Welcome to the MUSEUM OF TECHNOLOGY. We are located in the Old Town, Hemel Hempstead. The Museum spans that very small period in history in which the technological revolution took place. The items on display represent the evolution of electrical, electronic and warfare technology between the period 1850 and 1980. Museum curator Rosie Hourihane invites you to look around our web site and the museum.

Please contact us if you have any queries or would like to visit the museum.

OUR MUSEUM

Offers you a chance to step back in time

REMEMBER "A & B" PUBLIC TELEPHONES, BATTERIES YOU HAD TO FILL UP, CRYSTAL SETS, GAS MASKS, MORSE KEYS, FRAME AERIALS?
THEN YOU WILL WANT TO SEE OUR COLLECTION OF EARLY TECHNOLOGY.

As well as all that

OUR COLLECTION OF WAR MEMORABILIA HAS ARTEFACTS FROM THE SOMME AND A RANGE OF ITEMS FROM THE SECOND WORLD WAR.
DO COME AND VISIT US, WE MAY BE SMALL BUT WE'VE A LOT TO SHOW

Latest News

The Bruce Hammond Collection

The Museum has recently acquired an extensive collection of 19th and early 20th technology. Over 150 items have been donated to the museum by Janet Hammond. Her husband Bruce collected early electrical artefacts for many years, with a passion for unusual and quirky items.

The collection complements the items already on display at the museum. In particular he collected a number of bits of "Quackery" - medical items that were sold as cure all's but in fact have little or no effect. One such item has many switches and dials and purports to apply different electrical stimuli to the body to cure a myriad of different diseases; when the curator opened the box there was nothing inside!

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Janet knew how important the collection was to her late husband Bruce and wanted the collection kept together. We were very happy to do so, and a new display area has been created to accommodate the collection.

Our Museum on Video

As part of the 2007 Heritage Open Days Hemel Today produced an article and a Video

See the article and Video here