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Updates on Dunwich Museum by Matt Salusbury, Chair of the Museum's trustees, editor of its newsletter and among its biggest fans. Museum currently closed for the winter. https://www.dunwichmuseum.org.uk/
Dunwich Museum is now closed for the winter.
Christmas opening: 27 December - 2 January.Reopening 14th -22nd February 2026, 2pm-4pm and weekends in March 2026 2pm-4pm
Daily opening from 1 April 2026. For visits during the closed season email: manager@dunwichmuseum.org.uk.
November 3, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Remains of a World War Two anti-tank obstacle, behind #Dunwich Beach on the edge of the Beach car park.
November 1, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Poisonous berries! Bittersweet nightshade behind #Dunwich Beach.
November 1, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Halloween 🎃 activities at #Dunwich Museum (Fri. 31 Oct) - 12-4pm carve turnips & pumpkins, decorate Halloweeny 👻 biscuits.
All Hallows Walk 5.30pm (costumes optional) bring a lantern & join us outside the Museum for a spooky tour of Dunwich, its ghosts and its history.
October 27, 2025 at 10:58 PM
It's our members' AGM on Saturday 25th October, 3pm, #Dunwich Reading Room.
October 24, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Representing @Dunwichmuseum at the @eastsuffolkone birthday tonight in Oulton.
October 23, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Dunwich Museum Leaf Printing Workshop,
Sunday 26th October 12-3pm
Learn the art of gel printing with leaves in this artist led workshop.
£10 for adults £3 for children
Email to book and find out more: chronicles@dunwichmuseum.org.uk
October 19, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Saturday evening's Dunwich Museum talk on the woodwoses and wildmen of #Suffolk is online, but if you find yourself in #Dunwich, there will be a group of people gathering in the Reading Room to watch it on the big screen. www.dunwichmuseum.org.uk/events/
October 17, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Artist Dee Nicholson is exhibiting her machine-stitched pictures - including some inspired by the #Suffolk and Norfolk coast - in the #Dunwich Fisherman's Hut from Friday 16 October.
October 17, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Dunwich Heath features in the current (October 2025) issue of "Suffolk" magazine. @DunwichHeath
October 1, 2025 at 11:01 PM
The Dunwich Coffee Morning is reviving, hosted by Dunwich Museum, starting Thursday 16 October 10.30-12 in the Reading Room. Volunteers need to prepare food, set up and serve tea and coffee.
October 1, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Another stranded seal 🦭 pup was rescued from the beach today by #Dunwich's trained volunteers and taken to the rescue centre. Named Greyfriars Bobby.
September 25, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Dunwich features as "Suffolk's own Atlantis" on this Suffolk and Essex Coasts and Heaths National Landscape poster on display at Manningtree Station.
September 20, 2025 at 10:46 PM
The Woodwoses and Wildmen of #Suffolk - a Dunwich Museum
talk -
Saturday 18th October 2025 6:30pm online via Zoom. Register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-woodwo...
September 20, 2025 at 8:33 PM
I was on duty for the early shift at Dunwich Museum today, in my “The Dunwich Horror” T shirt.
Although the film, loosely based on the HP Lovecraft horror novella, is set in a fictional Dunwich, Massachusetts so it has only a tenuous connection to Dunwich, #Suffolk.
September 16, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Vintage car rally today at Dunwich, #Suffolk
September 16, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Dunwich Museum
Victorian Puzzle Book Workshop
Saturday 27th September 12-3pm
Learn how to make your own Victorian puzzle book in this artist-led workshop.
Create art inspired by Dunwich and nature.
£10 for adults £3 for children
Email to book and find out more!
chronicles@dunwichmuseum.org.uk
September 7, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Beach drop-in activities with Dunwich Museum - Wednesday 27 August 12-4pm. Erosion experiments, rock art and more.Find us on the beach - look for the Dunwich Museum sail.
August 25, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Medieval Crafts Drop-in Activity at Dunwich Museum,
Wednesday 20th August
12 - 4pm
Make your own ink, write with a quill, and create illuminations.
Join us in the Reading Room for an afternoon of creative and hands on fun!
August 19, 2025 at 6:47 PM
A busy opening night for the #Dunwich Museum Art 🖼️ Show in the Reading Room yesterday evening.
The Art Show is on Saturday 2 & Sunday 3 August, 11.30-4.30.
August 2, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Dunwich With a Twist! Folk band The Dunwich Drifters play the #Dunwich Reading Room, Saturday 9 August 2.30-4pm. Suggested donation £10, enjoy a glass of elderflower apple or mint with a twist. www.dunwichmuseum.org.uk/events/
July 24, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Free drop-in activities, 12 - 4, Wednesdays in August.
Mostly in our Reading Room or the Reading Room Field, with a few beach activity days planned.
Keep an eye on our website and social media for more information about each activity. ( August) www.dunwichmuseum.org.uk/events/
July 24, 2025 at 8:50 PM
2nd - 4th August - Art Show, 11.30 - 4.30. 20 wonderful artists showing in the #Dunwich Reading Room.
Why not make a day of it and come down to Dunwich to see the Art Show, visit the Flower Festival in the church, and get an ice cream on the beach?🏖️
July 24, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Art Show Opening Night, 6pm, Friday 1st August -
Join us for the opening night of our Art Show in the #Dunwich Reading Room at 6pm!
Everyone is welcome to join us for drinks and nibbles and a first viewing of the art, as well as an opportunity to meet some of the artists.
July 24, 2025 at 8:36 PM
July 20, 2025 at 10:21 PM