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🎉 As part of Ware Museum’s 40th birthday celebrations, every fortnight we’ll be sharing a favourite object from our coll...
02/09/2026

🎉 As part of Ware Museum’s 40th birthday celebrations, every fortnight we’ll be sharing a favourite object from our collection, each chosen by one of our volunteers. It’s a chance to discover some of the objects and stories that have made the museum what it is today.

This week’s choice comes from Diana:

"My favourite object is the Roman Quern Stone made of Hertfordshire Puddingstone. Sadly, the Roman slaves who made it would have had a very short life because the matrix (silica) was not good for the lungs. But it is beautifully made. It was found on a local rockery."

🏛️ You can see the Quern Stone in our latest exhibition ‘Ware Museum at 40: Stories of People and Place’.

🎉 As part of Ware Museum’s 40th birthday celebrations, every fortnight we’ll be sharing a favourite object from our coll...
19/08/2026

🎉 As part of Ware Museum’s 40th birthday celebrations, every fortnight we’ll be sharing a favourite object from our collection, each chosen by one of our volunteers. It’s a chance to discover some of the objects and stories that have made the museum what it is today.

This week’s choice comes from Lewis:

"The flint axe head has always fascinated me as it's an excellent display of knapping skills, and as it isn't polished like the others, you can see the individual cuttings from the stone. 12,000 years ago (as presumed by the label) an expert crafted this for use, and it was either not used until it broke, or it was filed and kept as a keepsake. What story could it have had?"

🏛️ You can see the axe head in our latest exhibition ‘Ware Museum at 40: Stories of People and Place’.

17/08/2026

I really enjoyed visiting Ware Museum recently. It was great to meet the fantastic team who preserve our town’s history, find out how they’ve used funding from Arts Council England and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport’s Museum Renewal Fund to improve the museum, and hear about their plans for the future. A huge thank you for such a warm welcome! 🤝

🎉 As part of Ware Museum’s 40th birthday celebrations, every fortnight we’ll be sharing a favourite object from our coll...
05/08/2026

🎉 As part of Ware Museum’s 40th birthday celebrations, every fortnight we’ll be sharing a favourite object from our collection, each chosen by one of our volunteers. It’s a chance to discover some of the objects and stories that have made the museum what it is today.

This week’s choice comes from Graham:

"My favourite object is The Fire Extinguisher in the Malting cabinet. It doesn’t look as though it would do much! The idea was to throw it at the base of the fire to extinguish it. We’ve not tested it."

🏛️ You can see the fire extinguisher in our latest exhibition ‘Ware Museum at 40: Stories of People and Place’.

🎉 School's out for summer! 🌞Looking for fun, affordable activities to keep little hands busy? Join us today for our drop...
04/08/2026

🎉 School's out for summer! 🌞
Looking for fun, affordable activities to keep little hands busy? Join us today for our drop in families session - on until 3PM

🏛️ 4 August – Romans

💷 Just £3 per child, per session
👧 Suitable for children aged 4–12, with colouring activities for younger visitors too.
All children must be accompanied by an adult.
We can't wait to see you!

🎉 School's out for summer! 🌞Looking for fun, affordable activities to keep little hands busy? Join us every Tuesday from...
23/07/2026

🎉 School's out for summer! 🌞

Looking for fun, affordable activities to keep little hands busy? Join us every Tuesday from 28 July to 25 August to explore, make and discover.

Get creative with a different hands-on activity each week, all inspired by fascinating objects from the Museum's collection.

📅 What's on:
🎨 28 July – Mosaics
🏛️ 4 August – Romans
🕯️ 11 August – Make Your Own Beeswax Candles
🧵 18 August – Sampler Weaving
🦕 25 August – Dinosaurs

🕚 Drop in anytime between 11am–3pm
💷 Just £3 per child, per session
👧 Suitable for children aged 4–12, with colouring activities for younger visitors too.

All children must be accompanied by an adult.

We can't wait to see you!

🎉 As part of Ware Museum’s 40th birthday celebrations, every fortnight we’ll be sharing a favourite object from our coll...
22/07/2026

🎉 As part of Ware Museum’s 40th birthday celebrations, every fortnight we’ll be sharing a favourite object from our collection, each chosen by one of our volunteers. It’s a chance to discover some of the objects and stories that have made the museum what it is today.

This week’s choice comes from Alison:

"My favourite artefacts in the Museum are a collection of flints and hammerstones created by hunters 10,000 years ago in the Mesolithic period. These were actually found right across the street from my home in Stanstead Abbotts! They were discovered in the 1970s while a neighbour was digging a swimming pool.

Inspired by these local finds, I enrolled in an online archaeology course with DigVentures. As part of the course, I dug a test pit in my own back garden and was thrilled to find worked flints and pottery sherds dating back to the Bronze Age!"

🏛️ You can see the collection of flints and hammerstones in our latest exhibition ‘Ware Museum at 40: Stories of People and Place’.

🎉 As part of Ware Museum’s 40th birthday celebrations, every fortnight we’ll be sharing a favourite object from our coll...
09/07/2026

🎉 As part of Ware Museum’s 40th birthday celebrations, every fortnight we’ll be sharing a favourite object from our collection, each chosen by one of our volunteers. It’s a chance to discover some of the objects and stories that have made the museum what it is today.

This week’s choice comes from Mary:

"I like the battered old Allenburys Pastilles tin. I used to have an identical tin, but it became so rusty in my cellar that I had to dispose of it. I do, however, still have a 2oz tin, complete with greaseproof paper and some rather dried-up pastilles!"

🏛️ You can see the tin in our latest exhibition ‘Ware Museum at 40: Stories of People and Place’.

07/07/2026

We love this! Well done to all involved 🙌🏻

We had a wonderful time with an excellent turnout for our stall at the Ware Festival on Saturday! Splat the Rat and our ...
06/07/2026

We had a wonderful time with an excellent turnout for our stall at the Ware Festival on Saturday! Splat the Rat and our Detectorists’ Dig were both a huge hit. A big thank you to everyone who stopped by and to our generous volunteers who gave up their time to come and help!

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89 High Street
Ware
SG129AL

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Tuesday 11am - 4pm
Wednesday 11am - 4pm
Saturday 11am - 4pm
Sunday 2pm - 4pm

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