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House on Barker Street. The new museum development made use of many of the old theatre's performance and dressing spaces whilst retaining the cafe and town's visitor information centre. In its new role the Museum and Art
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By sensitive restoration the history of the buildings was revealed, reflecting the social, cultural and economic development of
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Shrewsbury town centre. Owned by Shropshire Council, the building was converted from its previous use as a theatre to house the new Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery. The redevelopment began in 2009, following relocation of the town's theatre to a new purpose-built
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Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery was founded in 1835 as the Museum of the Shropshire and North Wales Natural History and Antiquarian Society Society in Dogpole, Shrewsbury. In 1853 the collections were moved to Vaughan's Mansion on College Hill, which became known as the Shropshire and North
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The museum was quick to encourage local inhabitants "...to raise the character and increase the intellectual resources of a
District". Significant local figures including nobility, gentry and clergy were invited to donate items. Items were given by many including
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