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Moyse's Hall Museum

 

Moyse's Hall Medieval gallery Suffolk Regiment Children looking at Gibbet cage
 
Moyse's Hall Museum
Cornhill
Bury St Edmunds
Suffolk IP33 1DX

Phone: 01284 757160
Fax: 01284 765373
moyseshall@stedsbc.gov.uk

Moyse's Hall admission charges
 
Free to residents of St Edmundsbury
£3 Adults
£2 Children and Concessions
£9 Family ticket (2 adults and up to 3 children)
Prices are valid from 1 April 2008
Opening times
 
Museum: Open 7 days a week
10am - last entry 4pm
 
Shop: Open 7 days a week 10am - 5pm
Closed bank holidays
 
Abbey gate
 
 
Town and Robe 1327 riots - Lecture
Join Ron Murrell for a look at the relations between the Townspeople of St Edmundsbury and their Great Abbey and how 'peaceful Bury St Edmunds' history is far less tranquil than most people realise.  £5.50 adults £5 concession includes refreshments. Booking essential please call 01284 757160.
  
 
New Medieval Gallery
 
Earlier this year Moyse's Hall's West Gallery was revamped into our Medieval gallery. This has a variety of items from the Medieval period including a locket containing the hair of Mary Tudor, some medieval weapons, also some finds from the Abbey as well as some Abbey stone, some which still remains in the Abbey gardens.
To view a flash video of how the Abbey used to look please follow the links below.
Overview video - 7 minutes long (84Mb)
Full video - 13 minutes long (158Mb)
If you do not have flash player installed, you can get it here:

get adobe flash player
Exhibition: Women by Women
 
This exciting new exhibition looks at portraits of women by women and will be on display throughout 2009 and the start of 2010.
 
Moyse's Hall also offers a variety of events throughout the year to complement this exhibition.
Visit our event pages for further details
 
 
 
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.
 
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.
 

 Page Last Updated: March 2010