Moyse's Hall Museum

Moyse's Hall Museum
Cornhill
Bury St Edmunds
Suffolk
IP33 1DX
England

Website

www.moyseshall.org

E-mail

moyses.hall@stedsbc.gov.uk

Telephone

Reception

01284 706183

Fax

01284 765373

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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Collections of local and social history alongside horology fine art and costumes housed in a rare example of 12th century Norman domestic architecture: Includes objects associated with the notorious Red Barn Murder. Also houses the Suffolk Regiment Gallery. Exhibitions based on the extensive collections throughout the year.

Venue Type:

Museum, Heritage site, Historic house or home, Gallery, Association or society

See also

 Opening hours

Mon. Tues. Wed. Thurs. Fri. Sat. 10.00-17.00 (Last entry 16.00) Sun 12.00-16.00(Last entry 15.00)

Closed: Good Friday. Christmas Day. Boxing Day. New Years Day. Bank Holiday Mondays. Please telephone for details concerning other days over the Christmas period

 Admission charges

Heritage Ticket: £15.00 family (maximum 6 including 1 child conc.)£5.00 Adults; £3.00 child / concs. Allows multiple free return entries and entry to sister site West Stow Anglo - Saxon village for one year.

Discounts

  • Museums Association
 General services and facilities
  • Brochure or leaflet available with directions to museum
  • Guided tours
  • Information point provided
  • Pre-booking service for groups
  • Shop
  • Toilets
 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 lecture theatres
  • Large print information and/or interpretation
  • 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
  • Printed/audio-visual information available for schools
  • 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
  • Study facilities
 Commercial and hire services
  • Meeting room available

Additional info

Lectures and workshops and themed weekend events run throughout the year.

Moyse's Hall Museum
Cornhill
Bury St Edmunds
Suffolk
IP33 1DX
England

Website

www.moyseshall.org

E-mail

moyses.hall@stedsbc.gov.uk

Telephone

Reception

01284 706183

Fax

01284 765373

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.

Fine art, horology and costume alongside history of the Abbey of St Edmund, local and social history of the town. Other displays / collections include Witchcraft, death, coins, tokens, bicycles, Red Barn Murder.

Collection details

Weapons and War, Trade and Commerce, Toys and Hobbies, Social History, Science and Technology, Religion, Personalities, Music, Literature, Law and Order, Land Transport, Fine Art, Decorative and Applied Art, Costume and Textiles, Coins and Medals

Key artists and exhibits

  • Red Barn murder,
  • Bury St. Edmunds,
  • medieval,
  • West Suffolk,
  • William Corder,
  • Maria Marten,
  • local history,
  • tokens,
  • numismatic,
  • Roman Britain,
  • St. Edmund,
  • monastery,
  • witchcraft,
  • bicycles,
  • Brother Jocelyn,
  • Jocelyn of Brakelond,
  • Abbot Samson,
  • Ouida,
  • Robert Bloomfield,
  • Suffolk Regiment,
  • 12th Foot,
  • Minden
  • Battle of Minden
  • Mary Beale
  • Cullum
  • Gershom Parkington
  • Abbey of St Edmunds
  • Trade
  • Costumes
  • Irene Barnes
  • Flapper
  • Victorian costume
  • timepieces
  • sundials
  • dials
  • longcase clocks

Collections services

  • Object identification and/or written enquiry service
  • Object study facilities available (enquire in advance)

Moyse's Hall Museum
Cornhill
Bury St Edmunds
Suffolk
IP33 1DX
England

Website

www.moyseshall.org

E-mail

moyses.hall@stedsbc.gov.uk

Telephone

Reception

01284 706183

Fax

01284 765373

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.
Resources listed here may include websites, bookable tours and workshops, books, loan boxes and more. You may need to scroll down or click on headers to see them all.
 Face to face resources

Young Archaeologists' Club (YAC)

http://www.moyseshall.org

The Bury St Edmunds branch of the Young Archaeologists' Club is hosted by Moyse's Hall Museum. Activities include site and museum visits, field walking, graveyard recording and artefact based sessions. Check out www.britarch.ac.uk/yac for more details.

How to obtain

To join, first become a member of the National YAC by visiting www.britarch.ac.uk/yac.

Moyse's Hall Museum
Cornhill
Bury St Edmunds
Suffolk
IP33 1DX
England

Website

www.moyseshall.org

E-mail

moyses.hall@stedsbc.gov.uk

Telephone

Reception

01284 706183

Fax

01284 765373

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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