- Wikidata identifier:
- Q103038475
- Instance of:
- museum; independent museum
- Museum/collection status:
- Accredited museum
- Accreditation number:
- 813
- Persistent shareable link for this record:
- https://museumdata.uk/museums/q103038475/
Collection-level records:
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Collection history (Collection development policy)
The museum was established in 1973 as an independent charitable trust (The Aldeburgh Museum Collection Trust) with its purpose as stated above. It has been a nationally registered museum (No. 813) since 1988. The museum was awarded Full Accreditation status in 2007.
The charity was changed to a CIO in 2016.
Source: Collection development policy
Date: 2023
Licence: CC BY-NC
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Collection overview (Collection development policy)
The collections consist of some 6,500 items relating mainly to local history, including a large collection of photographs, paintings, books, and maps. It includes many items of natural history and archaeology. Artefacts range from local prehistoric finds (mammoth remains; Neolithic flints), while most of the collection covers the period since the early settlements of the area, starting with Roman and then Anglo-Saxon settlements around the Alde and Ore estuary. The greater part of the collection relates to the development of the town of Aldeburgh, and its commercial, corporate, and social history.
Source: Collection development policy
Date: 2023
Licence: CC BY-NC