Saffron Walden Museum

Saffron Walden Museum
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Discover a world of hidden treasures in one of the country’s oldest local purpose-built museums.
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March 2, 2026
Join us in the Easter holidays for a range of seasonal family…
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Easter Holiday Activities
March 2, 2026
Help Us Grow! Volunteer for the Museum Garden Club.
Into Gardening?…
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Museum Gardening Club
March 2, 2026
ADVERT Learning Outreach Officer 2026
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Join our Team …..become our new Learning & Outreach Officer
February 25, 2026
Enjoy a calm and quiet atmosphere with reduced lighting and a…
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Calm session
February 9, 2026
February 19 @ 10:10 am - 2:30 pm


£2.40 per child

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Black Shuck Shadow Puppet
February 9, 2026
February 18 @ 10:30 am - 12:00 pm


Learn to play and compose…
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Family Ukulele Workshop
January 28, 2026
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Saffron Walden Museum Society Lecture
December 3, 2025
Saffron Walden Museum is developing a podcast series. Our first…
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We’re Podcasting
November 13, 2025
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Calm Sessions
November 13, 2025
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Saturday Makes
October 29, 2025
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Howling Half-Term (October 2025)
October 21, 2025
SAFFRON WALDEN MUSEUM SOCIETY LECTURE SERIES
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Saffron Walden Museum Society Lecture – TIM TURNER : WHAT ON EARTH IS THAT FOR?
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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 year round, this award-winning, family-friendly museum stands in an enclosed meadow beside the ruins of the 12th-century Walden Castle.
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One of the oldest purpose built museums in the country. Our varied collection features archaeology, social, natural and local history plus much more!
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Standard Opening Times
Monday
– Closed
Tuesday
– Open 10am-5pm
Wednesday
– Open for schools and pre-booked groups only during term time.
In Essex School Holidays we are open to the public 10am-5pm on Wednesdays
Thursday, Friday & Saturday:
Open 10am – 5pm
Sundays and Bank Holiday Mondays
: Open 2pm-5pm
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During the winter months we close earlier at 4.30pm November – February
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Saffron Walden Museum
Museum Street,
Saffron Walden,
Essex.
CB10 1BN
Tel:
01799 510333
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