Quiz 2022
The quiz night is back for 2022.
Tickets are now on sale at Crisp's shop on the High Street.
Unless anything changes will be holding a quiz night on February 19th, at the Market Hall. The number of teams, of up to 6 people, will be slightly reduced this year to 14. We would ask anyone un-vaccinated to wear a face covering.
Our Story of Saxmundham, a pictorial book, containing more than 50 pages of reminiscences and history of the town, is out now
If you would like a copy mailed to you, contact the Museum directly with your details via the email address of book@saxmundhammuseum.org.uk and we'll reply with ordering information and a payment link.
The book is also availble from Crisp's on Saxmundham High Street.
Or the bookshops at Aldeburgh, Beccles or Woodbridge.
AGM
Saxmundham Museum’s Annual General Meeting will be held this year at the Museum, on Monday, 8th November, at 7pm.As seating will be limited, we will attempt to keep the meeting as short as possible.
COVID-19: If you haven’t been vaccinated, please help to keep everyone safe by wearing a face covering in the Museum.
2021, What a season that was!
We are now closed for Winter but hope that we can resume our usual re-opening in April 2022.The support we've had from volunteers, visitors and donations has been wonderful and makes us feel that all the hard work we put in last year and this year to have the Museum open has been worthwhile.
We navigated the pandemic advice, recorded no incidents, and received some lovely feedback.
The number of visitors we had this year has been amazing.
Thank you everyone!
National Lottery Heritage Fund and local councils and councillors
We'd like to thank the National Lottery Heritage Fund and our local councils and councillors for their support during the last few difficult months.Lockdown Memories
Saxmundham Museum is asking everyone in the town to share their memories of the coronavirus lockdown so it can compile an archive for future generations.
“This is one of the most extraordinary years any of us will ever know” says Richard Crisp. “It’s important to make a record of what lockdown was really like in Saxmundham and the surrounding villages. This will become an invaluable archive for future generations.”
Please share your memories of this year and how the pandemic has affected you, your family, neighbours and friends. You can write down your lockdown memories on paper or e-mail. We welcome photos that you may have taken during lockdown, perhaps you had a birthday or shared food and support with neighbours.
You can send anything you would like to be included to Saxmundham Museum, 49 High St, Saxmundham IP17 1AJ or e-mail info@saxmundhammuseum.org.uk
Benjamin Britten & Peter Pears
Britten Pears Arts has an extensive archive available to view at the Red House and also online.
They have kindly allowed us access to their collection, particularly concerning the invoices and receipts from Saxmundham businesses.
This gives us an insight into how many local businesses provided services to Britten and Pears but also most are no longer trading.
Two that are still here include H. G. Crisp and Flick & son, although both now under different ownership.
One particular story that comes out concerns Benjamin Britten's ownership of a 1957 Jensen interceptor covertable. Car dealers Smith and Wesby undertook several works on the car to fix rain water ingress and a petrol leak. By 1960 Britten had obviously grown tired of all the repair work and traded-in the Jensen for a Mercedes instead!
Who remembers the local vets as "Downie & Fishwick", later to become "Fishwick, Hill and Button"?
We have a display which you can preview here.
