Hereford Museum and Art Gallery
Broad Street
Hereford
HR4 9AU
01432260692
Website: http://www.herefordshire.gov.uk/leisure/museums_galleries/2869.asp
Parent Organisation:
Funded by:
Local Authority
YLM Entry Submitted: Yes
Comments:
How many human remains are in its collection, and how many of those are of ancient British provenance, pre-Christian or in other way Pagan?:
The museum holds a minimum number of 40 individuals – but many fragments from mixed graves. it is unknown which are Christian and which pagan from Romano-British times onwards. Parts of the region remained Christain, linked to Welsh/Irish Celtic Church. The estimate is 5-25. 17 are from Romano-British hillforts and settlements.
Total: 40
How many of these human remains are well documented, with clear context of date and place of exhumation?:
33 have provenance, excavation/exhumation records and a rough date.
Where there are ancestors in store, is there a history of use?:
Yes.
Where there are ancestors in store, is there potential for use, in display, education or scientific analysis?
Yes.
Does the museum have a disposal policy, and is it including HR with negligible potential in its discussions about disposal?:Yes
Yes. Currently the museum is not ‘disposing’ of any of its collections. Their policies are available from the museum on request.
What sources of information about these human remains are in the public domain and where?:
Does the museum have ancestors (human remains) on display?:Yes
The museum currently has a Roman cremation on display in the Roman case in Hereford Museum in the section on religion and belief.
The museum has had neither negative or positive comments on their displays.
Does the museum hold any iconic ancestors, ie. complete skeletons with a well documented story, or those considered of national or local importance, and are these on display?:
Has the museum used or considered using replicas in displays? If not, why not and what would you find useful in moving to these? If you have, what response did these receive?:
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26 August, 2008
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