Coronavirus & Suffolk Museums
Due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) many museums are either now closed or have events and activities that have been cancelled to prevent all non-essential contact at the current time. Please note that whilst some museum buildings are closed, collections can be access via the website.
Updated on 23rd September
Aldeburgh Museum – Open
Alfred Corry Lifeboat Museum – Closed until further notice
Bawdsey Radar Transmitter Block – Open (please see website for opening times)
Beccles and District Museum – Closed until further notice.
Bentwaters Cold War Museum – Closed until further notice
Brandon Heritage Centre Trust – Closed until further notice
Bungay Museum Trust – Closed until further notice.
Christchurch Mansion – Open
Clare Ancient House Museum – Closed until further notice.
Clifford Road Air-Raid Museum – Closed until further notice.
493rd Bomb Group Museum Debach – Closed until further notice
Dunwich Museum – Open (please see website for opening times)
East Anglia Traditional Arts Centre – Closed until further notice
East Anglia Transport Museum – Open
Felixstowe Museum – Closed until further notice.
Fishing Trawler Mincarlo and Drifter Lydia Eva
Framlingham Castle – Open
Gainsborough’s House – Closed until further notice.
Great War Huts – closed until further notice.
Halesworth Museum – Open
Haverhill and District Local History Centre – closed until further notice
HMS Ganges Museum – Open by appointment only
Ickworth House – All National Trust properties to close from 20/03/20
Ipswich Art Gallery – Open
Ipswich Maritime Trust – N/A
Ipswich Museum – Open
Ipswich School Museum and Archives
Ipswich Transport Museum – Open
Languard Fort Trust – All English Heritage sites closed 01/05/20
Lanman Museum – Closed until further notice.
Lavenham Guildhall Museum – Open
Laxfield and District Museum – Closed until further notice.
Little Hall, Lavenham – Closed until further notice
Long Melford Heritage Centre – Closed until further notice
Lowestoft and East Suffolk Maritime Museum – Closed until further notice.
Lowestoft Museum – Closed until further notice.
Lowestoft War Memorial Museum – Closed until further notice
Martlesham Heath Control Tower Museum – Open (Please see website for opening times)
Mid-Suffolk Light Railway Museum – Closed until further notice
Mildenhall and District Museum – Open (please see website for opening times)
Moyse’s Hall Museum – Open
Museum of East Anglian Life – Open
National Heritage Centre for Horseracing and Sporting Art – Open
Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum – Open (please see website for opening times)
Orford Museum – Closed until further notice.
Parham Airfield Museum – Closed until further notice.
RAF Regiment Heritage Centre – Open
Rod’s Shed – Closed until further notice
Rougham Control Tower Museum – Closed until further notice
Royal Naval Patrol Service Museum – Closed until further notice
Saxmundham Museum – Open by appointment only.
Southwold Museum – Closed until further notice
Southwold Sailors Reading Room – Closed until further notice
Sudbury Heritage Centre and Museum – Closed until further notice
Suffolk Aviation Heritage Museum – Closed until further notice.
Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and History – N/A
Suffolk Regiment Museum – Closed until further notice.
Sutton Hoo – Open
The Lettering Arts Trust – Closed until further notice.
The Long Shop Museum – All events cancelled – 19/03/20
The Red Feather Club 95th Bomb Group Association – Closed until further notice
The Red House – Closed until further notice.
West- Stow Anglo Saxon Village – Open
Woodbridge Museum – Closed to the public until further notice.
Woodbridge Tide Mill Museum – Open (please see website for opening times)
Woolpit and District Museum – Closed to the public until further notice.