Association for Suffolk Museums

24/03/2025

🎉Fantastic news! We’re delighted to announce we’ve received a £4,000 grant from Mid Suffolk District Council to support museums in Suffolk. This will mean volunteers are supported to run resilient and sustainable museums in market towns and villages in Mid Suffolk. It will also help increase external investment in museums in Mid Suffolk. 🏛️🙂

19/03/2025

Shout out to Tom Beese for helping organise a very successful eHive workshop last week in conjunction with the Association for Suffolk Museums at Lowestoft Maritime Museum

04/12/2024

We’re taking part in The Big Give’s Christmas Challenge (3–10 Dec) - where you can double your donation to the Food Museum! 🎄

Every donation you make during the Challenge will be doubled, supporting our mission to preserve heritage, educate, and inspire future generations.

Your donation will help us:
✨ Expand educational programs
✨ Preserve our historic buildings
✨ Improve enclosures for animals like our Suffolk Punch horses
✨ Create new exhibits, including historic kitchen displays

💛 Here's how your gift makes a difference:
💷 £15 → £30: Runs our historic watermill for a demo
💷 £40 → £80: Feeds our Suffolk Punch horses for a week
💷 £60 → £120: Funds a specialist-led workshop at our wood-fired oven
💷 £500 → £1,000: Supports essential repairs to open the fishing lodge

At a time when we’ve lost core funding from Suffolk County Council, your support is more vital than ever. We appreciate any and all

🎁 Donate here: https://donate.biggive.org/campaign/a056900002TPVjLAAX?c=27026

13/11/2024

As the festive season rears its head, Suffolk Museums shifts into sixth gear and races onwards with a spread of events and activities guaranteed to warm the heart of even the most frosty Ebenezer types🎄🎅⛄️! Get yourself in Christmas spirit - visit suffolkmuseums.org.

12/11/2024

12/11/2024

Dive into the deep and join us at The Battery in Lowestoft on Saturday 23 November from 10am - 3pm for our Family Day! 📆

Meet Archie the Giant Squid 🦑 and learn all about the deep sea 🌊 with activities inspired by Natural History Museum, London and Cefas.

Plus Lowestoft Maritime Museum will be joining us and you can try your hand at printing with Books & Prints

Venue: The Battery, former Tesco building 119-125 London Road North, Lowestoft, NR32 1LZ

05/11/2024

It’s Trustees’ Week (4-8 November)! Trustees Week is a time for us to come together to say thank you for the fantastic commitment trustees show their museums and the museum sector at large. Throughout Trustees’ Week there will be opportunities to connect with other trustees, share experiences and discover how to become a trustee. There’s also the option to hone your skills through a dedicated range of events, training and guidance. Find out more and support the week here: https://bit.ly/3YHMW5Y

16/10/2024