Holton – Halesworth and District Museum

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Opening Times

Following recent government advice regarding actions to combat the spread of Coronavirus, we have decided to close the Museum for visitors

We will, of course, remain contactable via email on office@halesworthmuseum.org.uk and will respond to queries and communication electronically and to our phone 07552 508893. If you want to use our research materials please telephone or email to see if we can arrange an appointment.

Normal opening times:
Tuesday to Saturday 10.00 am to 12.30 pm.
Wednesday afternoon 2 pm to 4 pm

Group visits are welcome but must be pre-arranged with the Curator. please email us with your requirements.

The Museum will be shut over the Christmas and New Year breaks. We shut about two weeks before Christmas and open about two weeks after New Years Day.

This year the Winter Closure will be (provisionally) from 12:30 15 December 2020to 15 January 2021.

However, if you want to visit the Museum during this time, do email and, as long as we have a volunteer available, you will be able to visit us.

There is easy access for the disabled.

Diary of Events

Museum Talks: 2020 Series

The April & May talks have been posponed

15 August – A Historical Look at the Rifle Hall: Talk and exhibition will take place in the Rifle Hall.
10 September – John Hugman, Haleswort’s Wandering Poet: Vic Gray.
15 October – The Wissett Hoard: Professor Andrew Bevan.

Talks start at 7:30pm (doors open at 7:00pm) in the United Reformed Church
Quay Street, Halesworth IP19 8EP.
Admission: £4∙00; Friends of the Museum: £2∙00
After the talk there will be a raffle and refreshments.

Featured Displays
The Murder of Ebenezer Tye – ending in June

Death of a Kennedy – Joseph Patrick Kennedy Jr: 1915-1944
The Lost Prince: Much has been written about the assassination of President John F (Jack) Kennedy, but the death of his older brother, Joseph Kennedy Junior, has a direct connection with East Anglia. Joseph (Joe) Junior was born in 1915 in Massachusetts USA and met his death 29 years later in the skies over Suffolk.

Stamp Collecting – June
The Museum will hosting an exhibition of stamps of interest by the Leiston and District Philatelic Society.

Georgian and Early Victorian Halesworth – July to the end of the year
What was life like in those times in this little town? Illuminated by fascinating correspondence between members of the Lincolne family, this exhibition will shed light on the preoccupations of the day, from churchgoing to the coronation of Queen Victoria.

Permanent Displays
Geology
Investigating some of the geological aspects of the locality. Glacial erratics, dinosaur fossils and the Chediston Stones.

The de Argenteins, Lords of Halesworth Manor
The life and times of the de Argentein family, including the main characters, artefacts from the period and an explanation of the Ancient House carvings.

The Wissett Hoards
An internationally significant find of palstave axeheads, spear heads and parts of a sabre. Dating back 3,500 years, these items were purchased from the British Museum and are shown less than two miles from where they were found.