Museums Essex
Supporting Essex museums, galleries and heritage organisations to deliver cultural and learning excellence
Membership
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Grants
Did you know you can apply for up to £500 a year?
Support
Support from the county Museum Development Officer
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Latest news
Curator’s Blog: Behind the Rainbow
By Claire Willetts, Curatorial & Learning Officer at Chelmsford Museum The stories told in museum exhibitions are often interpreted by a curator, those who have studied and researched a subject in significant detail, and hopefully condensed all that information into a manageable and accessible narrative. Our latest temporary exhibition, Behind the Rainbow, was an opportunity…
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Royal Visit to Braintree Museum
On Tuesday 3rd October Braintree Museum was honoured to have received a visit from HRH The Duke of Gloucester to celebrate our 30th birthday and the formal opening of the Warner & Sons Gallery. Visit Details To commemorate the 30th birthday of the Museum in Manor Street, Braintree and the formal opening of our Warner…
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Tuning in to Radio Club!
By Sarah Harvey, Curatorial & Learning Officer at Chelmsford Museum Image courtesy of Chelmsford City Council Chelmsford holds the title “Birthplace of Radio” for several very good reasons; the first wireless factory was opened here; Marconi, aided by many brilliant engineers, perfected and developed his radio technology here; and the first regular, licensed British radio…
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Get in Touch
For all membership enquiries:
Gordon Cummings (Treasurer) gcummings@fryartgallery.org
To contact the Chair of Trustees,
Philip Wise:
philip.wise@colchester.gov.uk
For Museum Development enquiries:
Sarah Sinka
sarah.sinka@mdse.org.uk
Registered charity number: 1152493
Members Meetings
- Friday 7 June 2024 at the Museum of Power in Langford.
- Friday 6 September 2024
- Friday 6 December 2024 online
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