Harwich Museum

11/10/2026

Harwich Shanty Festival events at Harwich Museum Today.

Sunday 11th October 12-1pm
1907 The Loss of GER Railway Ships Berlin & Yarmouth.
A talk by David Whittle about the loss of two Great Eastern Railway ships in 1907. Both were passenger steamships from Harwich to the Hook of Holland.
Ticketed Event £5

Sunday 11th October 2-3pm
Hooligan’s Rule.
based in Brixham, Devon. they sing songs and play music with a nautical/pirate/folk/Celtic theme on guitar, fiddle, mandolin and bodhran.

Our Tearoom will be open from 10-2 serving a range of Hot & Cold drinks as well as selection of Hot Food.

https://www.harwichmuseum.com/events/sea-shanty-festival-3/

09/10/2026

Harwich Shanty Festival events at Harwich Museum Tomorrow,

Saturday 10th October 1200-1300pm
58 Ships.
Join Richard Oxborrow, Neil O’Hare, Len Smith and other
researchers as we review ourjoint project with Harwich Museum and The Harwich Society, started four years ago, uncovering the stories of the ships built for the Royal Navy between 1660 and
1826 at Harwich Navyard.

Saturday 10th October 1400-1530pm
Australia Across The Water.
The Water follows a voyage in a cray fishing boat up
the wild west coast of Tasmania and into the West and Gordon Rivers to places most rarely visited, with deepwater sailor and shantyman Chris Roche.
Ticketed Event £5

https://www.harwichmuseum.com/events/sea-shanty-festival-4/

04/10/2026

Getting ready for today’s Accordion reunion concert.
Our first customer has got prime location.

See you all later ..

03/10/2026

Monday 26th October The Royal Oak Dovercourt
2-5pm

24/09/2026

Available from Harwich Museum.

Wednesday-Sunday
10am - 3pm

Oh hello 🤩

Printed programmes available NOW from lots of lovely places including:

The Alma Inn Harwich
The British Flag Harwich
The Crown Post
Deli 141
Harwich Visitor Information Centre
Harwich Museum
The New Bell Inn at Harwich
Pieseas Chıppy
Samswinebar Harwich
The Stingray - Pub, Bar & B&B in Harwich

We are VERY grateful to be part of such a BRILLIANT network of collaborative businesses and charities who help make the festival happen.

Not long now... ⛵🎶🍻🪗

21/09/2026

Upcoming Events.

Sunday October 4th. 2pm - 4pm
Accordion Reunion. (Park Pavilion)

Thursday October 8th. 11am - 12pm
Harwich on Film

Saturday October 31st. 11am-12pm
The Blue Plague (Sold Out).

Thursday November 5th. 11am-12pm
The Orphans Mission

Please check the website for all events.
https://www.harwichmuseum.com/events/

Thank you for your continued support and we look forward to seeing you soon.

Harwich Museum has no paid employees, every one of our team is a volunteer.

We are always looking for new volunteers to help expand our team and improve the museum.

Whether you’d like to volunteer, or know someone who might be interested please contact us.

19/09/2026

What a fantastic talk and film, many thanks to. Chris for today as well as all the volunteers that keep the museum running.

13/09/2026

We are open for Heritage Sunday
Free Entry Today…
Our Tea room is open serving Hot food and drinks

Hope to see you soon…

12/09/2026