List of museums in Suffolk

This list of museums in Suffolk, England contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Also included are non-profit art galleries and university art galleries. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e., virtual museums) are not included.

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Museums

Name Image Town/City Region Type Summary
Aldeburgh MuseumAldeburghSuffolk CoastalLocalwebsite, located in the 16th century moot hall, local history, culture, trades, industry
Alfred Corry Lifeboat MuseumSouthwoldWaveneyMaritimewebsite, home to the former Southwold lifeboat "Alfred Corry", exhibits and artefacts about lifesaving and area maritime history
Amber Shop and MuseumSouthwoldWaveneyNatural historywebsite, shop with museum about amber, and amber artefacts, carvings, jewellery and objets d'art
The ApexBury St EdmundsSt EdmundsburyArtwebsite, performing arts centre, includes Apex Art Gallery for contemporary art exhibitions
Bardwell WindmillBardwellSt EdmundsburyMillEarly 19th-century tower windmill
Bawdsey ManorBawdseySuffolk CoastalMilitaryFeatures the Transmitter Block and "Magic Ear" exhibit about RAF Bawdsey and the radar activities during World War II and the Cold War
Beccles & District MuseumBecclesWaveneyLocalwebsite, local history, culture
Bentwaters Cold War MuseumWoodbridgeSuffolk CoastalMilitaryHistory of RAF Bentwaters in World War II and the Cold War
Brandon Heritage CentreBrandonForest HeathLocalinformation, local history, culture
Bungay MuseumBungayWaveneyLocalwebsite, local history, culture
Buttrum's MillWoodbridgeSuffolk CoastalMillMid-19th-century tower windmill
Christchurch MansionIpswichIpswichMultipleStately home with fine art, decorative arts in period room displays, toys and dolls
Clare Ancient House MuseumClareSt EdmundsburyLocal14th-15th-century house with exhibits of local history and archaeology
Clifford Road Air Raid ShelterIpswichIpswichHistoryWorld War II underground air raid shelter with period supplies and artefacts
Dunwich MuseumDunwichSuffolk CoastalLocalwebsite, local history, culture, story of its decline due to coastal erosion
East Anglia Transport MuseumCarlton ColvilleWaveneyTransportationHistoric public transport vehicles including buses, trams and trolleybuses, a narrow gauge railway
Easton Farm ParkEastonSuffolk CoastalFarmwebsite
Euston HallEustonSt EdmundsburyHistoric house17th century manor, collection of fine art, park by William Kent and Capability Brown
Felixstowe MuseumFelixstoweSuffolk CoastalMultipleArea military and social history, located in Landguard Fort
Flatford: Bridge CottageFlatfordBaberghHistoric houseOperated by the National Trust, 16th-century thatched cottage with exhibits about John Constable and his paintings of the area
Framlingham CastleFramlinghamSuffolk CoastalHistoric houseOperated by English Heritage, 12th-century fortress remains, exhibits about its history
Gainsborough's HouseSudburyBaberghArtBirthplace of artist Thomas Gainsborough, collection of his paintings, drawings and prints, temporary art exhibitions
Greene King Visitor CentreBury St EdmundsSt EdmundsburyFoodHistory, artefacts and shop of the brewery[1]
Halesworth MuseumHalesworthWaveneyLocalwebsite, local history, located in the Halesworth railway station
Haverhill Local History CentreHaverhillSt EdmundsburyLocalwebsite, local history, located in the Haverhill Arts Centre
Herringfleet WindmillHerringfleetWaveneyMillEarly 19th century smock windmill
HMS Ganges MuseumBuresBaberghMaritimewebsite, history and artefacts from the training ships associated with the shore establishment HMS Ganges
Ickworth House, Park & GardenBury St EdmundsSt EdmundsburyHistoric houseOperated by the National Trust, country house with collections of paintings, portraits, Regency furniture, Huguenot silver and more, gardens and park
