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Dan Clarke, Heritage Officer at Moyse's Hall talks about the new exhibition coming to the museum called Moments. Moyse’s Hall is looking to start 2021 with a few positive stories. We’ve extended our ever-popular Sci-fi displays until 20th January by public request, any excuse to keep the screen-used … Continue reading Moments at Moyse’s Hall

Remembrance Day 2020 was marked by the Halesworth and District Museum with the online publication of the first of some 80 biographies of Halesworth-born men who died during the Great War. The project is the brainchild of  Alan Clapson of Chediston Street in Halesworth, a long-standing member of the … Continue reading A Fitting Tribute to Halesworth’s War Heroes

Bawdsey Radar Museum has launched an online shop featuring a range of new and attractive Christmas gifts. The Museum tells the story of a “world first” in the development of radar and has been recognised as Suffolk’s Small Museum of the Year 2020. Bawdsey, located on the Suffolk coast, was the first … Continue reading The Big Bawdsey Online Merchandise Launch

Lynne Ward tells us more about what Laxfield Museum has been during the lockdown periods... Despite being closed to the public due to the pandemic, Laxfield & District Museum has still played its part in local history projects and research, such as supplying the local primary school with … Continue reading Laxfield – Life Between Lockdowns

Joe Moore reports on what's been happening at Mildenhall Museum and what the museum's plans for the future are... Having re-opened in the early summer, we then had to close down again in November, owing to the latest restrictions. Our intention was to re-open at the beginning of December for about … Continue reading Musings from Mildenhall

After an eventful 2020,  the Norfolk & Suffolk Aviation Museum has used the time to develop new projects and prepare exhibits of its collections yet to be seen by the general public. Steve Bell tells more... Preparations are under way for our December open days having, as all museums, been … Continue reading New Ideas Prepare to Take Off at NASAM

Peter Minta, curator of Saxmundham Museum speaks out about both the challenges that the museum has been faced with in 2020 and the achievements that he is proud of... After so much hard work over the winter, it was devastating that the initial Lockdown was announced just a couple of weeks before our … Continue reading Reflecting on 2020 at Saxmundham Museum

Taff Gillingham keeps us updated with what's been happening at the Great War Huts during 2020, including the creation of the 'Hutvent Calendar', which has been specially designed for the build up to Christmas... Despite having a very quiet year, the Great War Huts team have been working hard to keep … Continue reading ‘Hutvent Caldendar’ Counts Down to Christmas

Since the start of the new academic year The Red House have seen an increase in engagement with local schools despite the impact of Covid-19. Red House in-school visits have continued to be popular as well as long-term Arts Award projects with local schools, which have thrived during this period. … Continue reading School Session Success at The Red House

Curator of Bungay Museum, Chris Reeve, talks more about the experience of taking on a student placement... Bungay Museum was delighted when we were approached earlier this year by a University of East Anglia student, Florence Parker, requesting a 15-day placement for work experience with … Continue reading UEA Student Placement for Bungay Museum

Former trainees of the HMS Ganges Land-Based Training Establishment at Shotley Gate, gathered at a safe distance at HMS Ganges Museum with members of the HMS Ganges Association to join a tipple of an old favourite. June Lawford-Randall tells us more about the day and gives us an update on what else … Continue reading Black Tot Day, The Orwell Lady & Beyond

Halesworth and District Museum is back and re-opening on a high note. Victor Gray tells us more. For our first steps back to normality we are re-opening for two mornings a week (Tues. and Friday, 10.00 to 12.30) and have been pleased to find a good take-up from visitors and residents alike who, far … Continue reading A Positive Mood in Halesworth

Fraser Hale, curator of the Woodbridge Tide Mill Museum, gives us an insight into some of considerations the Woodbridge Tide Mill Museum has had to factor in over the last few months. Ninety-four days! From the day at the end of March, when we should have opened, until early July,  when we emerged … Continue reading Returning to Life at Woodbridge Tide Mill

John Reeve offers a few words on what's been happening at The Mid-Suffolk Light Railway Museum. 'Although we are still not open to the public there is plenty of activity at Brockford. The following projects are up and running:-  As part of the line extension project we are carrying out the provision … Continue reading A Few Words from The Middy

Alison Barnetson comments on what's been happening at Aldeburgh that past few months. June and the first part of July were busy behind the scenes of our magnificent museum, a re-opening date was agreed and we had to make sure that measures were in place to make a Grade 1 Tudor, timber framed Moot … Continue reading Before and After at Aldeburgh Museum

Ipswich Transport Museum is delighted to confirm that it will be reopening from Sunday 20th September 2020. The Museum will be operating under reduced hours until further notice; Sundays 11am to 4pm and Wednesdays 1pm to 4pm, commencing Sunday 20th September 2020. The Museum will be operating under … Continue reading ITM Reopens to the Public

Suffolk Steps is a collection of local historic walks and trails developed by museums and partners throughout Suffolk. The free walks are designed to help all ages stay active and uncover hidden history in the towns and Suffolk countryside. Keeping active is a key theme for Suffolk Steps partner, … Continue reading Suffolk Steps: Pathways to the Past on your doorstep

The Lettering Arts Trust shares with us the message that carved rainbows have been carrying during lockdown... At the start of Lockdown rainbows started to appear in windows, originating in Ipswich in Suffolk and quickly trending across the land as a sign of hope. Together with regular Thursday … Continue reading Over the Rainbow at The Lettering Arts Trust

Making Waves Together is a 3-year National Lottery Heritage Fund programme that has worked to promote unity, pride, health and wellbeing in the communities it serves. It continues to bring the towns of Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft together by giving people the opportunity to participate and engage … Continue reading Reflecting on Making Waves Together

Fraser Hale gives an update on the leaps that the Woodbridge Tide Mill Museum has made towards becoming more environmentally sustainable. Woodbridge Tide Mill Museum has recently retained its Gold Carbon Charter Award. The Tide Mill is proud of its environmental credentials and works hard to ensure … Continue reading New Energy at Woodbridge Tide Mill

From Dunkirk with love - letter finally delivered, 80 years late Suffolk Archives has produced a new online display showcasing extracts from undelivered letters written by soldiers from the Suffolk Regiment. 80 years ago next week, as the British army retreated towards Dunkirk, a group of young … Continue reading From Dunkirk with love

Mildenhall Museum volunteer Joe Moore, sheds some light on the activity of its workforce during lockdown... Like all other Museums in Suffolk, we are currently closed and our view is we are unlikely to re-open fully before September. Many of our volunteers are aged 70+, and therefore cannot venture … Continue reading Mildenhall in Lockdown

The Red House and Aldeburgh Museum have been successful in securing a grant of £5,000 from Historic England to support a new joint educational project between the organisations.  This inspiring educational project is a partnership between two important heritage organisations in Aldeburgh: The Red … Continue reading 40 Funs Ways to Explore Aldeburgh’s Heritage Collection

Lisa Harris, curator at the Museum of the East Anglia Life, talks about her recent work with the Rural Museums Network. The Rural Museums Network is a registered charity aimed at promoting learning and encouraging a wider understanding of the UK's rural heritage.  Earlier this year, I was involved … Continue reading Understanding Rural Networks

Flying on the Ground Part 1 Norfolk & Suffolk Aviation Museum talks about the history of flight simulators,  Link flight trainers at the museum and offering visitors the chance to experience what it would be like to pilot a plane. Background In the late 1920s, Edwin Link decided that with … Continue reading Flying on the Ground with NASAM