Oct 16th 2018 • Collections & Exhibitions, Heritage, Highlights, Industry
Restoring the ‘Empress of Britain’ Steam Traction Engine
One of the largest objects at the Museum of East Anglian Life is the Empress of Britain, a general purpose agricultural steam traction engine made in 1912 by Charles Burrell…
Jul 25th 2018 • Collections & Exhibitions, Community, Heritage
Suffolk Museums Object of the Year- The Feminist Brick
The hunt is on for the Suffolk Museums Object of the Year! This year’s theme is #HiddenHistories and we’ve nominated our feminist brick. This brick may not seem very exciting at first,…
Mar 12th 2018 • Collections & Exhibitions, Community, Volunteering
Roll up, roll up for another new project!
Fake news is everywhere. Or at least the phrase ‘fake news’ is. Decrying any story the user disbelieves (or dislikes), it has entered the daily language of the 21st century.…
Feb 2nd 2018 • Collections & Exhibitions, Volunteering
Search for the Stars: New year, new project
Welcome to our all new Collections blog! We’ll be keeping you up to date with everything that’s going on behind the scenes with our wonderful collection. We have around 40,000…
Oct 9th 2017 • Collections & Exhibitions, Community
International Women’s Day
Today is International Women's Day, so what better way to acknowledge it than to celebrate the influential and brilliant women we chose as guests for our fantasy dinner party in Abbot's Hall
Oct 9th 2017 • Collections & Exhibitions
Clementines, Christingles and Currants
Have you ever woken up to find a clementine at the bottom of your Christmas stocking and wondered where this strange tradition came from?
Oct 9th 2017 • Collections & Exhibitions
Unpicking and Rebinding
A guest blog from Les Bicknell, the artist who's working on upcoming exhibition 'Unpicking and Rebinding' which goes on display on the 31st August.
Oct 9th 2017 • Collections & Exhibitions
Life through the Eyes of East Anglian Artists – Object Focus: Smock
An object spotlight from exhibition 'Life through the eyes of East Anglian Artists'
