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https://www.waterworksmuseum.org.uk/about/event/april-events/9:36 PM01/04/19-30/04/19The Waterworks Museum - Hereford, Hereford, United KingdomThe Waterworks Museum - Hereford, Hereford, United KingdomNot In Steam Days:
Every Tuesday: 11am – 4pm
In Steam Days:
Museum opens at 12.00 and is in-steam between 1pm – 4pm
April 14th Sunday: Hereford & District Preservation Society: splendid engines displayed in courtyard
April 21st Sunday – April 22nd Monday: Historic Water Supply – Ledbury Museum open – all engines working.
April 27th Saturday – April 28th Sunday: Steampunk Weekend: includes market stalls & Steampunk entertainment.
For other dates and full details see 2019 Calendar and Admission Charges
Did You Know?
The Museum’s collection totals over 3,500 items (including books, documents and records relating to the water industry).
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.
The collection includes many important items of our industrial heritage, which but for the intervention of the Museum would have been lost forever.
The main Museum building is one of less than 6% of all listed buildings that is rated as Grade II*.
The Museum’s oldest exhibit, a horse drawn fire engine, dates to 1805 and was used on the estate at Stoke Lacey.
The Waterworks Museum was established over 40 years ago in 1974.
Volunteers run every aspect of the Museum – we have no paid staff.
To create the Noel Meeke Heritage Water Park a team of 30 volunteers gave over 2,300 hours of their time.
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.
In 2015, volunteers welcomed over 5,400 visitors to the Museum (a record year).
The Museum’s display in the Rotherwas Building is the only permanent exhibition dedicated to Hereford in WWII.
In 2000, the Museum was on the listed buildings ‘at risk’ register and at risk of closure.