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Ipswich Museum
"Ipswich Museum will be closed from Monday 3 October 2022 for a major refurbishment, made possible by The National Lottery Heritage Fund, that will retain the best of the past and deliver the changes needed for a modern museum.The redevelopment will repair and refurbish the landmark Grade II* listed Ipswich Museum, retaining the original Victorian atmosphere of the Natural History Gallery. It will open up more space elsewhere in the building to exhibit more of the wonderful collections than ever before. There will also be better facilities for visitors and access will be much improved by a new lift and level floors.Ipswich Museum will reopen to visitors in 2025."
Address: High St, Ipswich IP1 3QH, UK
Phone: 01473 433551
State: Suffolk
City: Ipswich
Zip Code: IP1 3QH

opening times

Monday: Closed
Tuesday: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Wednesday: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Thursday: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Friday: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Saturday: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Sunday: 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM

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Reviews
Free day out so get there before it shuts in August for renovation. Check the website for activity days during summer hols. I was surprised by the range of animals including a mammoth and giraffe. Some fascinating information about Ipswich and surrounding areas. Worth a day there and you really don't get anything for free today so you have nothing to lose. We loved it!
This place is a hidden gem. Never been before and lived here for years. Went on Saturday around 11am. It wasn't too busy which I loved as I suffer with anxiety and being around crowds. Going into the museum your greeted with a welcome desk, a lovely little shop and a view of the museum infront of you. The staff are absolutely lovely and really helpful. Me and my partner wandered around for a couple of hours! I was shocked by how big the place was. So many interesting bits of information. I took quite a few pictures although it was hard to take some due to reflections and light. This place has a lot to offer. Very informative and fun things to look at. I read previous reviews which only gave a few stars and they are absolutely embarrasing. Someone leaving a review saying they fell down the stairs and the place is a bit run down?. What? The whole of the museum was clean and tidy and very well looked after. The toilets were tidy and clean and even the gift shop looked pleasing. A few more people did come in as time went on, but it's spacious enough to let people past without being too close. This museum really was lovely to walk around and I will definitely go back!.
It's closed for refurbishment until 2025 Supposedly Ipswich Museum will reopen then, but might actually receive some visitors if the local Council can be bothered to tell anybody this place even exists. Excellently displayed exhibits in traditional glass & wood cabinets, alike the national museums in the City. The red-brick building is impressive enough, but the interior is something else. Fantastic exhibits that are seen by a few who know that the museum is there, which cannot be many considering how secretive the site seems to be known to visitors to the town...
2021: So much has changed since I last visited, approx 2012. It has all been suitably updated and appears modern as far as a museum can seem modern and clean. The displays are engaging. The staff are knowledgeable and friendly. They said we could take as many photos as we liked as long as we didn't use flash. We spent ages in the first big hall with all the animals in. We enjoy going to the zoo, but to see a giraffe, gorillas, wolves, zebras and other animals we see at the zoo, so close, was very intriguing for my children 4 and 6. We used the little magazine they sell for 50p and got a 50p pencil too. My 6 year old enjoyed searching for the animals inside and ticking them off. All of the artefacts are genuine and the animals are all real animals, beautifully taxidermied except for the giant mammoth - which a staff member told me has the same hair that Chewbacca has in Star Wars. The punishment chairs for whipping and dunking were rather disturbing to my children and couldn't be avoided as were on the main route. My only suggestion for improvement would be to have this disturbing area to one side in an offset room with a warning label to parents that children may find it disturbing so they can choose to avoid it We spent an hour inside and hadn't finished but it was closing time. The staff used an old police rattle to alert us that it was time to leave. I liked that touch. Well worth a visit!!
Very lovely museum a lot to learn from and a must visit museum in Ipswich as well. The museum consists of three levels and separated into different sections too. You can take children as well and they can do some fun activities and learn about history war, nature and wildlife too.
I love the mammoth as you enter and that it was apparently under a school! It is such a great place to go and for free!!!! Sadly it is shut at the time I wrote this but it is still a great place and I can’t wait for it to re-open.Visited onWeekendWait timeNo waitReservation recommendedNo
Great old fashioned museum with a real variety of displays but particularly eild animals and birds. There was also a great film on Sutton hoo and a display of a horde if gold coins found in 2008 dating back to Beaudicea. This was a temporary exhibit I think.
Loved it. plenty of activities for younger kids. Exhibitions provide a depth of fascinating historical knowledge of both the local area, as well as a broader but more general insight into history of different cultures around the world.
What an amazing place, and for FREE too We spent two hours and can spend even more if you want to read up in everything. It's a nice and full of information place. No to know where I live and what history this place holds.
Superb place to visit and gain knowledge about the history of Ipswich and Suffolk along with the connection it had and is having with the world. The animals look very real and that is highly appreciated. Highly appreciative of the management who are maintaining ​the museum and the artifacts very nicely. Happy to visit the place again.
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