The Museum's collection originally grew from the collections of the Surrey Archaeological Society, founded in 1854. From … See more

Guildford Museum cares for over 75,000 objects, dating from c.500,000 BC (the Lower Palaeolithic) to the modern day. The Museum's collection contains objects either from, or in some way related to, Guildford, and to a les… See more

Guildford Museum is on two streets including Quarry Street, Guildford, almost opposite St Mary's Church, the oldest surviving building in the town (c. the year 1000). The first building occupied on the site was Ca… See more

The Museum's teams manage:
• Guildford Castle
• The Undercroft, a medieval undercroft on Guildford High Street
• The medieval Great Barn at Wanborough… See more

The Museum hosts a programme of constantly changing temporary exhibitions on site. Recent exhibitions include "Hidden House Histories", detailing the history of objects hidden in houses as a form of superstition… See more

Entrance to the museum is free including its collections not on display (usually by appointment). The Museum offers a finds identification service to members of the public who bring in an object to be identified and a scho… See more