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Explore Colchester's Museums and Galleries
Colchester Castle is the largest Norman Keep in Europe and houses the town's main museum- 1 Jan 202331 Dec 2023
Firstsite is Colchester's contemporary art gallery and winner of the Artfund Museum of the Year, 2021.
Find out what exhibitions are currently on in Colchester, and what's coming up in the near future- An important part of Colchester's rich history with three centuries of fascinating toys, costume, clocks and decorative arts displayed in an attractive Georgian town house from 1718.
- 1 Jan 202331 Dec 2023
- Get up close to nature as you discover an interesting perspective on the local natural environment from the Ice Age right up to today.Explore the garden trail and stag beetle exhibition.
- 1 Jan 202331 Dec 2023
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Colchester Castle is the largest Norman Keep in Europe and houses the town's main museum
Address
Lewis Gardens, High Street, Colchester, Essex, CO1 1JHTelephone
01206 713700Colchester
Firstsite is Colchester's contemporary art gallery and winner of the Artfund Museum of the Year, 2021.
Address
Castle Hill, Dedham, Colchester, Essex, CO7 6AZTelephone
01206 322127Colchester
Explore the life and work of renown British artist Sir Alfred Munnings (1878-1959) in his former home and studio.
Address
Tiptree Tea Room, Shop & Museum, Wilkin & Sons Ltd, Factory Hill, Tiptree, Colchester, Essex, CO5 0RFTelephone
01621 814524Factory Hill, Tiptree, Colchester
Tiptree is the home of the Wilkin family - where from 1885 the first Tiptree jam was made. Delightful museum, tea room and gift shop.
Address
Mersea Island Museum, High Street, West Mersea, Colchester, Essex, CO5 8QDTelephone
01206 385191Colchester
Exhibits of Mersea's social history, natural history, archaeology and fishing industry, including a fisherman's cottage display. Special exhibitions and gift shop.
Address
University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, CO4 3SQTelephone
01206 873184Wivenhoe Park
Contemporary Art gallery on the University campus, showing temporary exhibitions and associated events. Parkland with lakes and sculptures.
Address
Roman Circus Visitor Centre, Roman Circus Walk, Colchester, Essex, CO2 7GZTelephone
01206 501785Colchester
The site of the Colchester Roman circus (chariot-racing arena) was discovered in 2004. It was built in the early 2nd century CE and seems to have been in use for about 150 years. It is the only known Roman circus in Britain.
Colchester
For over 50 years the East Anglian Railway Museum has been transporting visitors of all ages back in time to discover the unique history of the region’s railways.
Colchester
An important part of Colchester's rich history with three centuries of fascinating toys, costume, clocks and decorative arts displayed in an attractive Georgian town house from 1718.
Colchester
Get up close to nature as you discover an interesting perspective on the local natural environment from the Ice Age right up to today.Explore the garden trail and stag beetle exhibition.
Address
Langham Lane, Langham, Nr Colchester, Essex, CO4 5NWTelephone
01206 865275Nr Colchester
Boxted Airfield Museum. The most important US fighter base in the UK in WW2.
Sudbury
Kentwell Hall in Long Melford, is Suffolk’s hidden gem and one of England’s finest Tudor houses that stands within the most extensive moat in the county and over 30 acres of gardens and ground. Kentwell offer a yearly calendar of events.
Wivenhoe
A registered charity specialising in teaching RYA Shorebased Courses and other unique nautical courses. The Nottage also houses a maritime museum with a collection of paintings, photographs and models.
Manningtree
Riverside gallery with monthly selling exhibitions of work by modern and contemporary artists of East Anglian, national and international fame.
Address
Timberfields, Off Wellington Road, Harwich, Essex, CO12 3EJTelephone
01255 502872Harwich
Museum contains the last Clacton off-shore. Oakley Class Lifeboat 34ft and a history of the lifeboat service in Harwich.
Address
Boxted Road, Colchester, Essex, CO4 5HHTelephone
01787 464280Colchester
We are a dynamic group of over 30 professional artists working from our studios in disused farm buildings on the rural outskirts of Colchester. We have a gallery on site which hosts a full programme of exhibitions throughout the year.
Address
Birch Gallery Tearoom, Fujita, 2 Birch Street, Colchester, Essex, CO2 0NFTelephone
01206 331363Colchester
Art gallery displaying fine detail watercolours by John Harrison, Originals high quailty prints and greeting cards for sale. Tea room providing teas speciality, coffees, lunches, snacks and cream teas. Closed on Mon & Tues.
Address
The National Trust, Grange Hill, Coggeshall, Essex, CO6 1RETelephone
01376 562226Coggeshall
Grange Barn stands as a reminder of the once powerful Coggeshall Abbey; with ancient pillars soaring to a cathedral like roof.
Address
Chapel Road, Wivenhoe, Colchester, CO7 9DXTelephone
07769945793Wivenhoe
A newly opened art gallery, located in the heart of Wivenhoe. Hosting regularly changing exhibitions of local artists of 2D and 3D, alongside Pru Green's own pottery workshop is a ceramic room of her pots and others with jewellery.
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Coggeshall Village Hall, Stoneham Street, Coggeshall, Essex, CO61UHTelephone
01376 563003Coggeshall
Exhibitions and photographs of Coggeshall's industrial, agricultural and social history. Coggeshall lace, working loom, archaeology, Coggeshall bricks, video footage and computerised postcard show. Town tours by prior arrangement.
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