Natural History Ipswich

Victorian Natural History Gallery courtesy of Douglas Attfield

 

What?

Ipswich Museum has a historic connection to science and the natural world.

Its founding purpose was to ‘promote the study and extend the knowledge, of natural history in all its branches’.

The museum was devoted to collecting and preserving all natural history specimens from rocks and minerals to plants, animals and insects. Even the museum building is adorned with fossils and fruits carved into the building stones.

Visit the High Street Museum to see the Victorian Natural History Gallery, Suffolk Wildlife Gallery, Geology Gallery and Mammal Gallery.

The collections are available to view by visitors by appointment.

 

Where?

The Natural History collections are housed in the High Street Museum, Ipswich.

 

Who?

Ann Ainsworth - Assistant Curator of Natural History