Museums & Art Galleries in Essex


Museums and Art Galleries in Essex, such as Beecroft Art Gallery and Castle Museum are listed below. To experience the real Essex, the visitor has to get away from the main roads. The southwest of the county has been, and is still being, slowly but surely swallowed up by London, and much of the county not yet... read more

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Beecroft Art Gallery

Beecroft Art Gallery

Station Road, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex  
Beecroft Art Gallery´s fine permenant collection of over 2,000 works includes 17th century paintings by artists such as Molenaer, Ruisdael and Berchem. Also a collection of... more


Castle Museum

Castle Museum

Castle Park, Colchester, Essex  
Colchester Castle Museum was once the capital of Roman Britain and a visit to the Museum takes you through 2000 years of some of the most... more


Chelmsford Museum & the Essex Regiment Museum

Chelmsford Museum & the Essex Regiment Museum

Oaklands Park, Moulsham Street, Chelmsford, Essex  
Chelmsford Museum & the Essex Regiment Museum was founded in 1835. This local history Museum features `The Story of Chelmsford´ exhibition. The history of Chelmsford and... more


East Anglian Railway Museum

East Anglian Railway Museum

Chappel Station, Colchester, Essex  
The East Anglian Railway Museum is home to a comprehensive collection of period railway architecture and engineering. Repair and restoration of the locomotives and rolling stock... more


Sherwin Gallery

Sherwin Gallery

78 Hutton Road, Shenfield, Brentwood, Essex  
The Sherwin Gallery, home of Sherwin Fine Art was established in the early 1990s by William S Sherwin. There are fine paintings from the late 18th... more


Southend Central Museum & Planetarium

Southend Central Museum & Planetarium

Victoria Avenue, Southend-on-Sea, Essex  
The Southend Central Museum & Planetarium has displays of local history, geology and wildlife with special sections on the Thames Estuary and Victorian Life. An imposing... more