1 1670: A committee was set up to bargain for stone to erect a Market House. It was built on stone pillars and from 1700 parts were rented to tradesmen. ...
Warwick Market Hall was built of sandstone in the 17th century. Areas were rented to tradesmen, and there was a small prison on the ground floor. Markets were held here until 1905, after which the whole building became a museum. It is located in Market Place.
The mid 19th century was truly the heyday of the Warwickshire Natural History and Archaeological Society. During this period they benefited from the enthusiastic and generous support and membership of the ...
As the first collections grew, the Warwickshire Natural History and Archaeological Society‘s curators labelled the growing number of specimens, establishing a very basic documentation system. In those days, all object labels were ...
The background
In April 2017 Heritage & Culture Warwickshire worked with The Play House and pupils from Westgate Primary to create tales inspired by objects on display at the Market Hall ...
Warwickshire Museum and its geological collections owe much to the Reverend Peter Bellinger Brodie. Peter was born in 1815 and grew up in London where his father was a barrister. Peter’s ...
Recent publicity has drawn our attention to the importance of honeybees in the production of much of the food we eat. We read about beehives now being placed atop prestigious ...
This is a real stuffed bear that was probably shot in the Victorian period and was inherited from the Warwick Natural History and Archaeological Society in 1932. It has been ...
The early museum
A museum has existed at Market Hall since 1836, when the Warwickshire Natural History and Archaeological Society hired some rooms in the centre of Warwick. Expanding rapidly, by ...