Malvern Museum Gatehouse north side
Museums, Museums & Heritage

Malvern Museum

Opening times 2026
Malvern Museum will be open from 28 March until the end of October, seven days a week, from 10.30am until 5pm, with last entry at 4pm.

Malvern Museum attractions
Housed in the medieval monastic gatehouse, the museum is small but filled with answers to all you might want to ask about Malvern’s history. Starting from the creation of the hills themselves and moving through rocks and fossils, visitors can then get a glimpse into prehistoric life on the hill forts. Medieval Malvern, with its beautiful priory church and black monks, can be contemplated alongside the harsh Forest laws before moving into the healthier times of Malvern’s Water Cure. Wealthy Victorian visitors and hard-working local families ultimately created the town as it is today. Trips back into times of real conflict with two world wars go hand in hand with encounters with Edward Elgar and Bernard Shaw, while a touchscreen provides opportunities to see the engineering potential of England’s first petrol driven car and the development of the iconic Morgan motor car. Radar scientists arrived in Malvern in 1942 and their contribution to the war effort and new inventions can also be explored. Families will encounter lifelike mannequins and be challenged by different interactives.

New displays include 200 years of the railways, a Victorian visitor to the town with some of her personal effects, and the story of the birth of punk rock and Malvern’s part in it, along with a selection of recently donated artefacts.

Admission prices
£2.50 per adult, 50p per child (children admitted free at weekend)

Facilities

Wi-Fi
Shop
Guided Tours Available
Group Visits Available
Disabled Access
Children Welcome
Accessible by Public Transport