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…
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…
Sep 23rd 2019 • Collections & Exhibitions, Heritage, Highlights, Trainees & Internships, Volunteering
Finding my favourite object among 40,000
Since before I arrived at the Museum of East Anglian Life for my University placement, I knew the museum had an amazing 40,000 objects. My first week was filled with…
Sep 3rd 2019 • Collections & Exhibitions, Community, Heritage, Highlights, Trainees & Internships
Yes, We Can
Warm and a little bit itchy is what comes to mind for most when thinking about a knitted woolly jumper or scarf. Food is not one of the first thoughts…
Jul 25th 2019 • Collections & Exhibitions, Community, Heritage, Highlights, Trainees & Internships, Volunteering
Behind the scenes @ MEAL with…
Behind the scenes @ MEAL with… the curator There has always been a great deal of mystery, surrounding the goings-on behind the scenes at a museum. The film ‘Night at…
May 23rd 2019 • Collections & Exhibitions, Heritage, Highlights, Trainees & Internships
Freedom is a bicycle
As you steady yourself, and your nerves, place your foot on the peddle and push-off, you push off into a world of excitement and freedom. Most of us never forget…
Mar 11th 2019 • Collections & Exhibitions, Highlights, Trainees & Internships
Skills for the Future Trainees
Since October 2018 the museum has hosted three Heritage Management trainees as part of the Transforming People to Transform Museums project, generously funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund. The…
