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Asbestos removal in September 2015 before reopening in July 2017. Due to structural issues and fire regulations only ten people were allowed into the museum and art gallery at anyone time from 2020 after the COVID-19 lockdowns. The building closed temporarily to the public on 18 July 2023 for a full redevelopment.
332:, a two-metre long fish, various swords, elements of costume and textiles, as well as objects of historic, social and scientific interest dating back from the pre-historic era up to the 20th century. During summer months it was also home to a bee colony. An area of the art gallery was set aside for the permanent display of works by
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Woolhope club was founded in 1851 at a meeting of the Literary, Philosophical and Natural History Institution of Hereford. In 1869 the club's president, Sir James Rankin MP, offered money for the building of a library and museum during his presidential retirement speech of 22 February 1870. At
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Woolhope Club Room; and new commercial areas, including a rooftop café. A new floor featuring a viewing beacon and roof terrace, providing 360-degree views over the city and
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Woolhope Club members were encouraged to donate artefacts to the museum. Alongside the
Woolhope Club, members of other local natural history, literary, philosophical and antiquarian societies generously donated to the museum. Their donations are the foundation of Herefordshire Museum Service's
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collections. In 1927 a public appeal raised funding to mount two Roman floor mosaics from
Kenchester in the stair hall of the building. The collections expanded under the guidance of the museum's curators, notable among them Mr. F.C. Morgan.
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