Hertford Museum

About

The museum offers displays on two floors, charting the history of the museum and its early collections on the ground floor to the history of Hertford on the first floor. There are things to touch and play with as well as listening posts where you can hear people tell their own stories. The temporary exhibition gallery offers a programme of changing exhibitions throughout the year and the Jacobean style knot garden provides a tranquil retreat from the busy town centre. The museum shop specialises in a wide range of beautiful greeting cards, fossils and minerals, ethically sourced gifts and a vast array of in house publications covering a wealth of local history topics. The museum delivers a busy programme of events and activities for all ages throughout the year and runs a busy learning service for schools. Lifts allow access to all public areas and magnifiers are available for the visually impaired. Gender neutral accessible toilets and family toilet with baby changing facility.

At a glance

• Typical visit: about 1 hour 30 minutes