Woodbridge Tide Mill celebrates 850 years on the quayside site in 2021.
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As lockdown restrictions ease Suffolk s museums are opening their doors to visitors so why not put them on your list of things to do this summer?
They re a great way to get to know more about the county and what makes it tick. Many are staffed by knowledgeable volunteers who will tell you about the collections in their care, bringing your visit alive.
Many Suffolk towns and villages have museums dedicated to their heritage but there are also specialist collections such as the Museum of East Anglian Life, East Anglia Transport Museum and Ipswich Transport Museum. Here are some to whet your appetite.
Aldeburgh Museum
Head to Aldeburgh’s seafront and there you will find Moot Hall – a 16th century timber-framed building that is home to Aldeburgh Museum. One of the best-preserved Tudor buildings in the country, visitors to the museum can expect to see a number of fascinating and detailed exhibits dating all the way back to the Anglo-Saxon and medieval eras.
Find out how the town became a thriving shipbuilding and fishing centre, explore its growth as a seaside resort, and uncover the workings of the fascinating Tudor building itself. Exhibits on display include finds from the Anglo-Saxon ship burial at Snape, Roman excavations from Barber’s Point, as well as a series of photographs and artefacts depicting life in the coastal town.
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Tom Appleton and Elenor Bowers-Jolley, founders of the Come and Sing Company who plan to stage an outdoor production of Noye s Fludde on Aldeburgh Beach this summer
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Aldeburgh Beach will be a hive of activity this summer as the town and wider community celebrate escaping lockdown with outdoor performances of Benjamin Britten’s Noye’s Fludde.
The event will bring together enthusiastic schoolchildren and talented amateur musicians and singers.
The event, being staged opposite Crag Path, between the lifeboat station and the Moot Hall, will be within view of Britten’s beachside residence where he wrote the opera for young people in 1958.
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