Ipswich Museum

Ipswich Museum
High Street
Ipswich
Suffolk
IP1 3QH
England

Website

www.cimuseums.org.uk

E-mail

General enquiries

museums@colchester.gov.uk

Telephone

Museum Switchboard

01473 433550

Fax

fax number

01473 433558

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This fascinating and unique museum gives you the opportunity to meet the famous woolly mammoth, the elegant towering giraffe and other wonderful curiosities from the natural world.

Venue Type:

Museum, Archive

 Opening hours

Open Tuesday to Saturday 10am-5pm
Please check our website for Christmas opening dates.

 Admission charges

Admission free

Additional info

Disabled access, baby changing facilities and gift shop.

Includes Natural history, geology, archaeology, local history and ethnography galleries

Collection details

Archaeology, Architecture, Archives, Coins and Medals, Costume and Textiles, Decorative and Applied Art, Industry, Land Transport, Music, Natural Sciences, Science and Technology, Social History, Trade and Commerce, Weapons and War, World Cultures

Key artists and exhibits

  • Ogilvie Bird collection; anglo-saxon archaeology; roman archaeology; Victorian taxidermy; Rowland Ward taxidermy; Sikh heritage; Maharajah Duleep Singh; African heritage; geology; red crag fossils; coralline crag fossils; Norwich crag fossils; coprolite; Egyptian archaeology; Giraffe; Rhinoceros; Gorillas; Du Chaillu; Ice Age fossils; Woolly Mammoth
Events details are listed below. You may need to scroll down or click on headers to see them all. For events that don't have a specific date see the 'Resources' tab above.
finger paints

Mini Mammoths

4 June 2013

Mini Mammoths is an exciting activity session for Under 5s and their parents, grandparents and carers. Through a mix of play, stories, rhymes, trails and craft activities each month we explore a different part of the museum. Magnifying glasses and torches are always very popular for exploring and the craft activities provide a chance to try something new and messy! Come and join us, and 'Woolly' our mammoth, to have some fun and explore the museum with friends.

Mini Mammoths sessions take place on the first Tuesday of every month.

Suitable for

  • 0-4
  • Especially for children

When

10:15-11:15am

Admission

Cost £2 per session. 'Mini Mammoths' sessions are very popular. To book a place, drop into the Ipswich Museum or ring: 01206 282937.

finger paints

Mini Mammoths

2 July 2013

Mini Mammoths is an exciting activity session for Under 5s and their parents, grandparents and carers. Through a mix of play, stories, rhymes, trails and craft activities each month we explore a different part of the museum. Magnifying glasses and torches are always very popular for exploring and the craft activities provide a chance to try something new and messy! Come and join us, and 'Woolly' our mammoth, to have some fun and explore the museum with friends.

Mini Mammoths sessions take place on the first Tuesday of every month.

Suitable for

  • 0-4
  • Especially for children

When

10:15-11:15am

Admission

Cost £2 per session. 'Mini Mammoths' sessions are very popular. To book a place, drop into the Ipswich Museum or ring: 01206 282937.

finger paints

Mini Mammoths

6 July 2013

Mini Mammoths is an exciting activity session for Under 5s and their parents, grandparents and carers. Through a mix of play, stories, rhymes, trails and craft activities each month we explore a different part of the museum. Magnifying glasses and torches are always very popular for exploring and the craft activities provide a chance to try something new and messy! Come and join us, and 'Woolly' our mammoth, to have some fun and explore the museum with friends.

Mini Mammoths sessions take place on the first Tuesday of every month.

Suitable for

  • 0-4
  • Especially for children

When

10:15-11:15am

Admission

Cost £2 per session. 'Mini Mammoths' sessions are very popular. To book a place, drop into the Ipswich Museum or ring: 01206 282937.

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