Dunwich Museum

Dunwich Museum From great port to tiny hamlet in 700 years. This is the story of erosion and decline. A small museum with a big story. It's well worth the visit.

Dunwich Museum is a small independent museum maintained by volunteers and donations from visitors. The museum tells the story of the great medieval town on the Suffolk coast that was lost to the sea. Dunwich is now a small village but was once the most important port on the east coast of Britain. The museum houses a collection of artefacts from Roman times onwards. There is also an evocative model

of the large medieval town and a local volunteer on hand to explain the dramatic story of coastal change. The museum has made a 45 minute film about this amazing story. A 3 minute version is available to view within the museum. The museum is family friendly and welcomes all ages.

A slight delay on posting as we collected photos, but we want to say a huge thank you to for leading the most wonderful...
02/09/2026

A slight delay on posting as we collected photos, but we want to say a huge thank you to for leading the most wonderful photography walk around Dunwich on the 22nd. It was such a delightful evening, with lovely company and views.

We've put together a small collection of some of the photographs taken by the group throughout the walk. Everyone had such unique and beautiful ways of framing the world, which definitely made it difficult to choose which photos to include in this limited post.

Thank you to everyone for giving us permission to share their photographs and for joining us on the walk ❤️📷🌱

This Thursday, 27th August at 6pm.Join us in the Dunwich Reading Room for an evening talk by local author, Esther Freud,...
24/08/2026

This Thursday, 27th August at 6pm.

Join us in the Dunwich Reading Room for an evening talk by local author, Esther Freud, about her work and what inspires her. Suggested donation £10.

Esther Freud is the author of ten novels. Her first, Hideous Kinky, was made into a film starring Kate Winslet. Other titles include The Sea House, Mr Mac and Me, and I Couldn’t Love You More. She is the author of the play, Stitchers, and a children’s book: Enchanted Beach. My Sister and Other Lovers is a sequel to her first novel.

Who's ready for some geology fun the the Dunwich Reading Room tomorrow? Cake geology is back and our new friend Baron Bi...
19/08/2026

Who's ready for some geology fun the the Dunwich Reading Room tomorrow? Cake geology is back and our new friend Baron Bigolly will be telling the story of Dunwich's Great Storm 🧁🌧🌊🪨

Join in on rock painting, cake building, interactive story telling, and don't forget to check out our geology table. 12 - 4 in the Dunwich Reading Room.

Thank you for joining us on the beach today for our activities! We had such a blast painting stones, exploring geology, ...
16/08/2026

Thank you for joining us on the beach today for our activities! We had such a blast painting stones, exploring geology, and recreating the story of Dunwich with our historical guest, Baron Bigolly 🧀

We will be running more geology activities with cake stratigraphy and more of Baron Bigolly's story telling and recreation on Thursday, 12 - 4 in the Dunwich Reading Room.

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Drop in activities on Dunwich Beach this Sunday, August 16th.Join us from 12 - 4 to explore geology and get creative pai...
15/08/2026

Drop in activities on Dunwich Beach this Sunday, August 16th.

Join us from 12 - 4 to explore geology and get creative painting rocks.

🏎️🤵🏻🏁 Fast Cars and MI5🏁🤵🏻 🏎️Saturday August 15th, 6.30pm.Join us tomorrow evening in the Dunwich Reading Room at 6.30 f...
14/08/2026

🏎️🤵🏻🏁 Fast Cars and MI5🏁🤵🏻 🏎️

Saturday August 15th, 6.30pm.

Join us tomorrow evening in the Dunwich Reading Room at 6.30 for a talk on the life and work of Jock Horsfall. MI5, Operation Mincemeat, and race car driver.

📷🍃🌼🌳Photography Walk🌳🌼🍃📷Saturday August 22nd at 6pm. Meet us at the museum before 6pm. Join photographer Richard Allenby...
14/08/2026

📷🍃🌼🌳Photography Walk🌳🌼🍃📷

Saturday August 22nd at 6pm. Meet us at the museum before 6pm.

Join photographer Richard Allenby-Pratt on a photo walk around Dunwich. See through a new lens and explore the beauty of the world around us.

This walk is free to everyone and donations are welcome!

We are busy making medieval marginalia and illumination here at the museum today! Do come along and join us. Free activi...
13/08/2026

We are busy making medieval marginalia and illumination here at the museum today! Do come along and join us. Free activities until 4pm.

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Free drop-in activities every Thursday, 12 - 4pm at Dunwich Museum! Join us in the Dunwich Reading Room and museum yard ...
05/08/2026

Free drop-in activities every Thursday, 12 - 4pm at Dunwich Museum! Join us in the Dunwich Reading Room and museum yard for activities for all ages.

This Thursday, we will be making medieval inspired clay grotesque tiles. Everyone is welcome.

Please be respectful of the ongoing situation at Dunwich Heath and do not try to visit the heath or Minsmere at this time.

Address

St James Street
Saxmundham
IP173DT

Opening Hours

Monday 11:30am - 4:30pm
Tuesday 11:30am - 4:30pm
Wednesday 11:30am - 4:30pm
Thursday 11:30am - 4:30pm
Friday 11:30am - 4:30pm
Saturday 11:30am - 4:30pm
Sunday 11:30am - 4:30pm

Telephone

+441728648796

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