Museums & Art Galleries in East Anglia

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 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

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

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

Ely Road, Waterbeach, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire  
Find out about the Countess and fighting monks, country craftsmen and local farming in this peaceful setting. Visit the Medieval Abbey, 17th century stone barn and... more

Trumpington Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire  
The Fitzwilliam Museum was founded in 1816 by Richard, 7th Viscount Fitzwilliam and is the art museum of the University of Cambridge. One of the oldest... more

46 Gainsborough Street, Sudbury, Suffolk  
Gainsborough´s House: The birthplace of Thomas Gainsborough RA (1727-88). Historic house dating back to the 16th century with an attractive walled garden. The outstanding collection, of... more

Gressenhall, Dereham, Norfolk  
Gressenhall Farm and Workshouse is a great day out whether you want to learn about the lives of Norfolk people in the past or relax and... more

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire  
The Imperial War Museum at Duxford is Europe´s premier aviation museum which stands on a wartime airfield and is home to a unique and fascinating collection... more

High Street, Ipswich, Suffolk  
Ipswich Museum was founded in 1847, the Museum´s exhibitions include the Romans in Suffolk, Anglo-Saxons in Ipswich, mankind galleries, local and world geology and a Victorian... more

Castle Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire  
Kettle´s Yard is a house with a permanent collection that was founded by Jim Ede, once a curator at the Tate Gallery, and was intended as... more

Weybourne, Holt, Norfolk  
The Muckleburgh Collection has been so named after Muckleburgh Hill at the foot of which the military camp is situated. The heart of the Museum is... more

99 High Street, Newmarket, Suffolk  
At the National Horseracing Museum, discover the stories of British racing from its early Royal origins at Newmarket to its modern-day heroes, featuring the horses, people,... more

Buckeroo Way, The Street, Flixton, Bungay, Suffolk  
Historic aircraft, indoor exhibitions - both civil and military, from the pioneer years through World War I to the present day. Special displays on Boulton &... more

Shirehall, Market Avenue, Norwich, Norfolk  
Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery, was built by the Normans as a Royal Palace 900 years ago. Used as a prison from the 14th century,... more

University of East Anglia, Norwich, Norfolk  
The Robert and Lisa Sainsbury Collection is housed in two distinctive buildings by Lord Foster. Combining modern Western art with fine and applied arts from Africa,... more

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

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

Blackfriars Road, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk  
Time and Tide - Museum of Great Yarmouth Life is housed in a converted Victorian herring works. Discover Great Yarmouths fascinating history, maritime and fishing heritage.... more

The Visitor Centre, Icklingham Road, West Stow, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk  
West Stow Anglo-Saxon Village is the site of an Anglo-Saxon settlement occupied 420-650AD. Today there is a unique reconstructed Anglo-Saxon Village built on the original settlement... more

Free School Lane, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire  
Whipple Museum of the History of Science is housed in a large hall that was built in 1618. The Museum holds a pre-eminent collection of scientific... more