place of the Hicce people mentioned in a 7th century document, the Tribal Hidage. The tribal name is Brittonic rather than Old English and derives from *siccā, meaning...	Education	Complex of schools showing education in Britain from 1810 until 1969, Victorian life,
Buntingford Heritage Centre		Buntingford Buntingford Buntingford is a small market town and civil parish in the district of East Hertfordshire and county of Hertfordshire in England. It lies on the River Rib and on the Roman road Ermine Street. As a result of its location, it grew mainly as a staging post with many coaching inns and has an 18th...	Local	website, local history, culture, art
Bushey Museum Bushey Museum Bushey Museum is in Bushey, Hertfordshire. It was officially opened as a volunteer-run museum in October 1993, having achieved Full Registration with the Museums and Galleries Commission...		Bushey Bushey Bushey is a town in the Hertsmere borough of Hertfordshire in the East of England. Bushey Heath is situated to the south east of Bushey on the boundary with the London Borough of Harrow.-History:...	Multiple	Local history, culture, art
Cromer Windmill Cromer Windmill, Ardeley Cromer Windmill, restored in 1967-69, is a Grade II* listed post mill at Cromer, Ardeley, Hertfordshire, England.-History:There has been a windmill in Cromer since 1192. A windmill was stated to be "in ruins" in 1374 and another is mentioned in 1576. No windmill is shown on John Seller's map dated...		Cromer Cromer, Hertfordshire Cromer is a hamlet in the civil parish of Ardeley, Hertfordshire, England.It is a small hamlet, however it is noteworthy for possessing Hertfordshire's sole surviving post mill....	Mill
Datchworth Museum		Datchworth Datchworth Datchworth is a village and civil parish between the towns of Hertford, Stevenage and Welwyn Garden City in the county of Hertfordshire, England. Sited on the Roman road from St Albans to Puckeridge, the village has examples of Saxon clearings in several locations...	Local	information, local history, located in a former blacksmith's shop
de Havilland Aircraft Heritage Centre De Havilland Aircraft Heritage Centre The de Havilland Aircraft Heritage Centre, formerly the Mosquito Aircraft Museum, is a volunteer-run aviation museum in London Colney, Hertfordshire, England...		London Colney London Colney London Colney is a village and civil parish in Hertfordshire, England. It is located to the north of London, at Junction 22 of the M25 motorway....	Aviation	Formerly the Mosquito Aircraft Museum, restored de Havilland military aircraft
Elstree and Boreham Wood Museum		Boreham Boreham Boreham is a village and civil parish, in Essex, England. It is located approximately northeast from the county town of Chelmsford. The village is in the borough of Chelmsford and parliamentary constituency of Saffron Walden.- History :...	Local	website, local history
First Garden City Heritage Museum		Letchworth Letchworth Letchworth Garden City, commonly known as Letchworth, is a town and civil parish in Hertfordshire, England. The town's name is taken from one of the three villages it surrounded - all of which featured in the Domesday Book. The land used was first purchased by Quakers who had intended to farm the...	History	website, story of the Garden city movement Garden city movement The garden city movement is a method of urban planning that was initiated in 1898 by Sir Ebenezer Howard in the United Kingdom. Garden cities were intended to be planned, self-contained communities surrounded by "greenbelts" , containing proportionate areas of residences, industry and...  and local history
Forties Experience		Bushey Bushey Bushey is a town in the Hertsmere borough of Hertfordshire in the East of England. Bushey Heath is situated to the south east of Bushey on the boundary with the London Borough of Harrow.-History:...	Living	website, 1940s period home during World War II World War II World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis... , history of RAF Bushey Hall RAF Bushey Hall RAF Bushey Hall is a former World War II non-flying facility in England. It was established at a private golf club and was used as a headquarters facility for the United States Army Air Forces Eighth Air Force in the United Kingdom. It was situated close to its Royal Air Force counterpart at RAF... ; part of the Lincolnsfields Children's Centre
Gorhambury House Old Gorhambury House Old Gorhambury House located near St Albans, Hertfordshire, England is an Elizabethan mansion, built in 1563-8 by Sir Nicholas Bacon, Lord Keeper, and visited a number of times by Queen Elizabeth....		St Albans St Albans St Albans is a city in southern Hertfordshire, England, around north of central London, which forms the main urban area of the City and District of St Albans. It is a historic market town, and is now a sought-after dormitory town within the London commuter belt...	Historic house	Palladian mansion and adjacent ruins of older house
Hatfield House Hatfield House Hatfield House is a country house set in a large park, the Great Park, on the eastern side of the town of Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England. The present Jacobean house was built in 1611 by Robert Cecil, First Earl of Salisbury and Chief Minister to King James I and has been the home of the Cecil...		Hatfield Hatfield, Hertfordshire Hatfield is a town and civil parish in Hertfordshire, England in the borough of Welwyn Hatfield. It has a population of 29,616, and is of Saxon origin. Hatfield House, the home of the Marquess of Salisbury, is the nucleus of the old town...	Historic house	17th century Jacobean house and gardens
