Shropshire Museums Collections Centre

Shropshire Museums Collections Centre It also has dedicated education, research and display spaces, to allow greater public access to the collections.

Located in the same building as Ludlow Library, Shropshire Council’s Shropshire Museums Collections Centre is a secure and environmentally controlled facility, which stores Shropshire Museums Service’s important collections. Formerly known as Ludlow Museum Resource Centre, Shropshire Museums Collection Centre is a secure and environmentally controlled facility, which stores Shropshire Museums Serv

ice’s important collections. Access to Collections:
By appointment, objects from our collections can be viewed and studied in our Research Room. We also offer Store Tours, which allow you to go behind the scenes, are also available by group appointment (charges apply). There is a free Exhibitions Gallery on the lower ground floor, which is open during building's opening times

Volunteering Opportunities:
Volunteers at Shropshire Museums Collections Centre are focused on cataloguing and digitising the collections to make them more accessible. If you are interested in becoming a volunteer, please contact us: [email protected] or 01743 250505

Learning Opportunities:
There are opportunities for learners of all ages at Shropshire Museums Collections Centre. Activities include curriculum linked workshops for schools and home educators, as well as adult education courses. Contact our Shrewsbury based Education Team: [email protected] or 01743 25881

Facilities Hire:
Our large Freezer and Conservation Lab are available to hire for pest management and conservation work, and groups or societies can hire our Education Room or Research Room for meetings. Please contact us for details: [email protected] or 01743 250505

Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS):
The Finds Liaison Officer for Shropshire and Herefordshire is based at Shropshire Museums Collections Centre. If you have found archaeological items, they can be brought in for identification and recording. There are also volunteering opportunities available with the PAS. To find out more about PAS, contact Peter Reavill on:
[email protected]
01743 254748
Or visit www.finds.org.uk

For updates from Peter follow him on Twitter

have you seen the costume exhibition Shropshire Museums Collections Centre all about the uniforms and clothing worn...
04/06/2026

have you seen the costume exhibition Shropshire Museums Collections Centre all about the uniforms and clothing worn by Shropshire "Doctors and Nurses". In it you will see the clothes worn by local health professionals from history. You can discover the contents of a local Midwife's bag and see the difference between that and the midwifery bag used by Shropshire GPs. Discover strange Victorian contraptions for curing rheumatism, surgeons instruments and a hand cranked electric shock machine! See a range of historic photos including images of the wards at Ludlow Workhouse where the local poor were cared for before the advent of the NHS.
The exhibition is open now and is on in the costume gallery until July 2026.

This is a photo of a resident in the old . Workhouses were where poor people and those unable to wor...
03/06/2026

This is a photo of a resident in the old . Workhouses were where poor people and those unable to work due to illness or old age were looked after before the or existed. People who were deemed fit to work were found jobs in local firms and this meant their "wages" covered their cost of living. Today we often associate the workhouse with a very Dickensian image of poverty.
This photo dates from the century and this woman was one of the last residents in the . She had reached the very old age of 100 years old, when this photo was taken of a remarkable person towards the end of her life. She looks quite comfortable in this cosy chair, I imagine she could have told us some amazing tales from her long life.
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It's and hopefully you might have spotted one of these swooping and diving in the skies recently. Swallows are one...
02/06/2026

It's and hopefully you might have spotted one of these swooping and diving in the skies recently. Swallows are one of the most well known and distinctive that fly here from each spring. Swallows are much smaller than their fellow migrants the . They also make cup shaped nests from which are often located along beams in barns or other buildings. You can also spot them lined up on phone wires in rural locations such as .

It's and this rather dates from the Late Eighteenth to early Nineteenth century. It's an evening waistcoat in a cr...
29/05/2026

It's and this rather dates from the Late Eighteenth to early Nineteenth century. It's an evening waistcoat in a cream silk ground with black stripes. It's quite a subtle item, doesn't grab attention but is beautifully made, with false pockets at the front just for the look. It fastens with laces at the back for a perfect fit!

In the Costume Gallery Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery we are celebrating sports in all their form through across th...
28/05/2026

In the Costume Gallery Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery we are celebrating sports in all their form through across the ages from the stores here Shropshire Museums Collections Centre . GameOn! a exhibition explores a range of Shropshire Sportspeople through the kit and clothing they wore. Discover outfits worn by Shropshire Olympians, Paralympians, Shrewsbury Town FC players, local Jockeys and Cross Channel swimmers.

this photo of Thomas William Cole Junior (T. W. Cole) with his nurse was taken on 31st October 1952. A rather sweet ph...
27/05/2026

this photo of Thomas William Cole Junior (T. W. Cole) with his nurse was taken on 31st October 1952. A rather sweet photo of a nurse doing her job and caring for her elderly patient with a walk in the fresh air. &Nurses

this happy little pair are Reed Warblers, another of the which travel from their winter home in Africa all the way...
26/05/2026

this happy little pair are Reed Warblers, another of the which travel from their winter home in Africa all the way to the to and raise their young. Thye are more common in the South East of the country but some do make it over to Shropshire to nest in local .

This gorgeous striped waistcoat would certainly have elevated the outfit of the who wore it. It's made from blue velve...
22/05/2026

This gorgeous striped waistcoat would certainly have elevated the outfit of the who wore it. It's made from blue velvet and the long line of the cut is typical of the time, dating from 1800. Despite its age it is in remarkable condition, showing little signs of wear. I love the double row of coordinating covered buttons which really help the colours to pop.

there's a new costume exhibition Shropshire Museums Collections Centre all about the uniforms and clothing worn by Sh...
21/05/2026

there's a new costume exhibition Shropshire Museums Collections Centre all about the uniforms and clothing worn by Shropshire "Doctors and Nurses". In it you will see the clothes worn by local health professionals from history. You can discover the contents of a local Midwife's bag and see the difference between that and the midwifery bag used by Shropshire GPs. Discover strange Victorian contraptions for curing rheumatism, surgeons instruments and a hand cranked electric shock machine! See a range of historic photos including images of the wards at Ludlow Workhouse where the local poor were cared for before the advent of the NHS.
The exhibition is open now and is on in the costume gallery until July 2026.

in the mid Twentieth century, children from Galdeford school took part in a pageant. Here they are dressed up as a var...
20/05/2026

in the mid Twentieth century, children from Galdeford school took part in a pageant. Here they are dressed up as a variety of characters from fantastical creatures such as fairies and elves, alongside more prosaic doctors and nurses! The photo was taken by T.J.Evans of Corves Street, Ludlow.
Do you know anyone in this photo? Did your grandparents take part? See more old photos in the current &Nurses exhibition
&Nurses

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7-9 Parkway
Ludlow
SY82PG

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Monday 9:30am - 5pm
Wednesday 9:30am - 5pm
Friday 9:30am - 5pm

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