Ipswich Art School GalleryIpswichIpswichArtwebsite
Ipswich Maritime Trust Window MuseumIpswichIpswichMaritimewebsite, window exhibits of town's maritime heritage
Ipswich MuseumIpswichIpswichMultipleArchaeology, Roman Britain and Ancient Egypt, local history, natural history, ethnography
Ipswich Transport MuseumIpswichIpswichTransportationArea transportation history, includes buses, trams, commercial vehicles, fire apparatus, mobile cranes, bicycles, horse-drawn vehicles, prams and wheelchairs, most manufactured in the area
Kentwell HallLong MelfordBaberghHistoric houseElizabethan stately home and outbuildings with a rare breeds farm and gardens
Landguard FortFelixstoweSuffolk CoastalMilitaryHistoric fort in use since the 16th century until the 1950s, also includes the Felixstowe Museum
Lanman MuseumFramlinghamSuffolk CoastalLocalhttp://www.thelanmanmuseum.onesuffolk.net/ website, located at Framlingham Castle, local history, history of the castle, agriculture, social history
Lavenham GuildhallLavenhamBaberghHistoryOperated by the National Trust, medieval guild hall with exhibits on the local cloth industry, farming and agriculture
Laxfield & District MuseumLaxfieldMid SuffolkMilitaryinformation
Little Hall LavenhamLavenhamBaberghHistoric housewebsite, 14th century Tudor house
Long Shop MuseumLeistonSuffolk CoastalIndustryHistory of Richard Garrett & Sons a manufacturer of agricultural machinery, steam engines and trolleybuses.
Lowestoft Maritime MuseumLowestoftWaveneyMaritimewebsite, maritime artefacts, ship models, marine art, fishing and fishing industry, activities with the Royal Navy in WW II, shipwrights and coopers tools
Lowestoft MuseumLowestoftWaveneyLocalwebsite, local history, 18th-century Lowestoft Porcelain, fossils, maritime heritage, industries, culture, social history
Lowestoft War Memorial MuseumLowestoftWaveneyMilitaryArea military history during World War I and World War II
Martlesham Heath Control Tower MuseumWoodbridgeSuffolk CoastalAviationwebsite, history of RAF Martlesham Heath
Mechanical Music Museum at CottonCottonMid SuffolkMusicwebsite, collection of automatic musical instruments and cinema memorabilia
Melford HallLong MelfordBaberghHistoric houseOperated by the National Trust, stately home reflecting two centuries of family life, ties to Beatrix Potter
Mid-Suffolk Light Railway MuseumWetheringsettMid SuffolkRailwayHeritage railway and museum with locomotives, artefacts
Mildenhall MuseumMildenhallForest HeathLocalwebsite, local history, natural wildlife, the history of RAF Mildenhall, replicas of the Mildenhall Treasure, archaeology
MincarloLowestoftWaveneyMaritimeSidewinder fishing trawler museum ship
Moyse's Hall MuseumBury St EdmundsSt EdmundsburyMultiplewebsite, local history, culture, clocks and watches, costumes and textiles, fine and decorative arts, Suffolk Regiment gallery
Museum of East Anglian LifeStowmarketMid SuffolkOpen airAgricultural history of East Anglia, includes Eastbridge Windpump, agriculture machinery, scenes from the 1950s including shops scenes, kitchens, living rooms and a Victorian schoolroom, blacksmith forge, trades, watermill, chapel, carpentry and engineering workshops, steam engines
Museum of Knots and Sailors' RopeworkIpswichIpswichMaritimewebsite, open by appointment, art and skill of ropeworking
National Horseracing MuseumNewmarketForest HeathSportsHistory of horse racing in Britain, houses the British Horseracing Hall of Fame and the Vestey Gallery of British Sporting Art
Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation MuseumFlixtonWaveneyAviationHistoric aircraft, history of RAF Bungay and regimental collections of the units that served there, area aviation history, aviation history and artefacts from World War II
