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SHOTLEY
HMS Ganges Museum
Displays of artefacts and photographs
from one of the most famous Royal Navy establishments. The
mast from HMS Ganges has stood on the site as a famous
landmark for over 70 years.
Facilities: Toilets, sales counter.
Shotley Marina, Shotley, Nr Ipswich.
Tel: 01473 684749.
Admission: FREE. Website.
SOUTHWOLD
Southwold Museum
Situated in a 17th Century cottage are
displays on local history, archaeology and natural history.
Also paintings and information on the Southwold.
Facilities: Items for sale and arrangements for groups.
9-11 Victoria Street, Southwold.
Tel: 0789 0300532.
Admission: FREE
SOUTHWOLD
Sailors' Reading Room
Reading Room founded and built in 1864.
displays includ model ships, figureheads and maritime history
of Southwold from Nelson's Navy to the Royal Navy destroyer
HMS Southwold.
East Cliff, Southwold.
Admission: FREE
SOUTHWOLD
The Alfred Cory Museum
The Alfred Cory was Southwold's most famous
lifeboat. After her life as a lifeboat she was sold and converted
to a yacht, after passing through several owners she ended
up derelict and alone at Maldon in Essex. The boat is now
back home in Southwold, housed and being renovated in the
former Cromer Lifeboat Shed. The shed is an historic building
in its own right, having once housed the Cromer lifeboat the
52 ton building was removed in 1997, cut in half, transported
by barge to Southwold and rebuilt at it's present location.
Facilities: Ample parking on school playground.
Note: Open to the public April to October every first weekend
of the month, Saturdays 10am-2pm; sundays 1pm-5pm. Also open
(from June) on Wednesday evenings from 7pm till 9pm following
the weekend oenings. Other times by arrangement for groups
of 10 or more.
Ferry Road Car Park, adjacent to Harbour entrance.
Admission: FREE - Donations welcome.
Open: Good Friday to October 31st, daily 10.30am-12
noon & 2pm-4pm; Weekends: 10am-5pm (Closed Wednesday).
November 1st to Good Friday: Bank Holidays and fine
weekends only 10.30am-4pm.
SOUTHWOLD
The Amber Museum
If you are keen-eyed and patient as you
walk along Southwold's shoreline, you may just find a piece
of amber - for Southwold is the home of amber in the United
Kingdom. Therefore it is only fitting that the town should
be home to the country's only Amber Museum. Learn the facinating
and mysterious history of this beautiful fossil gemstone.
Many of the items on display are from private collections,
loaned to the Museum. Therefore you can visit over and over
and always find something new.
Facilities: Ample free parking nearby. Allow up to an hour
for your visit.
Rear of The Amber Shop, 15 Market Place.
Admission: FREE.
Open: Monday to Saturday, 9am-5pm; Sunday 11am-4pm.
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STOWMARKET
Museum of East Anglian Life
Situated on 70 acres of farmland, the museum
has several historic buildings including a chapel, watermill,
wind pump, blacksmith's forge and part of a timber-framed farmhouse.
You can discover domestic life, agriculture, industry and travellers.
There are also a number of traditional East Anglian livestock,
including two Suffolk Punch horses and regular demonstrations
of traditional farming methods and crafts.
Facilities: Cafe, shop and toilets.
Stowmarket town centre.
Tel: 01449 612229.
Admission: CHARGE. Website.
STOWMARKET
Mechanical Music Museum & Bygones
Unique collection of gramophones, polyphon,
barrel organs, music boxes, fair organs, Wurlitzer theatre organ
with the chance to hear the instruments being played.
Facilities: Sales table and toilets.
Blacksmith Road (off B1113), Cotton, near Stowmarket. Tel:
01449 613876.
Admission: CHARGE.
SUDBURY
Gainsborough's House
Containing larger collection of works by
the 18th Century artist, Thomas Gainsborough, than most museums
and all contained in the house that he was born in. Paintings
can be viewed throughout the year whereas light-sensitive drawings
are only on view in March and April.
Facilities: Shop, toilets, lectures and courses.
46 Gainsborough Street, Sudbury.
Tel: 01787 372958. Website.
Admission: CHARGE.
SUDBURY
Sue Ryder Foundation Museum
Museum clebration the life and times of
Lady Ryder. Displays concerning World War II which include original
exhibts from Nazi concentration camps.
Facilities: Gift and coffee shop and toilets.
Cavendish, near Sudbury. Tel: 01787 282591..
Admission:CHARGE.
SUDBURY (Clare)
Ancient House Museum
Unusual and interesting 15th Century, Grade
1 listed building containing exhibition of local history and
photographs of Clare. Computer access to local records such
as census, rates reviews, people, wills etc.
26 High Street, Clare, near Sudbury. Tel: 01787 277662.
Admission:CHARGE. Website.
SUTTON HOO
Sutton Hoo Burial Ground
One of Britain's most important archaelogical
discoveries. The Anglo-Saxon burial ground of Pagan kings of
East Anglia.
Facilities: Shop, restaurant, toilets, children's play area.
Tranmer House, Sutton Hoo, near Woodbridge.
Tel: 01394 389700. Website.
Admission: CHARGE.
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WEST STOW
(Near Bury St Edmunds)
West Stow Anglo-Saxon Village
History is really brought to life by the
reconstruction of this village on an original Anglo-Saxon site.
Alongside the Anglo-Saxon artefacts are regular demonstrations
of every-day life.
Make sure that you do not miss the exhibit which is housed under
the visitor centre.
Facilities: Shop, cafe, toilets and special arrangements for
groups.
Ickingham Road, West Stow, near Bury St Edmunds.
Tel: 01284 728718. Website.
Admission: CHARGE. Village open daily 10am to 5pm; Park
open daily 9am to 8pm (5pm winter).
WICKHAM MARKET
Easton Farm Park
See under Easton
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WOODBRIDGE
Buttrum's Mill
Built in 1836, Buttrum's Mill is one of
England's finest tower windmills. The mill gets it's name
from the Buttrum family who ran it until 1928. It is now maintained
and opened by Suffolk County Council.
Facilities: Car parking nearby.
Note: Open Sunday & Bank Holidays 27 March - 25 September
and Saturdays 7 May - 27 august from 2-5.30pm.
From A12 Woodbridge bypass, turn off at Grundisburgh Road
roundabout and the mill is visible. Tel: 01473 264755.
Admission: CHARGE. Website.
WOODBRIDGE
Suffolk Punch Heavy Horse Museum
Displays relating to the Suffolk Punch,
the oldest breed of working horse in Great Britain. Paintinings
and photographs illustrate the importance this fine animal
has had in history.
Facilities: Shop, arrangements for groups, guided tours (by
prior arrangement).
The Market Hill, Woodbridge.
Tel: 01394 380643. Website.
Admission: CHARGE.
WOODBRIDGE
Woodbridge Museum
Telling the story of Woodbridge, from
its Anglo-Saxon roots including the discoveries at Sutton
Hoo right thru to the present day..
Facilities: Shop.
5A Market Hill, Woodbridge.
Tel: 01394 380502. Website.
Admission: CHARGE.
WOOLPIT
Woolpit & District Museum
Housed in a 16th Century room that is
part of the Woolpit Memorial Insitute you will find the displays
on local history, the brickworks early 20th Century kitchen
equipment and a museum that claims to be Suffolk's smallest.
Facilities: Shop, arrangements for groups, guided tours (by
prior arrangement).
Institute, Woolpit.
Tel: 01359 240822. Website.
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