Jubilee Weekend
The Museum will be open on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, between 10am and 1pm.
The Museum will be open on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, between 10am and 1pm.
The Museum is pleased to welcome visitors each Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday until the end of September, between 10am and 1pm.
We've revamped our front window display and introduced two new photo displays, one showing some historic images, more available to view inside!
The second showing some highlights from our Museum exhibits.
We are currently undergoing some email server changes and we may experience some loss of service.
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.
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 kevingale@saxmundhammuseum.org.uk
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.
We are in the heart of rural Suffolk, recording and preserving the history of Saxmundham, Kelsale-cum-Carlton and Benhall.
The Museum was opened in 2004 by special guest Peter Purves.
Launched at the 1974 Car Show, the company folded in 1975 but what's the story behind Saxmundham's very own sports car manufacturer?
Come and find out.
Jennifer (Jenny) Toombs was an internationally acclaimed artist, famous for her hand-drawn stamps and first-day covers which were issued in over 50 countries.
She lived in Benhall for many years but suddenly and peacefully passed away at home on April 2, 2018.
We have a tribute to this much loved and missed lady.
Following a recent assessment it was shown that due to the nature of the building our Accessiblity is not very good for some potential visitors, if you would like to know more please use this link.
The Museum's stewards play a very important role, if you feel you could spare some time and would like to know more please follow contact us.
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