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Moyse’s Hall Museum has experienced its busiest June on record despite footfall restrictions. The exhibition, Moments, which includes originals by Banksy, Hirst, Emin, My Dog Sighs, Connor Brothers, Pure Evil and many more, saw c6000 people in the first 4 weeks of opening and a rise in school … Continue reading Moments and beyond

The Heritage Railway Association prestigious Morgan Preservation Award has been won by the Mid-Suffolk Light Railway, and their restored Shredded Wheat diesel mechanical locomotive at a virtual event on 28th April. The 1934 0-4-0 locomotive was built for the Shredded Wheat Company’s Welwyn Garden … Continue reading Middy and Shreddie scoop the HRA Preservation Award

Three iconic costumes from Marvel Studios’ Black Panther have been displayed in a new exhibition at Christchurch Mansion. The outfits of T’Challa, Shuri and Okoye featured in the ground-breaking film will sit alongside Marvel comics, historic museum objects and local stories. From folklore to fake … Continue reading Power of Stories

Halesworth and District Museum, ever-conscious that it serves not only the town of its name but also the surrounding villages, is constantly looking at ways of strengthening its relationships with its ‘rural hinterland’. In pursuit of that goal it has just signed a Partnership Agreement with the … Continue reading Practical outreach in Halesworth

Halesworth and District Museum is shortly to take possession of a hoard of 19 Iron Age coins unearthed by a metal detectorist near Blythburgh in 2019. They include one coin never before seen. Dating from between 60BC and 25AD, many of the coins feature images of animals and strange symbols: … Continue reading Crowdfunding First for Halesworth Museum

Curator Peter Minta speaks about what the summer 2021 holds for Saxmundham museum. It’s been a busy closed period for Saxmundham Museum. We plan to open our doors to visitors on a limited basis from May 19th assuming the easing of lockdown restrictions apply. Initially Saxmundham Museum will be open … Continue reading Saxmundham Museum Gears Up For Opening

2 interpretation pieces at Bury St Edmunds Guildhall Bury St Edmunds Guildhall has two interpretation pieces that it no longer needs and is looking to sell them. The boxes are 130cm tall and 100cm wide and include panels which open out, pull-out panels, drawers and puzzles with moving parts. Other … Continue reading Interpretation pieces for sale at Bury St Edmunds Guildhall

*Sponsor-a-Sleeper to help complete the line to Aspall Halt.* During the various stages of the Covid 19 restrictions, the Mid-suffolk Light Railway have still been able to make significant progress on their main project of extending the line. The first major advance was the preparation and tidying … Continue reading Middy says “We’re getting there”,

Suffolk Archives are delighted to announce that their free exhibition Pride in Suffolk’s Past: Sharing LGBTQ+ stories past and present will open at the Hold in Ipswich from 17th May – 4th July 2021. Booking for free tickets have now opened online. For more details please see our website: … Continue reading Pride in Suffolk’s Past

The National Horseracing Museum is among more than 2,700 cultural facility recipients to benefit from the latest round of awards from the £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund. This award will help the Museum transition to full operation from July onwards by supporting core costs and overheads whilst … Continue reading National Horseracing Museum to receive £166,000 from Round 2 of CRF

Norfolk & Suffolk Aviation Museum has reopened its outdoor spaces from the 18th April, Steve Bell tells us more about what to expect from the museum in the coming months When the government's exit steps from lockdown were published, the initial reaction was that we couldn't reopen until May 17th … Continue reading Outside Space Reopens at NASAM

Landguard Fort is one of the region’s most popular visitor attractions and is delighted to open its iron-clad doors to you on 21 May. With 400 years of history and set in a stunning landscape, Landguard Fort offers fascinating insights into how people lived and worked at the fort, from the last … Continue reading Standby for the reopening of Landguard Fort

Felixstowe Museum is pleased to announce that it is reopening on Sunday 30th May as a COVID secure venue. Furthermore, with funding assistance from local Councillors Andy Calver has been appointed as the Curator and Manager to help progress the museum’s ambitious forward plan. They will launch with … Continue reading Fantabulous Felixstowe Museum to reopen

As the title suggests, Clare Ancient House museum is to have an audio version of its Town Trail. Curator Peggy Smith tells us more... As well as having a fully illustrated booklet, an audio version of our recently extended Town Trail will shortly be available. This includes additional areas, beyond … Continue reading Audio trail to become part of Clare Ancient House Museum’s Town Trail

Aldeburgh Museum is awarded Highly Commended in the Conservation category for its sensitive internal refurbishment and conservation of the iconic Moot Hall building.  Aldeburgh Museum is located in the Grade 1 Listed, 16th Century timber framed Moot Hall, owned by Aldeburgh Town Council, where … Continue reading East Suffolk Council ‘Quality Of Place Awards’ 2020

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