Mar 20th 2020 • Collections & Exhibitions, Community, Highlights
Search for the Stars from your home
Our Search for the Stars project, generously funded by Esmée Fairbairn and the Headley Trust, aims to transfer all of our 40,000 paper-based object records over to our online collections…
Feb 10th 2020 • Collections & Exhibitions, Heritage, Highlights
Watermill to be restored to working order
Museum of East Anglian Life secures National Lottery support The Museum of East Anglian Life in Stowmarket has received a National Lottery Heritage Fund grant of £99,200 for an exciting…
Jan 27th 2020 • Collections & Exhibitions, Highlights, Volunteering
Separating the wheat from the chaff
Our Fake News in the Age of the Horse volunteers have been busy undertaking research to explore objects in the collection that tell stories of how news travelled, ideas were…
Jan 23rd 2020 • Community, Highlights, Volunteering
Seeking new Trustees
We are seeking to appoint a new Chair and up to four new Trustees With 17 historic buildings set in 75 acres of countryside, the Museum of East Anglian Life…
Dec 10th 2019 • Highlights
Christmas gifts at the museum
Are you trying to find the perfect gift this Christmas? We’ve got lots of ideas to help you find something special for your family and friends to enjoy! Become a…
Nov 27th 2019 • Heritage, Trainees & Internships
A Trainee’s Guide: How to Conference
Our Heritage Trainee Lois, recently wrote a blog over on Museum Futures documenting her experiences attending conferences An honest guide to surviving a conference in the museum world. Being new…
Oct 7th 2019 • Events, Heritage, Volunteering
Printers Blog- Cider and Song
A lot of visitors to the Museum have seen us working in the entrance using the Ransomes Queen press to print the Museum’s posters and cotton bags for sale. Recently…
Oct 4th 2019 • Collections & Exhibitions, Heritage, Highlights
Behind the scenes @ MEAL with Kate, the Curator
Over the past few months, we have welcomed several new faces here at MEAL, one of which is Kate. Kate is 28 and comes from Norwich. She loves cats and…