Henry Moore Perry Green Henry Moore Foundation The Henry Moore Foundation is a registered charity in England, established for education and promotion of the fine arts — in particular, to advance understanding of the works of Henry Moore. The charity was set up with a gift from the artist in 1977...		Much Hadham Much Hadham Much Hadham is a village and civil parish in the district of East Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire, England, formerly known as Great Hadham. It is situated on the B1004 road, midway between Ware and Bishop's Stortford...	Art	Estate with sculptures by Henry Moore Henry Moore Henry Spencer Moore OM CH FBA was an English sculptor and artist. He was best known for his semi-abstract monumental bronze sculptures which are located around the world as public works of art....  ans his studios
Hertford Museum Hertford Museum Hertford Museum is a local museum in Hertford, the county town of Hertfordshire, England.The museum first opened in 1903 and is located in a 17th century town house with a Jacobean-style knot garden. The galleries on the ground floor present the early history of the museum. Objects include exotic...		Hertford Hertford Hertford is the county town of Hertfordshire, England, and is also a civil parish in the East Hertfordshire district of the county. Forming a civil parish, the 2001 census put the population of Hertford at about 24,180. Recent estimates are that it is now around 28,000...	Local	Local history, culture, art
Hitchin Museum and Art Gallery Hitchin Museum and Art Gallery The Hitchin Museum and Art Gallery is a local history museum in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England, with an extensive collection that tells the story of the town’s social history and of the rural industries that contributed to its prosperity...		Hitchin Hitchin Hitchin is a town in Hertfordshire, England, with an estimated population of 30,360.-History:Hitchin is first noted as the central place of the Hicce people mentioned in a 7th century document, the Tribal Hidage. The tribal name is Brittonic rather than Old English and derives from *siccā, meaning...	Multiple	website, art, local history, culture, Hertfordshire Yeomanry Hertfordshire Yeomanry The Hertfordshire Yeomanry is a British Army unit specializing in artillery and yeomanry that can trace its formation to the late 18th century. First seeing service in the Boer War, it subsequently served in both World Wars....  gallery
Kingsbury Watermill Museum		St Albans St Albans St Albans is a city in southern Hertfordshire, England, around north of central London, which forms the main urban area of the City and District of St Albans. It is a historic market town, and is now a sought-after dormitory town within the London commuter belt...	Mill	16th century restored working watermill, farm implements, art
Knebworth House Knebworth House Knebworth House is a country house in the civil parish of Knebworth in Hertfordshire, England.-History and description:The home of the Lytton family since 1490, when Thomas Bourchier sold the reversion of the manor to Sir Robert Lytton, Knebworth House was originally a genuine red-brick Late Gothic...		Knebworth Knebworth Knebworth is a village and civil parish in the north of Hertfordshire, England immediately south of Stevenage. The civil parish covers an area between the villages of Datchworth, Woolmer Green, Codicote, Kimpton, Whitwell, St Paul's Walden and Langley, and encompasses the village of Knebworth, the...	Historic house	Victorian Tudor Gothic house, gardens and grounds
Letchworth Museum & Art Gallery Letchworth Museum & Art Gallery Letchworth Museum and Art Gallery is a museum in Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire, England. It has permanent displays dedicated to the natural history of North Hertfordshire, including the famous Black Squirrel, as well as its archaeology from remote prehistory to the turn of the twentieth...		Letchworth Letchworth Letchworth Garden City, commonly known as Letchworth, is a town and civil parish in Hertfordshire, England. The town's name is taken from one of the three villages it surrounded - all of which featured in the Domesday Book. The land used was first purchased by Quakers who had intended to farm the...	Multiple	website, art, local history, natural history, archaeology
Lowewood Museum		Hoddesdon Hoddesdon Hoddesdon is a town in the English county of Hertfordshire, situated in the Lea Valley. The town grew up as a coaching stop on the route between Cambridge and London. It is located southeast of Hertford, north of Waltham Cross and southwest of Bishop's Stortford. At its height during the 18th...	Local	website, local social history, geology
Margaret Harvey Gallery		St Albans St Albans St Albans is a city in southern Hertfordshire, England, around north of central London, which forms the main urban area of the City and District of St Albans. It is a historic market town, and is now a sought-after dormitory town within the London commuter belt...	Art	website, part of the University of Hertfordshire University of Hertfordshire The University of Hertfordshire is a new university based largely in Hatfield, in the county of Hertfordshire, England, from which the university takes its name. It has more than 27,500 students, over 2500 staff, with a turnover of over £181m...
