Heritage Open Days: The Long Shop Museum

Come and find out about 200 years of Suffolk's important industrial heritage on Saturday 12th September. Just minutes from Snape, Aldeburgh and RSPB Minsmere The Long Shop Museum offers fun for families, inspiring stories and feats of engineering, gorgeous designs and the Long Shop itself – a true icon of industrial revolution Britain.The Long shop Museum tells an inspiring story of enterprise and endeavour in this small Suffolk town and its remarkable factory. Join us on our special Heritage Open Day where we will be offering regular guided tours around the historic Grade II listed buildings of the Garrett works, a key industry of the area. Here you can discover how a humble Suffolk blacksmith family became Victorian Revolutionaries, Britain's first female doctor, and Edwardian pioneers. There will be drop-in family activities available, as well as teas, coffees, and fresh homemade cakes. Also fascinating storytelling sessions from Touching the Tide, a Heritage Lottery Fund Landscape Partnership scheme exploring the changing coast of Suffolk. For more details on times, please visit our website. Don't miss also the summer house in our lovely garden, Suffolk's deepest well, Victorian dressing up, and our rare Suffolk Punch Steam Tractor - the only one in the world! Please visit our social media pages for updates and activity. Facebook: /longshopmuseum Twitter: @longshopmuseum

Suitable for
Family friendly


Website
www.heritageopendays.org.uk/directory/the-long-shop-museum

Source: http://www.culture24.org.uk/se000331?id=EVENT535772