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Galleries and Museums

A visit to one of Colchester's fantastic galleries or museums is a great way to start exploring the town, whether you discover the distant past in Colchester Castle Museum or prefer cutting-edge contemporary art in Firstsite you'll find something for all tastes in the town centre, with no less than five significant museums and galleries within two minutes walk of each other.

Further afield, the borough has many smaller museums - from the Mersea Island Museum, exploring the island's heritage, to the Nottage Museum in Wivenhoe, the Tiptree Jam Museum at Wilkins & Sons' factory and even the tiny Boxted Airfield Museum that only opens a few days a year.

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Explore Colchester's Museums and Galleries

Colchester Castle Museum

*BACK OPEN FROM 23rd JULY* Colchester Castle is the largest Norman Keep in Europe and houses the town's main museum
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Firstsite

*BACK OPEN FROM 24th JULY* Firstsite is Colchester's contemporary visual arts organisation.
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Exhibitions

Find out what exhibitions are currently on in Colchester, and what's coming up in the near future
Hollytrees Museum

*TEMPORARILY CLOSED* An important part of Colchester's rich history with three centuries of fascinating toys, costume and decorative arts displayed in an attractive Georgian town house from 1718.
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Natural History Museum

*TEMPORARILY CLOSED* Discover and interesting 'hands-on' perspective on the local natural environment from the Ice Age right up to today. Explore the garden trail and stag beetle exhibition, free entry.
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Harwich Lifeboat Museum

Address

Timberfields, Off Wellington Road, Harwich, Essex, CO12 3EJ

Telephone
01255 502872

info@harwich-society.co.uk

Harwich

Museum contains the last Clacton off-shore. Oakley Class Lifeboat 34ft and a history of the lifeboat service in Harwich.
The Sentinel Gallery

Address

Chapel Road, Wivenhoe, Colchester, CO7 9DX

Telephone
01206 827490

info@thesentinelgallery.co.uk

Wivenhoe

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.
Mistley Quay Workshops

Address

Mistley Quay Workshops, Mistley, Manningtree, Essex, CO11 1HB

Telephone
01206 393884

tellus@mistleyquaycafe.co.uk

Manningtree

Arts and Crafts workshop with exhibitions. Cafe with home cooked food, cakes, coffee and licensed for alcohol.
Chappel Galleries

Address

15 Colchester Road, Chappel, Essex, CO6 2DE

Telephone
01206 240326

info@chappelgalleries.co.uk

Chappel

Set in the village of Chappel, in the picturesque Colne Valley, over looking the impressive Victorian Chappel Viaduct, Chappel Galleries hosts changing art exhibitions by professional artists, many with national reputations.