Moyse's Hall Museum

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Moyse's Hall Museum

Moyse's Hall Museum
Cornhill
Bury St Edmunds
Suffolk
IP33 1DX
For a location map please visit the street map page

Moyse's contact details:
Phone: 01284 757160
Fax: 01284 765373
Email: moyseshall@stedsbc.gov.uk

Moyse's Hall admission charges	Moyse's Hall opening times
Free to residents of St Edmundsbury £3 Adults £2 Children/concessions £9 Family ticket (2 adults and up to 3 children) Prices are valid from 1 April 2008	Museum: Open 7 days a week 10am - last entry 4pm Shop: open 7 days a week 10am -5pm Closed Bank Holidays

Don't miss our Medieval Lecture on

'Life in Medieval England'

26 June at 2pm

Join Mike Wabe, costumed interpreter and lecturer, for an insight into what life was like during the Medieval Times.

£5.50 adults / £5 concessions includes refreshments and entry into the museum.

Booking is essential so contact the museum on 01284 757160 to book.

New exhibition now open 'Women by Women'

This exciting new exhibition looks at portraits of women by women and will be on display throughout 2009.

Moyse's Hall also offers a variety of events throughout the year to complement this exhibition. Visit our event pages for further details.

For almost a thousand years Moyse's Hall has looked out over the Market Place of Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk. It has seen many changes since it was built in 1180 and has had a variety of different uses, including a tavern and a 'gaol'. Currently it's a museum which provides an excellent setting in which to trace the unfolding story of West Suffolk, through displays which range from prehistoric times right through to the present. Moyse's Hall's own story is as rich and varied as the collections which it houses. The pages below invite you to explore this history including those of a grisly murder; visit the pages on the Red Barn Murder to find out more.

Please see below to find out what else the museum has to offer:

Children's parties	Details of themed children's parties at the museum
Shop information and Friends of Moyse's Hall	Opening times of the museum and shop As well as information on the Friends of Moyse's Hall
Learning - Loan boxes - Outreach	Information on educational opportunities at the museum
Museum events	Details of lectures, workshops, exhibitions and family activities at the museum
Venue hire	Prices and details of hire of the museum's Education Room

The museum has themed displays offering opportunities for study and exploration based on:

Local history - Suffolk Regiment, Red Barn Murder
Social history - Crime and punishment, coinage, death, witchcraft

A temporary exhibition on display throughout 2009 is the 'Women by Women' exhibition. A more permanent exhibition is 'Faces of Time', which shows a variety of clocks and paintings. Moyse's Hall offers a variety of events for children and adults, please see our Museum events pages to find out more.

More information about Moyse's Hall	Details
Archaeology	Information on the history and archaeological finds in the area can be found at West Stow Visitor Centre
Architecture of the building	Detailed descriptions of the changes made to the Norman structure
Clocks and watches	The story of time from sun dials to modern radio controlled clocks and the history of English watchmaking
Costume and textiles	Details of the collection from 1600 to the present day
History of the building	From its 12th century origins to the present day
Local history	Some of the fascinating history of the area
Paintings and prints	Details including the French artist James Tissot
Suffolk Regiment Gallery	Details of what you can see in the gallery

Small Attraction of the Year 2005 Award

Moyse's Hall was awarded Small Attraction of the Year 2005 (under 100,000 visitors) by the East of England Tourist Board in October 2005.

The museum is accessible to all and has introduced taped tours aimed at the partially sighted, guided tours with a Victorian gentleman and produced two new loan boxes for use by schools and other community groups.

To find out more please view our publication Heritage Times

Page last updated: June 2009