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Halesworth and District Museum

The Railway Station, Station Road Halesworth, Suffolk IP19 8BZ

  • Visitor Information
  • Halesworth Archeology
    • The Wissett Hoards
      • Wissett Hoards, Detailed Description
    • The Bramfield Hoard
  • Local History
    • The ‘MALT’ Research Team
    • Halesworth and District Time Line
    • Halesworth – Local History
    • Holton
      • Holton Parish History courtesy of Suffolk Heritage Explorer
      • Holton St Peter School
        • The Foundation and Building of Holton St Peter School
        • Extracts from Holton St Peter School Logbook
        • Early headteachers
      • Holton and the Great War
        • The Holton Fallen
      • Holton Airfield
        • Plan of Holton Airfield
        • Holton Airfield from the air
        • Memories of Holton Airfield
      • Holton Post Mill
        • The History of the Mill
        • The Mill in the 20th Century
    • Rumburgh – Local History
      • Rumburgh Home Guard of World War 2
    • Wissett – Local History
      • Wissett War Dead of the First World War
      • Wissett Home Guard of World War 2
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Rumburgh – Local History

Rumburgh is a village four miles west of Halesworth.

Rumburgh Home Guard of World War 2

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Opening Times

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 from 12:30 14th December 2019 to 14th January 2020.

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: 2019 Series

April 11th Rob Shorland-Ball:
Southwold Railway 1879 to 1929: a tale of a Suffolk Byway, Illustrated Talk, Book Sales and Book Signing.
May 9th Willy Rackham:
The History of Longbows — with a Suffolk dimension.
September 12th Matt Salusbury:
Woodwose — the Green Man in Suffolk.

The October talk is in the process of being arranged.

Talks start at 7:30pm in the United Reformed Church, Quay Street, Halesworth IP19 8EP.
Admission: £4·00; Friends of the Museum: £2·00.

Museum Exhibitions – 2019 season.

Watch this space.

  • Visitor Information
  • Halesworth Archeology
    • The Wissett Hoards
      • Wissett Hoards, Detailed Description
    • The Bramfield Hoard
  • Local History
    • The ‘MALT’ Research Team
    • Halesworth and District Time Line
    • Halesworth – Local History
    • Holton
      • Holton Parish History courtesy of Suffolk Heritage Explorer
      • Holton St Peter School
        • The Foundation and Building of Holton St Peter School
        • Extracts from Holton St Peter School Logbook
        • Early headteachers
      • Holton and the Great War
        • The Holton Fallen
      • Holton Airfield
        • Plan of Holton Airfield
        • Holton Airfield from the air
        • Memories of Holton Airfield
      • Holton Post Mill
        • The History of the Mill
        • The Mill in the 20th Century
    • Rumburgh – Local History
      • Rumburgh Home Guard of World War 2
    • Wissett – Local History
      • Wissett War Dead of the First World War
      • Wissett Home Guard of World War 2
  • Virtual Museum
  • Privacy Statement
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