Orford CastleOrfordSuffolk CoastalHistoric houseOperated by English Heritage, medieval castle keep, houses the Orford Museum's' exhibits of local archaeological artefacts, the castle's history and borough regalia
Pakenham WindmillPakenhamSt EdmundsburyMillMid-19th-century tower windmill
Parham Airfield MuseumFramlinghamSuffolk CoastalMilitaryHistory of the airfield's activities in World War II, in particular the 390th Bombardment Group and the British Resistance Organisation
Rougham Control Tower MuseumBury St EdmundsSt EdmundsburyMilitarywebsite, restored World War II control tower and Quonset hut with exhibits and memorabilia of RAF Bury St Edmunds
Royal Naval Patrol Service MuseumLowestoftWaveneyMaritimewebsite, history of the Royal Naval Patrol Service and their local activities in World War II
Saxmundham MuseumSaxmundhamSuffolk CoastalLocalinformation, local history, replica of local shops, jail cell, culture exhibits
Saxtead Green Post WindmillFramlinghamSuffolk CoastalMillOperated by English Heritage, 19th century post windmill
Smith's RowBury St EdmundsSt EdmundsburyArtwebsite, contemporary art gallery
Somerleyton HallSomerleytonWaveneyHistoric houseTudor-Jacobean stately home, gardens
Southwold LighthouseSouthwoldWaveneyMaritimeLighthouse museum
Southwold MuseumSouthwoldWaveneyLocalwebsite, local history, natural history, geology, industries, railway, maritime heritage, archaeology
Southwold Sailors' Reading RoomSouthwoldWaveneyMaritimewebsite, marine art, photos, models and other memorabilia of the local fishermen and sailors
St Edmundsbury CathedralBury St EdmundsSt EdmundsburyMultipleHistoric cathedral, includes the Edmund Gallery for art exhibits, and the Cathedral Treasures exhibits of religious regalia and artefacts
Sudbury Heritage Centre & MuseumSudburyBaberghLocalwebsite, local history
Suffolk Regiment MuseumBury St EdmundsSt EdmundsburyMilitaryRegimental uniforms, weapons, artefacts and memorabilia
Suffolk Underwater Studies MuseumOrfordSuffolk CoastalMaritimewebsite, marine archaeology, items recovered from the ocean, information
Sutton HooWoodbridgeSuffolk CoastalArchaeologyOperated by the National Trust, artefacts from the ship burial of an Anglo-Saxon king and his most treasured possessions
Thelnetham WindmillThelnethamSt EdmundsburyMillEarly 19th-century tower windmill
Upthorpe MillStantonSt EdmundsburyMillMid 18th century post windmill
West Stow Anglo-Saxon VillageWest StowSt EdmundsburyOpen airRecreated Anglo-Saxon village, archaeological artefacts found at the site, exhibits of Anglo-Saxon life and culture
Woodbridge MuseumWoodbridgeSuffolk CoastalLocalinformation, local history, archaeology, trade, roads, housing, religion and education
Woodbridge Tide MillWoodbridgeSuffolk CoastalMillOperational tide mill
Woolpit MuseumWoolpitMid SuffolkLocalwebsite, local history, brickmaking, located in a 17th-century cottage

Defunct museums

See also

  • Category:Tourist attractions in Suffolk

References

  1. ↑ "Greene King Brewery". Greene King. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  2. ↑ "Cavendish". Suffolk Tourist Guide. Retrieved 22 March 2015. In 1979, the Queen Mother opened the Sue Ryder Foundation Museum in Cavendish, with exhibitions that included Lady Ryder's war uniforms and a reconstruction of her mother's room. Unfortunately the museum is no longer there.
  3. ↑ "The Museum". Suffolk Horse Society. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2015. Following the end of the lease at the Shire Hall, Woodridge, The Suffolk Heavy Horse Museum has now closed and the contents disbursed following guidelines set out by the Museum’s Association.
  4. ↑ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/suffolk/3502157.stm BBC News, "Fears over print museum's future", February 19, 2004
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