To allow essential building works to take place, the Museum is closed until the new year 2025.

A number of the Museum’s exhibitions are now on display in the Library.

Enquiries can still be made via the website:- http://www.manningtree-museum.org.uk/

MANNINGTREE MUSEUM

  • About Us

    Manningtree Museum is housed within Manningtree Library and exists to provide a reference point for those interested in the history of the local area.

  • Manningtree

    Manningtree, on the River Stour is a small town, a parish, and a subdistrict in Tendring district, Essex.

    The town is mentioned by Shakespeare in Henry IV who speaks of a “roasted Manningtree ox with a pudding in its pouch;”

  • Our Displays

    Our small museum contains a number of well-organised and informative siplay cases, shelves, photographs, posters and other items telling the history of the local area and its inhabitants.