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Here you can see a selection of publications available from the Leominster Museum.

Leominster Museum is delighted to acknowledge payment of a generous AIM Collections Care Audit Grant with Icon and supported by the Pilgrim Trust. Using this grant, we were able to secure the services of Jane Thompson-Webb, of the Birmingham Museums Trust.  Jane

Our new exhibition for 2023 is called Leominster People. It profiles the lives of those who either lived in Leominster all their lives, or spent many years there, and who have made an impact on the world

2024 is the 150th anniversary of the birth of Ella Mary Leather.  She worked with the famous English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams to collect songs, stories, and Herefordshire folklore a century ago.  Our 2024 project celebrates their collaboration with displays,

Sharing Our Songs & Stories: Nicholas Williams gave a talk on the collaboration between Ella Mary Leather & Ralph Vaughan Williams

On the 14th June, the Museum partnered with Hilary Norris, the Director of Music at Leominster Priory, to present a concert entitled 'Creative Collaborations' which celebrated the work that Ella Mary Leather and Ralph Vaughan Williams did together to collect

Priory Arts and Leominster Museum combined to create a schools event at Leominster Priory,

Leominster Museum's temporary exhibition for 2025 tells the stories of solders, sailors and airmen from Leominster who were active in the Second World War and how the women at home played their part in the war effort.

The 2025 season started with a very successful launch at the Museum on 12th April 2025. The celebrations began with short speeches from Geoffrey Crofts, the Chair of the Museum trustees, and Mrs Margaret Conod.