Wrexham County Borough Museum : Visitor Information

Changing Exhibitions & Events

To find out what is happening now at Wrexham County Borough Museum go to our Exhibitions & Events page.

The Collections Centre

Very few museums have all of their collections on view, in fact, normally what you can see in the exhibitions accounts for about 15% of what is in the museum store. Now you can access the museums’ collections by visiting the Collections Centre at Wrexham County Borough Museum. Follow the above link for opening times and further details.

The Collections Centre

Researching your family tree? Want to know more about the history of your house?

The A.N. Palmer Centre for Local Studies and Archives at the Museum can help you answer these and other questions about your local history. Expert advice is available to help you make the most of our collection of censuses, parish records, photographs, maps, documents and reference materials.

The Satellite

The first phase of the Council's plan to refurbish County Buildings as a museum was to complete a purpose-built wing to replace an unsuitable building constructed during World War II. This new wing, called the Satellite, provides facilities to manage and store the museum’s on-site collections and a public study room, called the Collections Centre, to provide on-line access to the reserve collections that are not on public display.

Supported by a grant of £299,375 from the Heritage Lottery Fund, the ‘Satellite’ was completed on 15 May 1998. The total cost of the new wing was £398,500, the balance funding of £99,125 being met by Wrexham County Borough Council.

Access Statement

Transport & Location

• Wrexham County Borough Museum is located on Regent Street between St Mary’s Catholic Cathedral and the St Marks NCP multi-storey car park.

• Three parking spaces are available for blue badge holders in St Marks road on the east side of the museum building approximately 80m from the museum entrance, in addition, blue badge holders or disabled group minibuses can park in the museum forecourt by prior arrangement.

• Wrexham bus station is located on King Street approximately 200m from the museum.

• Wrexham Central railway station is located approximately 230m to the south of the museum within the Island Green shopping Centre.

• The nearest car park is the St Marks NCP pay & display multi-storey car park approximately 100m from the museum, this car park has 4 disabled parking bays on the ground floor.

• Wrexham Shop Mobility is located at Wrexham bus station 200m from the museum.

• The Ordnance Survey NGR of the museum is SJ3318 5043.

• The museum entrance is approached via a level but partially loose gravel surface.

Facilities

• The museum is open Monday to Friday between 10am and 5pm (last entry 4.30pm), Saturday 10.30am to 3pm (last entry 2.30pm), closed Sundays and Bank Holidays. The Collection Centre is open Monday, Wednesday and Friday between 2 and 4pm.

• All public galleries and the A.N. Palmer Centre for local studies and archives are on the ground floor with level access throughout. The Collections Centre is on the first floor of the Satellite building and is accessed via an accessible (but not talking) lift from the main gallery.

• The Reception desk has an induction loop fitted.

• No doors on the ground floor, where present, are automatic but all doorways have a minimum width of 800mm.
• Accessible unisex toilets are provided near the reception desk in the front loggia and adjacent to the Collection Centre on the first floor, both are fitted with alarms to call assistance as required.

• All exhibitions are designed to be accessible, with large print versions of exhibition text available and some Braille interpretation provided for permanent exhibits.

• Guide dogs are welcome

• Two rooms for meetings are located on the first floor, the smallest (education room) has an induction loop fitted, the largest does not – both rooms can be accessed via the main staircase or via the lift and a ramp. There is one step into the large room. Some doorways on the first floor do not comply with accessible width guidelines.

Plan of the museum building

Plan of the museum building

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The Satellite building was constructed with the assistance of a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund.