This list of museums in Hertfordshire, England contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) 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.
Name Image Town/City Type Summary 1940s Experience Bushey Living 1940s period home during World War II, history of RAF Bushey Hall; part of the Lincolnsfields Children's Centre Art and Design Gallery Hatfield Art part of the University of Hertfordshire Ashwell Village Museum 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 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 the Garden 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 gardens15th medieval Tudor style Henry Moore Perry Green Much Hadham Art Estate with sculptures by Henry 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 by National Trust, home of playwright George 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 of Cecil 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
Defunct museums Buntingford Heritage Centre, Buntingford Hitchin Museum and Art Gallery, Hitchin, closed in 2012, collections transferred to North Hertfordshire Museum Kingsbury Watermill, no longer a museum, now a restaurant Letchworth Museum & Art Gallery, Letchworth, closed in 2012, collections transferred to North Hertfordshire Museum
See also :Category:Tourist attractions in Hertfordshire
References
Hertfordshire Museums - partnership of county museums Hertfordshire Council: Local museums