Ipswich Museum is a registered museum of culture, history and natural heritage located on High Street (off Crown Street) in Ipswich, the County Town of the English county of Suffolk. It was historically the leading regional museum in Suffolk, housing collections drawn from both the former counties of East Suffolk and West Suffolk, which were amalgamated in 1974.
The original foundation of 1846, devoted primarily to Natural History, was moved to new premises in High Street in 1881. In about 1895 Christchurch Mansion, a large 16th century house near the town centre in Christchurch Park, was given to the town. It was developed as a second venue under the same management and curatorship, devoted particularly to fine and decorative arts. Both are parts of one institution and draw on the same central core of collections.
Read more about Ipswich Museum: Merge With Colchester Museum Service, 2007, The Early Museum, 1846-1853, The Presidency of John Stevens Henslow, 1850-1861, The Museum Adopted By The Corporation, 1853, The Curatorship of Dr John Ellor Taylor FLS, FGS, 1872-1893, The New Museum, Opened 1881, The Curatorship of Frank Woolnough, 1893-1920, The Curatorship of Guy Maynard, 1920-1952, Recent Organization, Holdings
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