History Museum

1974	Waterworks Museum established as a charitable trust.
1984	Restructured as a company limited by guarantee and registered charity.
1992	Tangye House opened (the former Leominster water pumping station).
1999	Museum starts to open every Tuesday (with weekly gathering of Volunteers).
1999	Museum celebrates silver anniversary
2000	English Heritage put main building on register of ‘listed buildings at risk’, which required a major work on the roof and chimneystack.
2001	Trustees announce plans to refurbish the listed building and build a new Visitor Centre, new engine exhibition space and an engineers’ workshop.
2002	Go ahead for new build project confirmed.
2003	Museum closed for two years for Listed Building refurbishment (2003-2005).
2004	Funding for new build project and Rotherwas Building project confirmed
2005	Offered the Blackstone engine and relics from Rotherwas Munitions Factory.
2006	Leased additional land for Rotherwas Building.
2006	Visitor Centre (Easthall), Southall Engine Gallery and Engineers Workshop formally opened.
2007	Rotherwas Building opened + Hereford’s only permanent exhibition to WWII.
2007	Accredited Museum status attained
2010	Water on Tap exhibition opened
2010	Concept for a Heritage Water Park announced + additional land leased.
2011	Planning permission confirmed for Heritage Water Park.
2011	Museum starts is programme of children’s events in the school holidays.
2012	Funding confirmed for Heritage Water Park.
2014	Museum celebrates 40^th anniversary
2015	Heritage Water Park opened.

Opening Times

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August

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August Events
https://www.waterworksmuseum.org.uk/about/event/august-events/
All day
01/08/18-31/08/18
The Waterworks Museum - Hereford, Hereford, United Kingdom
The Waterworks Museum - Hereford, Hereford, United Kingdom

Not In Steam Days:
Every Tuesday: 11am – 4pm
In Steam Days:
Museum opens at 12.00 and is in-steam between 1pm – 4pm
August 12th Sunday: Museum open – all engines working.
August 21st Sunday: Summer Holiday (Teddy Bears’ Picnic): trails/family fun – bring a teddy and a picnic.
August 26th Sunday and 27th Monday: Focus on key technologies – the Pelton Wheel.
For other dates and full details see 2018 Calendar and Admission Charges

Did You Know?

The main Museum building is one of less than 6% of all listed buildings that is rated as Grade II*.

Our working triple-expansion steam engine, which stands two-floors high, was built in 1895 and continued in use supplying water to Hereford until 1952.

The Waterworks Museum was established over 40 years ago in 1974.

The Museum’s collection totals over 3,500 items (including books, documents and records relating to the water industry).

To create the Noel Meeke Heritage Water Park a team of 30 volunteers gave over 2,300 hours of their time.

In 2000, the Museum was on the listed buildings ‘at risk’ register and at risk of closure.

The Museum’s oldest exhibit, a horse drawn fire engine, dates to 1805 and was used on the estate at Stoke Lacey.

The oldest part of the Museum is 160 year old and dates back to 1856 and the creation of Hereford City’s first municipal water supply.

Volunteers run every aspect of the Museum – we have no paid staff.

In 2015, volunteers welcomed over 5,400 visitors to the Museum (a record year).

The collection includes many important items of our industrial heritage, which but for the intervention of the Museum would have been lost forever.

The Museum’s display in the Rotherwas Building is the only permanent exhibition dedicated to Hereford in WWII.

A Brief History Of The Waterworks Museum - Hereford

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