- Wikidata identifier:
- Q85673829
- Also known as:
- Amgueddfa Syr Henry Jones
- Instance of:
- museum; independent museum
- Museum/collection status:
- Accredited museum
- Accreditation number:
- 1872
- Persistent shareable link for this record:
- https://museumdata.uk/museums/q85673829/
Collection-level records:
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Collection history (Collection development policy)
Sir Henry Jones Museum was established in 1934 at the former home of Sir Henry Jones, a shoe maker’s son from Llangernyw who rose from humble beginnings to become a prominent education reformer and the Dean of Moral Philosophy at Glasgow University. Since its inception, the museum’s collection has predominantly evolved to accept items linked to the life of Sir Henry Jones, together with items of the period relating to his life and the context of rural Welsh life in a 19th Century village.
Source: Collection development policy
Date: 2023
Licence: CC BY-NC
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Collection overview (Collection development policy)
The museum has a collection of over 180 items which consists of furniture and domestic items, craft tools, books, photographs and costume. The items fall into three categories:
- objects originally belonging to Sir Henry Jones or his family and now owned by the Trust;
- objects in the ownership of the museum, acquired to fill in ‘gaps in the collection’ but which have no direct historical associations with Sir Henry Jones;
- items originally belonging to Sir Henry Jones or his family on loan to the museum from other sources.
Source: Collection development policy
Date: 2023
Licence: CC BY-NC