Saffron Walden Museum

Museum Street
Saffron Walden
Essex
CB10 1JL
England

Website

www.saffronwaldenmuseum.org

E-mail

museum@uttlesford.gov.uk

Telephone

01799 510333

Fax

01799 510334

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
Saffron Walden Museum
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Discover a world of surprises in one of Britain's oldest museums, founded in 1835.

From local archaeology to cultures of distant lands, from fossils to today's wildlife, from Tudor beds to fine ceramics to Ancient Egypt, Saffron Walden Museum owes the scope and depth of its collections to its long history and many generous benefactors.

This award-winning, "friendly, family-size museum" is set in an enclosed grass meadow, suitable for picnics, with a small car park and access for disabled visitors. It stands beside the ruins of the 12th century Walden Castle.

Venue Type:

Museum

 Opening hours

March to October:
Mondays to Saturdays - 10am to 5pm
Sundays and Bank holidays - 2 to 5pm

November to February:
Mondays to Saturdays - 10am to 4.30pm
Sundays and Bank holidays - 2 to 4.30pm

Closed: Christmas Eve and Christmas Day

 Admission charges

Adults £1.50
Discounts 75p
18 and under, free of charge

Annual season tickets allowing unlimited entry for one year cost £5 (full price) or £2.50 (discounts).

 General services and facilities
  • Brochure or leaflet available with directions to museum
  • Foreign language leaflet or brochure available
  • Pre-booking service for groups
  • Picnic area
  • Shop
 Children and families
  • Activities for pre-school children
  • Events and resources for children and families
  • Baby changing facilities
 Disability access
  • Events/teaching/resources for people with disabilities
  • Induction loops in exhibition spaces
  • Induction loops in lecture theatres
  • Touch exhibits
  • Parking for disabled available
  • Toilets for disabled
  • Wheelchair access to all public areas
  • Wheelchairs available for loan
 Schools services and facilities
  • Direct teaching services for schools
  • Member of staff available with responsibility for education
  • Primary school education service available
  • Secondary school education service available
  • Education facilities available
  • Reception and lunch facilities for educational groups
 Research and adult learning
  • Adult lectures and courses held
  • Loan service
  • Research facilities for academics
  • Study facilities
 Commercial and hire services
  • Meeting room available

Additional info

Almost all exhibition areas are accessible to wheelchair users. Visitor facilities include dedicated parking, ramps, a lift, stairlifts, sound loops at the entrance desk and in the lecture and teaching spaces. There is a unisex adapted WC, which also has baby-changing facilities.

Museum Street
Saffron Walden
Essex
CB10 1JL
England

Website

www.saffronwaldenmuseum.org

E-mail

museum@uttlesford.gov.uk

Telephone

01799 510333

Fax

01799 510334

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.

Collection details

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

Collections services

  • General guide to collections available
  • Object identification and/or written enquiry service
  • Specialist publications on collections available
  • Object study facilities available (enquire in advance)

Museum Street
Saffron Walden
Essex
CB10 1JL
England

Website

www.saffronwaldenmuseum.org

E-mail

museum@uttlesford.gov.uk

Telephone

01799 510333

Fax

01799 510334

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
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