SUFFOLK REGIMENT MUSEUM
BURY ST EDMUNDS
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Merry Christmas to all of our followers! Our Trustees, Staff and Volunteers wish you all well for the forthcoming festive season.
The Museum will be closing to the public for the Christmas break at 3.30pm on Wednesday 15th December 2021 and will reopen at 9.30am on Wednesday 5th January 2022. This means we will be closed on the first Sunday in January (2nd) to allow our volunteers extra time with their families. E-mails will not be monitored between Friday 17th December 2021 and Tuesday 4th January 2022.
UPDATED INFORMATION REGARDING CORONAVIRUS
Although it is not mandatory to wear face coverings in museums, we encourage all of our visitors and staff to do so unless exempt.
The Museum is free to enter, but we welcome donations. For large group visits or appointments to speak with our Curator, please continue to book in advance so that we can allow for social distancing within the Museum.
The museum was opened in 1935. It was housed in various buildings on the Regimental Depot site, including the Sergeants’ Mess and Officers’ Mess, before moving in 1968 to its present location in the former Armoury. The first floor room is where, by the 1930s, new recruits were fitted out with their uniform and equipment.
The displays tell the story of the regiment from its foundation in 1685 to amalgamation with the Royal Norfolk Regiment in 1959. The history covers the regular, militia, volunteer and war-time battalions as well as the experience of individual soldiers and is told through medals, uniforms, photographs, weapons, equipment and personal memorabilia. A small display at Moyses Hall Museum in Bury St Edmunds gives an overview of the story, while the regimental archive and photograph collection are on deposit at the Bury St Edmunds branch of the Suffolk Record Office.
