Chelmsford Museum
Museums & Science Centres · Chelmsford, Essex
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Closed — opens tomorrow at 10am
🏠 Indoor & outdoor1–33–55–88–1212–16☔ Rainy-day friendlyEducationalToddler sessionsMemberships available🐐 AnimalsSchool holiday activities
What’s there
- Café on site
- Free parking
- Baby changing
- Buggy friendly
- Picnic area
Access & inclusion
- Step-free access
- Relaxed / SEN sessions
- SEN friendly
Free on-site car park, max 2 hrs Mon-Fri (unrestricted weekends); 4 Blue Badge bays, 3-hr limit with badge displayed.
Only facilities we’ve confirmed are listed — anything missing here we simply haven’t checked, rather than know to be absent.
The Museum of Chelmsford sits in Oaklands Park and tells the city's diverse stories through its galleries. You'll find archaeology and local finds, social history and natural history displays — including a popular live beehive that has become a firm favourite with repeat visitors. The permanent collections span from ancient fossils to Iron Age coins. The museum runs family activities through school holidays, including Boris Bear Cubs sessions for children under 5, and seasonal exhibitions such as the Great Baddow Coin Hoard displays. The Hive cafe is on site.
Summer (Apr-Oct): 10:00-17:00 daily. Winter (Nov-Mar): 10:00-16:00 daily.
Stuff to take with you
The things people wish they’d packed for a day out like this one.
- Refillable water bottleMost places will fill it for free.
- Snacks that survive a rucksackCheaper than the café, and buys you twenty minutes.
- Wet wipes
- Small first aid kitPlasters solve more days out than anything else here.
- Hair bobbles
- A penForms, competitions, name badges.
- Ice packs
- Picnic blanket
- Bottle or beaker
- Loose changeLockers and old-fashioned car parks.
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