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Collections Policy Malvern Museum is a museum of local history, and its collections policy reflects this. The museum’s Collection Development Policy is in line with the national guidelines and has been approved by Arts Council England. The majority of the … Read More

Family and local history research This page provides information on how to research family and local history using material in the museum’s collection and archive.  It also provides links to the catalogue of maps, books and archive material held by the museum. … Read More

The 17th and early 18th century provide the museum’s first closely dateable artefacts, prints and books. Items on display The museum has few artefacts from this period, but covers the enclosure of Malvern Chase (1630s) and the English Civil War … Read More

Tudor Malvern At the beginning of the Tudor period, Great Malvern had an important Benedictine monastery. The small town had a market place in front of the monastery gates. There was a separate parish church, dedicated to St Thomas on … Read More

Items from Great Malvern Priory church The medieval collection at Malvern Museum is built around a significant number of items on loan from Great Malvern Priory church. These include carved stonework, timbers and medieval tiles. They probably all originally came from the … Read More

Prehistoric and Roman Malvern The prehistoric heritage of Malvern is dominated by the two Iron-Age hill forts at the southern end of the Malvern Hills. The museum has a display board about British Camp (Herefordshire Beacon) and Midsummer Hill. A … Read More

The geology collection The Malvern Hills are formed of hard igneous rocks dating from the Precambrian period (600 million year ago (MYA)).  To the west are softer sedimentary rocks of the Silurian period (440 MYA) which are rich in fossils, … Read More

The museum collections and archive Malvern Museum has over 8,000 items in its collection.  Some of the larger artefacts are on permanent display. These include the medieval stonework and timbers on loan from Great Malvern priory church.   The museum displays many … Read More

Updates on Priory Gatehouse Restoration June 2018: Completion of current restoration phase 4 The final stage of Phase 4 was signed off in the summer 2018. The medieval stonework within the archway has been stripped of its cement render. The … Read More