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Mersea Island Museum Mersea Island Museum on the Essex Coast is a local museum for Mersea Island and the surrounding area. Mersea Museum is a volunteer run local history museum.

We open from May until September each year from 2pm until 5pm on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Bank Holidays. Saturdays July and August we open earlier at 10am. The museum has a shop selling local items, some exclusive to the museum. On Saturdays during the summer we offer history walks starting at the museum on Saturday afternoons 2.30pm. Visits can be arranged to Mersea Barrow through our website. The Resource Centre and shop are open Saturday mornings through the winter - see website for dates. The quickest way to contact the Museum is by email - [email protected]

Coming up... Friday 16th October.
10/10/2026

Coming up... Friday 16th October.

Coming up in October at the museum...Friday 16th 7pm - a talk by Adam Nixon of the Wildlife Trust - A Wilder River Black...
01/10/2026

Coming up in October at the museum...
Friday 16th 7pm - a talk by Adam Nixon of the Wildlife Trust - A Wilder River Blackwater and the BUDS project.
Sat 24th and Sun 26th - An exhibition and round up of the heritage arts trail from the May Bank Holiday weekend. See more details below...

THIS WEEKEND! As part of Heritage Open Days, you can take a free tour of the Mersea Barrow! Come along and learn some of...
16/09/2026

THIS WEEKEND! As part of Heritage Open Days, you can take a free tour of the Mersea Barrow! Come along and learn some of the fascinating history of this ancient burial mound. Details below.

There's still time to pop in to the museum today for the fun shells workshop! These are some of the pieces made today. M...
12/09/2026

There's still time to pop in to the museum today for the fun shells workshop! These are some of the pieces made today. Museum open till 5pm

Wondering what to do with the children this weekend? This fun shell workshop tomorrow, (Saturday) could be just the thin...
11/09/2026

Wondering what to do with the children this weekend? This fun shell workshop tomorrow, (Saturday) could be just the thing. Just pop in anytime and join in the fun. Museum open 10am - 5pm 😍

The last history walk of the summer! Tomorrow! Weather forecast is lovely so why not join us and learn more interesting ...
04/09/2026

The last history walk of the summer! Tomorrow! Weather forecast is lovely so why not join us and learn more interesting fact and tales of Mersea. Details below...

30/08/2026

Have you visited Mersea Island Museum yet this weekend? The Mersea Photographic Society has it's summer exhibition on! Open today and tomorrow from 2 - 5pm.
Come and see some incredible photography and look at some of the fascinating artefacts we have in the museum.

Autumn events season at the museum will soon be here! Here's one for the children - or young at heart! See below for det...
26/08/2026

Autumn events season at the museum will soon be here! Here's one for the children - or young at heart! See below for details.

Just a reminder - there are only 2 more history walks left in this summer's series!
26/08/2026

Just a reminder - there are only 2 more history walks left in this summer's series!

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High Street
West Mersea
CO58QD

Telephone

01206 385191

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