Mill Green Watermill Mill Green Watermill Mill Green Museum is a working 18th century watermill in Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England. It is managed by Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council and admission is free....		Hatfield Hatfield, Hertfordshire Hatfield is a town and civil parish in Hertfordshire, England in the borough of Welwyn Hatfield. It has a population of 29,616, and is of Saxon origin. Hatfield House, the home of the Marquess of Salisbury, is the nucleus of the old town...	Mill	Working water-driven flour mill
Museum of St Albans Museum of St Albans The Museum of St Albans is a local museum in the city of St Albans, Hertfordshire, England.The museum was founded as the Hertfordshire County Museum in 1898. The museum presents the history of St Albans from the end of the Romans onwards...		St Albans St Albans St Albans is a city in southern Hertfordshire, England, around north of central London, which forms the main urban area of the City and District of St Albans. It is a historic market town, and is now a sought-after dormitory town within the London commuter belt...	Local	Local history, archaeology, art
Much Hadham Forge Museum		Much Hadham Much Hadham Much Hadham is a village and civil parish in the district of East Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire, England, formerly known as Great Hadham. It is situated on the B1004 road, midway between Ware and Bishop's Stortford...	Historic house	website, working blacksmith forge, Victorian cottage and garden
Museum of Technology The Museum of Technology The Museum of Technology, The Great War and WWII is a technology museum in the Old Town, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England.The displayed objects present the evolution of electrical, electronic, and warfare technology from 1850 to 1980, including World War I and World War II. Viewing is by...		Hemel Hempstead Hemel Hempstead Hemel Hempstead is a town in Hertfordshire in the East of England, to the north west of London and part of the Greater London Urban Area. The population at the 2001 Census was 81,143 ....	Technology	Evolution of electrical, electronic and warfare technology between the period 1850 and 1980
Natural History Museum at Tring		Tring Tring Tring is a small market town and also a civil parish in the Chiltern Hills in Hertfordshire, England. Situated north-west of London and linked to London by the old Roman road of Akeman Street, by the modern A41, by the Grand Union Canal and by rail lines to Euston Station, Tring is now largely a...	Natural history	Formerly the Walter Rothschild Zoological Museum, features stuffed mammals, birds, reptiles and insects
Paper Trail		Hemel Hempstead Hemel Hempstead Hemel Hempstead is a town in Hertfordshire in the East of England, to the north west of London and part of the Greater London Urban Area. The population at the 2001 Census was 81,143 ....	Industry	Industrial 'exploration' centre built around a former paper mill
Potters Bar Museum		Potters Bar Potters Bar Potters Bar is a town in the Hertsmere borough of Hertfordshire, England, located north of Central London. In 2001 it had a population of 21,618....	Local	website, local history
Redbourn Museum		Redbourn Redbourn Redbourn is a village and civil parish in Hertfordshire, United Kingdom, lying on Watling Street, 3 miles from Harpenden, 4 miles from St Albans and 5 miles from Hemel Hempstead. It has a population of around 6,000.-History:...	Local	website, local history
Redbournbury Mill Redbournbury Mill Redbournbury Mill, a water-driven flour mill, lies on the River Ver in the hamlet of Redbournbury between St Albans and Redbourn in the county of Hertfordshire, England....		Redbourn Redbourn Redbourn is a village and civil parish in Hertfordshire, United Kingdom, lying on Watling Street, 3 miles from Harpenden, 4 miles from St Albans and 5 miles from Hemel Hempstead. It has a population of around 6,000.-History:...	Mill	Working water-driven flour mill
Rhodes Arts Complex Rhodes Arts Complex The Rhodes Arts Complex is a contemporary venue for arts, culture and conferences in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire. The complex was refurbished in 2005 and has a 300-seat theatre, a multi-purpose studio space, a museum and large exhibition gallery....		Bishop's Stortford Bishop's Stortford Bishop's Stortford is a historic market town and civil parish in the district of East Hertfordshire in the county of Hertfordshire in England. It is situated just west of the M11 motorway, on the county boundary with Essex and is the closest large town to London Stansted Airport and part of the...	Multiple	Includes an art gallery and the Bishop's Stortford Museum with local history exhibits, and personal artifacts and collections of Cecil Rhodes
