Southwold Museum .. The building itself is steeped in history,
and is a grade 2 listed building. It has a Dutch gable end,
built around the second half of the seventeenth century, being
last inhabited in 1931.
The
building was renovated and opened on the 1st June 1933 as the
Southwold Museum, and holds much to admire of the local and
national history. Fossils, flints, commemorative medals, ships
figureheads, porcelain, the battle of solebay and the Southwold
railway are all featured.
The museum can be found in Victoria Street, near to Bartholomew
Green.
Open
daily from Easter to September: 14.00 - 16.00
Additional for August: 10.30 - 12.00, and 14.00 - 16.00
Admission Free.
Website:
www.southwoldmuseum.org
The
Amber Museum .. A purpose built museum dedicated to the history
of Amber. Examples of amber from around the world may be found,
different colours, with a variety of exhibits containing fossilised
creatures trapped within.
The
Amber museum is located at the rear of the Amber shop in the
Market place, opposite the Swan hotel.
Alfred
Corry Museum .. The Alfred Corry was the Southwold lifeboat,
dedicated in April 1893, it was of the Norfolk and Suffolk type,
a sailing and pulling boat. The building itself is a former
Lifeboat shed, being brought to the town from Cromer in Norfolk.
The exhibition charts the history of the ship and maritime history
at Southwold around the time of this ship.
The
museum is situated in Ferry Road, at the mouth of Southwold
harbour.
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