ALDEBURGH MUSEUM


Aldeburgh Museum is housed in the Moot Hall, one of the best-preserved Tudor public buildings in Britain.


Dating from the mid-16th Century, it origi- nally contained six small shops and a prison on the ground floor and a meeting hall on the first floor. He building is situated on the site of the old market place which once fea- tured a Market Cross, long since swept out to sea.


When not in use as the Town’s Council Chamber, the first floor hall offers an at- tractive display area for the Museum. The displays contain items of local interest such as photographs and artefacts depicting life in Aldeburgh. The collection also contains Anglo Saxon finds from 1862 and the Snape ship burial excavations in 1992.


The displays highlight early settlers – Ro- mans and Anglo-Saxon, shipbuilding, trade and fishing, the Aldeburgh witches, Regency resort, Slaughden and the Martello Tower and much more.


The Heritage Lottery Fund has recently awarded a grant of £77,000 to the Museum to work in partnership with the Town Coun- cil to redevelop the 16th century building and museum.


Project leaders will start work on the plan to massively improve the museum before ap- plying for a full grant of around £800,000. The Museum trustees hope to use digital technology and virtual reality displays to overcome a shortage of space.


OPENING HOURS: April, May, September and October - Daily from 2.30pm to 5pm June, July and August - Daily from Noon to 5pm.


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