Great For Family and Enthusiasts

Plenty to see and do for the whole family and making a splash is part of the fun.
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Fun, Active, Stimulating

Children engage with materials, participate in the sessions, and collaborate with each other.
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Stimulating Challenges

You will help us tell a story of a unique aspects of Britain’s industrial heritage.
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Awesome Working Exhibits

The Waterworks Museum houses some of the oldest working steam pumping engine in the UK.
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A time capsule of working engines and social history

welcome to the waterworks museum

Calendar 2017

The working museum which makes the story of drinking water spring to life.

A Hidden Gem ... Always Something New.

The museum traces the history of drinking water from the cave-dwellers up to the present day through wonderful working engines, superb display panels, guidebooks and films and the knowledge shared by the Museum’s volunteers. Classified by English Heritage as "a site of clear national importance", the Museum is home to the oldest working triple-expansion steam engine in the UK and probably has the widest range of working pumps and engines.

Please click here for details of Admission and Other Charges.

What we offer

Love Kids in Museums

CHILDREN'S ACTIVITIES

We firmly believe that a good museum has to offer something and be welcoming for all the family, not just the grown-ups, so we are delighted to be a signatory to the Kids in Museums Manifesto.

Children's Activity Days 2018Our new outdoor exhibition space, the Noel Meeke Heritage Water Park, was designed specially to attract visits by family groups.

Don't miss our children's activity days.

Opening Times

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    01/08/19-31/08/19
    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 11th Sunday: Museum open – all engines working **

    August 25th  Sunday – August 26th Monday: Key technology: James Watt’s Bicentenary. Museum open: all engines working

    For other dates and full details see 2019 Calendar and Admission Charges

Herefordshire Aaward of Excellance Award 2018

Museum Volunteers Win Prestigious Award

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IMechEThe IMechE team@IMechE·
16 Aug

We're proud to present an #EngineeringHeritageAward to the #Newcomen model engine @hunterian on 19 August. The young #JamesWatt worked on this model - 25 August is the 200th anniversary of his death @IMechEGlasgow #industrialrevolution
https://t.co/2R7c2u9KSq

WaterworkMuseumWaterworks Museum@WaterworkMuseum·
17 Aug

A picture paints a thousand words ... @WaterworkMuseum⁩ #Hereford loves receiving #VisitorFeedback like this ... it’s from one of our younger visitors and it acknowledges the efforts of the too often unsung #VolunteerHeroes who work in our reception and cafe

WaterworkMuseumWaterworks Museum@WaterworkMuseum·
15 Aug

Just 6 more chances in 2019 to see the engines & pumps working @WaterworkMuseum #Hereford ... PLUS 2 children’s holiday events: Tuesdays 20 August (Teddy Bears’ Picnic) & 22 October (detail to be announced) #FamilyFun picnic in the grounds #WaterHeritagePark Under 16s go #free

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Whats On

Nearby Attractions

A typical visitor will spend between one to two hours at the Waterworks Museum – Hereford, and perhaps longer on the days when the Museum is operating in steam. See the Museum’s 2019 Calendar for more information.

For this reason, visitors often combine a visit to the Museum with a visit to one of Hereford’s other major attractions, most notably the impressive Norman Cathedral and its chained library and Mappa Mundi Museum, the Cider Museum or the Broomy Hill Model Railway which sits adjacent to the Waterworks Museum.

Hereford Cathedral

Information on other attractions and events in Herefordshire can be found on the following websites:
https://www.eatsleepliveherefordshire.co.uk/ and
Guide2 Herefordshire
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