Visiting the Museum!

Our standard opening hours are:

Wednesday-Saturday 10-4.30pm*

Sundays & Bank Holidays 2-4.30pm*

*Please note the earlier closing time over Winter

Closed Mondays (apart from bank holidays)

Tuesdays are reserved for pre-booked group visits by schools and other parties in term time. 

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Christmas &

New Year hours 

Thurs 23 Dec - 10am-12.30noon

Christmas Eve, Christmas Day & Boxing Day : CLOSED

Bank Hol Tues 27 Dec : 2-4.30 pm

Wed 28, Thurs 29, Fri 30 Dec : 10am-4.30pm

New Year's Eve (Sat 31st Dec): 10-4.30pm

New Year's Day (Sun 1 Jan) :  CLOSED

Bank Hol Mon 2 Jan:  2-4.30pm

Then normal opening hours resume. 

Object of the Month

The Museum’s ‘Object of the Month’ provides an opportunity to explore interesting and unusual objects from our stores. 

January's Object(s) of the month have been selected by Curator Carolyn Wingfield.

They explore the popularity of the hunting theme in Roman Britain through objects showing hare and hounds. 

In later times, ‘Hare and Hounds’ became a popular pub name.

Today there are concerns about illegal hare coursing especially in this region. If you see anything suspicious, please contact the Police. 

Bone Black: 

a brief history of colours 

Runs until

Sun 19 March 2023   

An exhibition exploring the making, meaning and use of colours from prehistory to the present day

Life Casting Workshop

Tuesday 31 January

10am-12.30noon

In this basic introduction to life casting, you will create a life cast of your hand using alginate and plaster. It’s a really fun and simple process and you will take away a one of kind cast of your hand with detail so fine you will even be able to see fingerprints!  All materials plus light refreshments will be provided.

Life casting the process of creating a three-dimensional copy of the living human body, using moulding and casting techniques. The standout feature of life casts is their high level of realism and detail. Life casts can replicate details as small as fingerprints and pores.

*The mould created during the session is only suitable for single use, you will not be able to bring home to do multiple casts. This is due to the nature of life casting and its moulding material.

Spaces are limited to a small group so book now online here  to avoid disappointment: https://saffron-walden-museum.arttickets.org.uk/saffron-walden-museum/2023-01-31-life-casting-workshop

Thank you!

Winstanley Late Night Christmas Shopping

Thank you to everyone who visited our stall at the Late Night Christmas shopping event on Friday 2 December.

The Saffron Walden Initiative organised this event and took inspiration from local man William Winstanley, a celebrated 17^th-century author who revived Christmas traditions after the austere years of the Commonwealth.

On the stall Carolyn and the Museum Society committee, staff and volunteers helping had a mini display about William Winstanley, some Museum souvenirs and gift ideas and some great ‘mystery objects’ to guess!

Thank you!

Marbling Workshop 

 Thanks to everyone who came along for the marbling workshop on 6 December.

Participants tried out a range of techniques including: stone, swirl and get-gil.

They decorated their own original sets of marbled papers, gift tags and ceramic baubles.                  

Learning & Outreach

Saffron Walden Museum is committed to sharing stories from its collections through its learning and outreach services.

We welcome schools and community groups to the Museum or offer outreach sessions. 

Why not book in your school or community group.

Our loan boxes are also available for hire, at £18 for 6 weeks, and will be quarantined in between hires to ensure they are Covid secure.

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Annual Season Tickets

Our convenient, money-saving Annual Season ticket offers you the best value at just £8 for Adult tickets and £4 for Concessions; it gives you unlimited access to Saffron Walden Museum for a year and includes this monthly e-newsletter highlighting all our latest museum news and upcoming exhibitions, events and activities.