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 museum has themed displays offering opportunities for study and exploration based on:
Social history - Crime and punishment, coinage, death, witchcraft
A permanent exhibition is 'Faces of Time', which shows a variety of clocks and paintings.
Our current annual exhibition 'Suffolk's Lap of Honour', tells stories of our Olympian and Paralympian Heritage.
Moyse's Hall's West Gallery displays the town's Medieval collections, 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.
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