Small museum but with lots of interesting exhibits

Have visited this museum many times with my children over the years and they always enjoyed it. Situated in Colchesters Castle park, this free museum has a lot of interesting local exhibits and some very nice hands on displays to keep children engaged. It doesn't take very long to walk around but it is certainly worth the effort. The Natural... More

An intriguingly quirky selection of local and domestic exhibits, many likely to prompt an 'Oh, I remember we had one like that when I was a kid!' type of response.Always worth popping in to on rainy days.

Great location in Castle Park, Colchester. Free and well worth a visit, also close to Colchester Castle.

Great museum, interesting for the children also. Situated in a glorious park with Normal Castle the museum has many interesting exhibits. The large Dolls House is wonderful.

This is a great place to go with kids. It is right next to Colchester's superb Castle Park playground and Castle so is in an ideal position. Kids can choose to do a trail which certainly kept my kids entertained and focused and gave me a chance to absorb the artefacts. It is reasonally small but I found this an... More