Aug 14th 2025 • Blog, Food, Garden
The Walled Garden Series: Jake Barwood’s Panzanella
We’re kicking off The Walled Garden Series — our brand-new celebration of seasonal produce and the brilliant chefs we’re lucky enough to work with. Each instalment will highlight what’s growing…
Aug 6th 2025 • Exhibitions, Blog, Events
Akenfield Exhibition Opens with Film Screening and Special Guests
Last weekend the museum celebrated the opening of the Akenfield Revisited exhibition with a special screening of Peter Hall’s iconic 1974 film Akenfield, shown to a packed audience at The…
Jul 10th 2025 • Fundraising, Heritage, Highlights
Major funding for the Food Museum
The Food Museum in Stowmarket, Suffolk, has been awarded grants of £3,900,000 by The National Lottery Heritage Fund and £1,000,000 by Mid Suffolk District Council to enable major transformation and…
Jul 9th 2025 • Exhibitions, Blog, Trainees & Internships, Volunteering
What’s It Like Volunteering at the Food Museum? A Student’s Experience
From testing retro recipes to meeting our Red Poll cows, volunteering at the Food Museum is full of unexpected moments. Here’s a glimpse into the experience from one of our…
Apr 2nd 2025 • Exhibitions, Blog, Collections & Exhibitions, Trainees & Internships
Young Curators – Nutritional Content and Experience of School Food
We started running our first Young Curators programme in October 2024, in partnership with the Museum of the Home, Quadram Institute, the School Meals Project, and Chefs in Schools. Designed to give young people…
Mar 21st 2025 • Exhibitions, Blog, Collections & Exhibitions, Trainees & Internships
Young Curators – School dinners, lunch hall environments and international memories
We started running our first Young Curators programme in October 2024, in partnership with the Museum of the Home, Quadram Institute, the School Meals Project, and Chefs in Schools. Designed to give young people…
Mar 19th 2025 • Animals
Suffolk Punch Horses offsite
Our Suffolk Punch Horses Faith and Juno temporarily left site on 19 March for Juno to be safely and properly weaned, the horses will be offsite for a maximum of…
Mar 19th 2025 • Blog, Food, Heritage
On Black Butter: The Flavours of a Dying British Love-affair with Apples
Lekvar (Hungary); Povidl (Austria); Пови́дло (Russia); Rheinisches Apfelkraut (Germany); Appelstroop (Netherlands); Sirop de Liège (Belgium) ; Raisinée (Switzerland), or just plain Apple Butter. Where humble fruits have sprouted, long cook times,…
