Thislist of museums inHertfordshire,England containsmuseums which are defined for this context as institutions (includingnonprofit organizations, government entities, and privatebusinesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Also included are non-profit art galleries and university art galleries. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e.,virtual museums) are not included.
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| Name | Image | Town/City | Type | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s Experience | Bushey | Living | 1940s period home duringWorld War II, history ofRAF Bushey Hall; part of the Lincolnsfields Children's Centre | |
| Art and Design Gallery | Hatfield | Art | part of theUniversity of Hertfordshire | |
| Ashwell Village Museum | .jpg) | Ashwell | Local | local history |
| Baldock Museum | Baldock | Local | local history | |
| British Schools Museum |  | Hitchin | Education | Complex of schools showing education in Britain from 1810 until 1969, Victorian life, |
| Broadway Gallery | Letchworth | Art | Visual arts organisation, part of the Letchworth Garden City Heritage Foundation. | |
| Bushey Museum |  | Bushey | Multiple | Local history, culture, art |
| Cromer Windmill |  | Cromer | Mill | |
| Dacorum Heritage Trust | Dacorum | Local | information, local history, based in a museum store in Berkhamsted, open by appointment | |
| Datchworth Museum | Datchworth | Local | information, local history, located in a former blacksmith's shop | |
| de Havilland Aircraft Museum |  | London Colney | Aviation | Formerly the Mosquito Aircraft Museum, restored de Havilland military aircraft |
| Elstree and Boreham Wood Museum | Borehamwood | Local | local history | |
| Frogmore Paper Mill |  | Hemel Hempstead | Industry | Industrial 'exploration' centre built around a working paper mill |
| Gorham House |  | St Albans | Historic house | Palladian mansion and adjacent ruins of older house |
| International Garden Cities Exhibition | Letchworth | History | story of theGarden city movement and Letchworth’s legacy and influence on town planning across the world | |
| Hatfield House Hatfield Palace |   | Hatfield | Historic house Royal Palace | 17th century Jacobean house and gardens 15th medieval Tudor style |
| Henry Moore Perry Green |  | Much Hadham | Art | Estate with sculptures byHenry Moore and his studios |
| Hertford Museum |  | Hertford | Local | Local history, culture, art |
| Knebworth House |  | Knebworth | Historic house | Victorian Tudor Gothic house, gardens and grounds |
| Lowewood Museum |  | Hoddesdon | Local | local social history, geology |
| Mill Green Museum |  | Hatfield | Mill | Working water-driven 18th-century flour mill and local history museum |
| Museum at One Garden City | Letchworth | History | Focusing on local history and showcasing items from the Garden City Collection | |
| Museum of St Albans | St Albans | Local | Local history, archaeology, art | |
| Much Hadham Forge Museum |  | Much Hadham | Historic house | working blacksmith forge, Victorian cottage and garden |
| Natural History Museum at Tring |  | Tring | Natural history | Formerly the Walter Rothschild Zoological Museum, features stuffed mammals, birds, reptiles and insects |
| North Hertfordshire Museum |  | Hitchin | Multiple | opening in 2019, local history, culture |
| Potters Bar Museum | Potters Bar | Local | information, local history | |
| Redbourn Museum | Redbourn | Local | local history, located in a former silk mill | |
| Redbournbury Mill |  | Redbourn | Mill | Working water-driven flour mill |
| Royston & District Museum and Art Gallery | Royston | Multiple | local history, art, ceramics and glass, archaeology | |
| Shaw's Corner |  | Ayot St Lawrence | Historic house | Operated byNational Trust, home of playwrightGeorge Bernard Shaw |
| South Mill Arts (previously Rhodes Arts Complex) | Bishop's Stortford | Multiple | Includes an art gallery and the Bishop's Stortford Museum with local history exhibits, and personal artefacts and collections ofCecil Rhodes | |
| St Albans Organ Theatre | St Albans | Music | theater organs and mechanical musical instruments | |
| Stevenage Museum | Stevenage | Local | local history, culture | |
| Three Rivers Museum | Rickmansworth | Local | local history, culture | |
| Tring Local History Museum |  | Tring | Local | Local history |
| Verulamium Museum |  | St Albans | Archaeology | Artefacts and remains of the Roman city |
| Ware Museum | Ware | Local | local history, culture | |
| Watford Museum |  | Watford | Local | Local history, culture, fine art, firefighting,Watford F.C. |
| Welwyn Roman Baths |  | Welwyn | Archaeology | Ruins of Roman baths and other artefacts |
After a lot of heartache we have decided to downsize the centre to a small display in the foyer of the Manor House.
This museum has now closed while staff work towards the re-development of the new North Hertfordshire Museum