- Wikidata identifier:
- Q19571144
- Also known as:
- Burnham-on-Crouch and District Museum
- Instance of:
- local museum; independent museum
- Museum/collection status:
- Accredited museum
- Accreditation number:
- 866
- Persistent shareable link for this record:
- https://museumdata.uk/museums/q19571144/
Collection-level records:
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Collection overview (Cornucopia)
Local and Social History
Small archaeological collection from Palaeolithic to late Roman artefacts. Notable is the Red Hills salt making briquetage.; The maritime history of Burnham is interpreted through photographs and object.; Photographs, documents, printed ephemera and pictures. Some images are digitised for computer access in the museum.; Collection of photographs of the locality. Some images are digitised for computer access in the museum.; The collection includes farm tools and equipment and material relating to the building of sea walls and sea defences.; The collection reflects the daily lives of the people of Burnham and the Dengie Hundred Tucker Brown; R J Prior and Son; William King and Son; Guy Thompson; Stan Bigmore; Jim French;G U Laws; Norman Dallimore; Oliver ‘Tubby’ Lee; Stebbings collection of sea walling, sail making and boat building tools relate to the local industries of Tucker Brown, R J Prior and Son, William King and Son and Stebbings.; Images, ephemera and small objects focus on the significant contribution of local boat designers to both the commercial and recreational marine worlds. (Motor torpedo boats, Dragon class dinghy, Stella class cruise yachts and racing yachts were all built locally). Boat designers featured include Guy Thompson, Stan Bigmore, Jim French, G U Laws, Norman Dallimore and Oliver ‘Tubby’ Lee.; Objects and photographs relating to oyster farming and the fishing industries from Saxon times to the 20th century.
Source: Cornucopia
Date: Not known, but before 2015
Licence: CC BY-NC