Hereford Museum and Art Gallery

The Hereford Museum and Art Gallery is a local museum in the cathedral city of Hereford, Herefordshire, England.[1]

Hereford Museum and Art Gallery

The museum is housed in a Victorian Gothic building. Through the generosity of James Rankin, President of the Woolhope Naturalists' Field Club, it was opened as a free library and museum on 8 October 1874 and has since exhibited artefacts, fine art, and decorative art associated with the local area.

Exhibitions
Seals of Owain Glyndŵr on display in the museum

There are regular temporary exhibitions of craftwork, paintings, photography, and prints.[2] In 2006, the bicentennial of Joseph Murray Ince was celebrated with an exhibition.[3]

The designs of Christopher Dresser were exhibited in 2007.[4] An exhibition of work by the locally born artist Brian Hatton (1887–1916) was displayed at the gallery between November 2007 and January 2008.[5][6]

Having closed temporarily for building repairs in September 2015, the Hereford Museum and Art Gallery re-opened for the summer months in July 2017.[7] As of July 2017, exhibits in the museum include a two-headed calf, a two-metre long fish, various swords, elements of costume and textiles, as well as objects of historic, social and scientific interest dating back from the pre-historic era up to the 20th century. The gallery currently has over 80 works by Brian Hatton, as well as many of his materials and selected letters.

Accessibility

In 2005, the museum became the first in the United Kingdom to invest in the Talking Tactile Tablet (T3),[8] developed at the UK's Royal National College for the Blind in Hereford together with a software company based in the USA.[9]

See also

References
  1. Hereford Museum & Art Gallery, Culture 24, UK.
  2. Hereford Museum and Art Gallery, Visit Britain, UK.
  3. Caroline Lewis, Hereford Museum & Art Gallery Celebrates Joseph Murray Ince Bicentenary, Culture 24, UK, 3 August 2006.
  4. Alexander Rabagliati, The Designs Of Christopher Dresser at Hereford Museum, Culture 24, UK, 17 January 2007.
  5. Bill Tanner, Herefordshire celebrates Brian Hatton. Hereford Times, 12 November 2007.
  6. Exhibition dedicated to the work of Brian Hatton (1887–1916) Archived 9 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Herefordshire Council, UK.
  8. "College breaks new ground". Worcester News. 18 April 2007. Retrieved 26 April 2010.
  9. "Old meets new at city attraction". Hereford Times. Newsquest Media Ltd. 25 July 2005. Archived from the original on 9 July 2012. Retrieved 26 April 2010.


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