Research

Colchester + Ipswich Museums support research because it helps us to understand and use our collections better. Further information about how we work with researchers can be found in our Research Policy.

Here, staff and visitors reveal what they’ve been getting up to…

Latest Articles

Rendlesham; Further Finds acquired by Ipswich Museum

Philip Wise, Heritage Manager for Colchester + Ipswich Museums The following is an article written for SAXON: In the ghost story ‘A Warning to the Curious’ (1925), the writer M. R. James mentions the discovery in 1687 of a crown at Rendlesham said to be that of...

Researching the Ichthyosaur at Ipswich Museum

The Ipswich Ichthyosaur

Back in the summer, Dean Lomax from the University of Manchester visited Ipswich Museum and gave staff the opportunity to see an exhibit close-up for the first time in over 70 years. As a world expert on fossilised sea monsters, he has studied most specimens in...

Wolsey’s Portrait; the Recurring Image

Philip Wise, Heritage Manager for Colchester + Ipswich Museums The following is an article written for the Friends of Ipswich Museums newsletter: An unexpected outcome of the exhibition ‘Thomas Wolsey – Ipswich’s Greatest Son’ has been the opportunity to continue the...

Fossil Plants

Hugh Pearson - visited Ipswich Museum on 3 April 2019 The plant fossils at Ipswich Museum range from Devonian (eg Archaeopteris) to Quaternary (eg archaeological sub-fossils) in age. They include Carboniferous adpressions from the UK’s Coal Measures, Mesozoic...