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Easter Chocolate Tasting

20 Mar 2026
17:00 - 20:00
FREE

Enjoy a special late-night Easter shopping and chocolate event exclusively for Food Museum members. Drop in to browse the museum shop after hours, sample chocolates from a selection of local chocolatiers, and take advantage of your members’ 10% discount. A perfect opportunty to pick up Easter gifts and enjoy a little chocolate for yourself. 

Events, Family Activity, Talks & Activities, Workshop

Easter at the Food Museum

28 Mar 2026 - 12 Apr 2026
10:00 - 16:00
Free-75

This Easter, we’re celebrating Easter food and feasting from around the world. We’ll be exploring how different communities commemorate this time through a cracking programme of activities and events.

Talks & Activities, Events

Food for Thought Talks

23 Apr 2026 - 3 Sep 2026
18:30 - 20:00
£12

The Food Museum and EA Sustain present Food for Thought, a special series of talks in conjunction with our ‘School Dinners’ exhibition, discussing the history, evolution and experience of school food.

Supper Club, Events, Talks & Activities

Spring Feast

26 Apr 2026
12:00 - 15:00
£30

Join us for a Spring Feast at the Food Museum, featuring a panel from the Suffolk Guild of Food Writers, seasonal discussion and a curated spring menu.

Events, Supper Club, Courses, Family Activity, Talks & Activities, Workshop

Bread Week

23 May 2026 - 31 May 2026
10:00 - 17:00
£0-75

Explore the history of bread production and experience the living story of our national staple through a wide range of activities, along with our crops, mill, wood fired oven and café.

Supper Club, Events, Talks & Activities

The Watermill Lunch: A Breaducation – David Wright, Ben Mackinnon & Rebecca Bishop

31 May 2026
12:00 - 15:00
£30

Join us for the The Watermill Lunch. David Wright, baker and author of Breaking Bread, and Ben Mackinnon, farmer and founder of pioneering bakery-cafe, E5 Bakehouse, will examine the full story of bread, its history and evolution.

Events, Talks & Activities

IFST Food Science Discovery Day

10 Jun 2026
10:00 - 15:00
FREE

In partnership with the Food Museum, the Institute of Food Science and Technology (IFST) presents the second Food Science Discovery Day.

Events, Festival, Talks & Activities, Theatre/Poetry/Music Performance

East Anglian Storytelling Festival

19 Jun 2026 - 21 Jun 2026
All Day
£20-180

The East Anglian Storytelling Festival is back for 2026! Experience live storytelling, music, ceilidhs, interactive sessions, creative activities and more.

Building works

Please be aware of building works taking place across our site.

Our magnificent Medieval Barn is currently closed for repairs and will reopen in June 2026.

The House will remain open whilst exterior works take place before closing during 2027 for renovations, reopening with fresh exhibitions about food-making in the home.

The Factory is closed from November 2025 through March 2027 as we create brand new displays about industrial food production, accessible visitor toilets, and a stunning first-floor events space.

For more information visit Current Projects