Royston & District Museum and Art Gallery		Royston Royston, Hertfordshire Royston is a town and civil parish in the District of North Hertfordshire and county of Hertfordshire in England.It is situated on the Greenwich Meridian, which brushes the towns western boundary, and at the northernmost apex of the county on the same latitude of towns such as Milton Keynes and...	Multiple	website, local history, art, ceramics and glass, archaeology
Shaw's Corner Shaw's Corner Shaw's Corner was the primary residence of the renowned Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw; now a historic National Trust property open to the public. Inside the house, the rooms remain much as Shaw left them, and the garden and Shaw's writing hut can also be visited...		Ayot St Lawrence Ayot St Lawrence Ayot St Lawrence is a small village and civil parish in Hertfordshire, between Harpenden and Welwyn. There are several other Ayots in the area, including Ayot Green and Ayot St Peter....	Historic house	Operated by National Trust National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty The National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, usually known as the National Trust, is a conservation organisation in England, Wales and Northern Ireland... , home of playwright George Bernard Shaw George Bernard Shaw George Bernard Shaw was an Irish playwright and a co-founder of the London School of Economics. Although his first profitable writing was music and literary criticism, in which capacity he wrote many highly articulate pieces of journalism, his main talent was for drama, and he wrote more than 60...
St Albans Organ Theatre		St Albans St Albans St Albans is a city in southern Hertfordshire, England, around north of central London, which forms the main urban area of the City and District of St Albans. It is a historic market town, and is now a sought-after dormitory town within the London commuter belt...	Music	website, theater organs and mechanical musical instruments
Stevenage Museum		Stevenage Stevenage Stevenage is a town and borough in Hertfordshire, England. It is situated to the east of junctions 7 and 8 of the A1, and is between Letchworth Garden City to the north, and Welwyn Garden City to the south....	Local	website, local history, culture
Three Rivers Museum		Rickmansworth Rickmansworth Rickmansworth is a town in the Three Rivers district of Hertfordshire, England, 4¼ miles west of Watford.The town has a population of around 15,000 people and lies on the Grand Union Canal and the River Colne, at the northern end of the Colne Valley regional park.Rickmansworth is a small town in...	Local	website, local history, culture
Tring Local History Museum Tring Local History Museum Tring Local History Museum is based in Tring, Hertfordshire, England. The museum, which is run by volunteers, first opened in 2010 and is housed in the office of the former livestock market...		Tring	Local	Local history
Verulamium Museum		St Albans St Albans St Albans is a city in southern Hertfordshire, England, around north of central London, which forms the main urban area of the City and District of St Albans. It is a historic market town, and is now a sought-after dormitory town within the London commuter belt...	Archaeology	Artifacts and remains of the ancient Roman city
Ware Museum		Ware	Local	website, local history, culture
Watford Museum		Watford Watford Watford is a town and borough in Hertfordshire, England, situated northwest of central London and within the bounds of the M25 motorway. The borough is separated from Greater London to the south by the urbanised parish of Watford Rural in the Three Rivers District.Watford was created as an urban...	Multiple	website, local history, culture, fine art, firefighting, Watford F.C. Watford F.C. Watford Football Club is an English professional football club based in Watford, Hertfordshire. It is often referred to as Watford F.C., Watford, or by the team's nickname The Hornets . Watford Rovers, Founded in 1881, entered the FA Cup for the first time in 1886, and the Southern League a decade...
Welwyn Roman Baths Welwyn Roman baths The Welwyn Roman Baths are a small part of the Dicket Mead villa, a Roman ruin which was originally built in the 3rd century AD just north of modern-day Welwyn, Hertfordshire...		Welwyn Welwyn Welwyn is a village and civil parish in Hertfordshire, England. The parish also includes the villages of Digswell and Oaklands. It is sometimes called Old Welwyn to distinguish it from the newer settlement of Welwyn Garden City, about a mile to the south.-History:Situated in the valley of the...	Archaeology	Ruins of Roman baths and other artifacts