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Object of the Month – December 2023

November 22, 2023

Costume and Textiles Collections at Saffron Walden Museum Museum…

Museum Shop Sunday – Sunday 26th November

November 22, 2023

Join us this Sunday (26th November) 2-4.30pm for our Museum Shop…

Christmas Craft Events at the Museum

November 16, 2023

Crepe Paper Christmas Wreath 2nd December 11am-2pm £30.00…

Object of the Month – November 2023

November 2, 2023

The Museum’s ‘Object of the Month’ provides an opportunity…

Grant funding award

October 20, 2023

Saffron Walden Museum is very grateful to AIM and The Pilgrim…

Object of the Month – October 2023

October 9, 2023

The Museum’s ‘Object of the Month’ provides an opportunity…

October Half-Term & Halloween Events

October 5, 2023

Bat Socket Puppet & Spooky Forest Trail October Half…

Essex Finds Liaison Surgeries

October 5, 2023

Essex Finds Liaison Surgeries at Saffron Walden Museum -…

Upcoming Events at the Museum

October 5, 2023

Upcoming activities at Saffron Walden Museum for all ages.…

Landscape Archaeology in Ashdon talk

October 5, 2023

Simon Coxall, Landscape Archaeologist talk at the…

The Art of Pargeting

September 7, 2023

Pargeting (or sometimes it is spelt pargetting) is a decorative…

Object of the Month – September 2023

September 1, 2023

Image (above): Spiny Seahorse, Hippocampus guttulatus SAFWM…

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One of Britain’s oldest museums, Saffron Walden Museum has unusually rich and varied collections including natural history, ancient Egypt and Greece, archaeology, local history, ceramics and glass, furniture, woodwork and textiles.

The ethnography collection is of world significance. Open 363 days a year, this award-winning, family-friendly museum stands in an enclosed meadow beside the ruins of the 12th-century Walden Castle.

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Welcome to Saffron Walden Museum

Discover a world of hidden treasures in one of the country’s oldest local purpose-built museums.

Latest News

Object of the Month – December 2023

Museum Shop Sunday – Sunday 26th November

Christmas Craft Events at the Museum

Object of the Month – November 2023

Grant funding award

Object of the Month – October 2023

October Half-Term & Halloween Events

Essex Finds Liaison Surgeries

Upcoming Events at the Museum

Landscape Archaeology in Ashdon talk

The Art of Pargeting

Object of the Month – September 2023

Visit Saffron Walden Museum

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