Burnham-on-Crouch & District Museum

Type:Museum

The Museum, Coronation Road, Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex, CM0 8HW

Tel: 01621 782184

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About

Burnham and the Dengie Hundred is an area born from the sea. Over thousands of years it has produced, many skilled craftsmen and women in the agricultural, fishing and maritime trades. The museum celebrates the working and domestic lives of these people and their families.

Visit the museum and enjoy exploring our artefacts from the Bronze Age to the present day. Learn about the first people to inhabit the area, about its medieval history, the importance of oysters to the town’s development and the transformation of much of the town into H.M.S. St. Mathew during the Second World War.

In addition to the many artefacts on display the museum is guardian of detailed local family history archives.

Guide Prices

Adults £2, accompanied children free

Facilities

Accessibility

  • Disabled access
  • Disabled toilets

Children

  • Children welcome

Parking

  • Free Parking

Property Facilities

  • Gift shop
  • Public toilets
  • Smoking not allowed

Map

Opening Times

* Open Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday afternoons between 13:30 p.m. and 16:30 p.m. including Bank Holidays and every day during school holidays.
Closed from November 1st to Good Friday the following year.

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