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
Priory Gatehouse or Abbey Gateway? The Priory Gatehouse had been the entry point for the Benedictine Priory of Great Malvern for several centuries before the monastery was surrendered to the Crown in 1539. Two hundred years later the building was being referred to … Read More
Peep into our main exhibition rooms by following the links below: Malvern Hills Room – This includes the development of the Priory Gatehouse. You can appreciate how the geology of the area has contributed to the later history of Malvern. … Read More
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Malvern in the Great War Over one hundred years ago the European powers entered a conflict, known then as the Great War, that would succeed in touching the lives of millions of people across the globe. Malvern and the surrounding … Read More
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Gatehouse and Collection These pages provide information on the gatehouse and collection, with a research guide and links to the museum catalogue. You can visit these pages using the links below: History of the Gatehouse Malvern Museum of Local History is housed … Read More
Tunnel through Malvern Rocks The Malvern Hills consist largely of syenite, a Precambrian granite-like rock formed some 700 million years ago. It is one of the hardest rocks and presented the tunnelling engineers with enormous difficulties, not least because the … Read More
