The museum and café are open

We look forward to welcoming you back to the museum and café. You can visit us during normal opening hours, although we are restricting numbers. On busy days, you may experience a short wait before going through to the galleries. We also offer a guided tour at 11.00, which you can book online at ArtTickets UK.

The museum has followed Government guidelines to ensure that it is a safe environment, with a one-way system of social distancing and additional cleaning throughout the building. Please wear an appropriate facemask when you visit.

The museum is open 10.30 am – 4.30 pm Tuesday to Saturday, 11 am – 3 pm Sunday, closed Monday. Last tours are at 3.30 pm in the week and 2 pm on Sundays. Admission is FREE.

During this exceptional period, the museum café is offering a smaller menu, served in takeaway cups and boxes, but you are welcome to sit at the socially-distanced tables. It offers Afternoon Cream Tea on the terrace, which must be pre-booked in one-hour slots; it includes tea or coffee of your choice, selection of finger sandwiches, scone, clotted cream and jam, cake of the day and macarons for £16.00 pp, £8.00 under 12s.

North Hertfordshire Museum has four galleries:

• explore the Discovering North Hertfordshire Gallery, which deals with the history of the district from geological times to the present day;
• see changing exhibitions of art in the Exhibition Gallery;
• discover how people’s lives have changed over thousands of years in the Living in North Hertfordshire Gallery;
• see the football collection, objects from all around the world, items from our art collections and animations of local folklore tales in the Terrace Gallery;
• view art exhibitions in the Arches Gallery, part of the Terrace Gallery.