Museum Redevelopment Archives

23 September 2026

Ipswich Museum Redevelopment’s Next Phase Begins

The next phase of the Ipswich Museum Redevelopment project has officially begun, as works progress to the next stage of this exciting transformation. Across the historic building, specialist contractors from HUB Build and Mather & Co are preparing the spaces for transformation, with construction, conservation and design activities all moving forward simultaneously. So far, the […]

20 August 2026

Museum Tours Raise More Than £14,500 for Ipswich Museum Redevelopment

Ipswich Museum welcomed almost 2,000 visitors through its doors this year as part of a series of exclusive fundraising events and Behind-the-Scenes tours, marking the first public access to the building since it closed for redevelopment in October 2022. These special events have given the community a unique opportunity to see the progress being made […]

6 August 2026

Starting Museum Tonic – A Programme For Young Participants

Museum Tonic is a programme conceived by Ipswich Museum to get young people talking about objects in our collections. During our recent first session, seven young people from Ipswich, Hadleigh, Colchester and Norwich were introduced to a range of objects. Among several taxidermy natural history objects, they saw the pale-throated three-toed sloth, a duck-billed platypus, […]

12 May 2026

Ipswich Museum Redevelopment Reaches Final Stages

The Ipswich Museum redevelopment has reached a major milestone, as the project moves into its final phase of transformation. This marks an exciting step forward in revitalising one of Ipswich’s most important cultural landmarks and securing its future as a modern, accessible museum for generations to come. Building Works Complete at Ipswich Museum Since closing […]

10 October 2025

The results are in! What The Ipswich Heritage Forum thinks of the Museum Makeover so far.

A sneak peek inside the Ipswich Museum Redevelopment – Here’s what The Ipswich Heritage Forum told us! The doors to Ipswich Museum have been closed for a while now—but behind the scenes, exciting things are happening! As part of the big redevelopment project, we recently invited members of the Ipswich Heritage Forum, to take a […]

1 May 2025

Amplify

Amplify: to make something louder, to add/expand detail, to increase size and effect. Ipswich Museum presents ‘Amplify’ a free event hosted at Ipswich County Library from 10am – 4pm on Saturday 10th May for young adults aged 16 – 30, to build connections and explore career pathways within the cultural, art and wellbeing services. From […]

11 March 2025

Museum on the Move: Local History

On 2nd April 2025 Museum on the Move will be making an appearance at Whitton Church. This is for people to drop by and get a glimpse of some of the objects found in Ipswich. This is an exciting time to find out about the local history of Ipswich from prehistoric times to the 21st […]