Museum sights in Herefordshire
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Mappa Mundi
The cathedral is best known for two ancient treasures housed here. The awe-inspiring 13th-century Mappa Mundi is a large calfskin vellum map intricately painted with the vivid (to modern eyes, wacky) world vision of the era's scholars and an enthralling pictorial encyclopaedia of the times.
It is the largest and best-preserved example of this type of cartography anywhere, but more than that it's a bewitching journey through the world as then envisioned, peopled by strange beings with eyes in their chest, roamed by basilisks and mythological monsters. Navigate your way through the barely recognisable mash of continents and you can even find Hereford itself.
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Cider Museum & King Offa Distillery
Don't forget to claim your free samples in the Cider Museum & King Offa Distillery, which explores cider-making history. Look for the fine costrels (mini barrels) and horn mugs used by agricultural workers to carry and quaff their wages, which were partially paid in cider.
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Hereford Museum & Art Gallery
The quirky collection at Hereford Museum & Art Gallery includes everything from 19th-century witches' curses to a two-headed calf. There are hands-on antiquities boxes and dressing-up gear to keep kids engaged.
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Old House
This gloriously creaky black-and-white, three-storey wooden house was built in 1621. Climb upstairs for beautifully kept medieval rooms with period furniture (including 17th century cradles), carved wood panelling and antique cast-iron firebacks.
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Market House
The 17th-century Market House sits atop weathered sandstone columns in the Market Pl; inside the salmon-pink building is an agreeably hand-crafted heritage centre with local history displays.
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Heritage Centre
The Heritage Centre sits in a half-timbered treasure across the street, with displays on local history.
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Hereford Museum & Art Gallery
The quirky collection at the town museum has displays on just about everything from 19th-century witch's curses to Roman antiquities.
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