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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

West Stow Anglo-Saxon Village and Moyse’s Hall have met the challenges of lockdown head-on and formed new partnerships. Heritage Officer, Daniel Clarke, tells us more.  Moyse’s Hall launched its lockdown competition in partnership with Horrible Histories author, Terry Deary, and Suffolk based … Continue reading West Suffolk Heritage Service During Lockdown

A pioneering new cultural partnership in Ipswich has developed 230 multi-lingual activity packs to support some of the town’s most vulnerable communities during the Coronavirus outbreak. Elle Root, Collections and Learning curator, at Ipswich Museum, tells us more.  At Colchester + Ipswich … Continue reading Taking Ipswich Museum to our Community

Joe Carr, Collection and Learning Curator at The Red House, has worked to develop an extensive learning and education programme for schools, families and children of all ages. Mini Music Makers is one of these initiatives, developed to engage local families with under 5s, with The Red House and with … Continue reading Mini Music Makers goes online

A new online resource has been launched to make it easy for people to find quality online arts and culture experiences during the current lockdown. The new Let’s Get Cultural and Creative web directory is being hosted by Suffolk Libraries with the content coordinated by Suffolk County Council and … Continue reading Let’s Get Cultural and Creative in Suffolk!

Despite the extended closed season Making Waves Together has been busy working behind the scenes in preparation for extra special re-openings at both Lowestoft Maritime Museum and Lowestoft Museum. Lowestoft Maritime Museum is continuing to build on their AFSM Family Friendly Award and has created … Continue reading Making Waves Together update

After having come into possession of the King's Head Hotel in 2016, the Bungay Castle Trust has recently sold the premises to  local businessman Paul Thornton. Paul Thornton is managing director of Beccles-based VC Cooke, a trade-based metal and recycling service for local businesses. The sale of … Continue reading Future developments in Bungay

I’m sure it will come as little of a surprise to hear that our Museum is now closed for the foreseeable future, given the very serious risks associated with the Coronavirus epidemic. However, there is perhaps one good thing to come out of this, in that it has made us think hard about some of our … Continue reading Virtually Touring Mildenhall

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 … Continue reading Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update from Suffolk Museums

After a complete transformation Aldeburgh Museum, located in the Tudor Moot Hall has reopened to the public. The interior of this the Grade I listed building, used for local government since Tudor times, has had a complete makeover.  The history of the grand building and that of the town is … Continue reading Aldeburgh Museum Re-opens