Ipswich Museum
High Street
Ipswich
Suffolk
IP1 3QH
T: 01473 433550
- Natural objects
- Natural history
- Social history
- Ethnography
Free entry to all
The main central gallery houses the Victorian Natural History Gallery where the great Indian rhinoceros, the giraffe and du Chaillu gorillas have been enthralling children for years. There are displays of geology, a Suffolk Wildlife Gallery, ornithology displays including the Ogilvie Collection of specimens collected in Suffolk and the Bass Rock diorama of 1903 featuring sea birds.
There are ethnology and Egyptology galleries, Roman Suffolk galleries and replicas of the treasures found at Sutton Hoo by Basil Brown, the archaeologist based at Ipswich Museum, an exhibition about Ipswich at War and the Story of Ipswich from the Ice Age to the present day. Recently opened is an exhibition on Thomas Clarkson, the anti-slavery abolitionist.
Facilities:
- Disabled Access
- Refreshments
- Shop
- Children's Events
- Baby Changing Facilities
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