From 2 April 2025, we’ll be launching a brand-new membership scheme and introducing a small admission fee for adults. Find out more in this City Life article.
Please note that the museum will be closed on Friday 28 March from 12pm for staff training. We will reopen as normal on Saturday 29 March at 10am.
You can take a walk through Chelmsford's history, from the Ice Age, right through to the present day. See a mammoth, watch a princely Anglo-Saxon burial, and see stunning art by a Turner Prize winner.
Displays include:
- The Story of Chelmsford; Prehistoric, Romans, Anglo-Saxons, Tudors and Georgians, Victorians, 20th Century, 2012 and Our Chelmsford
- Chelmsford's Potters
- Natural World
Museum guide
While you are at the museum, you can follow our handy guide. Download the guide here. It gives you a top ten tour, including must-see objects and a handy map of our displays.
The museum is also home to Essex Regiment Museum.
Find out about the history of the museum and Oaklands Park.
Explorer zone
We have created a new area in the museum where you can pick up resources to help your children explore the museum and park. All of the resources are free to borrow while you use the museum, we just ask that you return them at the end of your visit.
Our new Explorer Zone includes:
- Explorer bags
- I Spy trails
- Percy's Park trail
Find out more about the Explorer Zone.
Facilities
There are toilets, accessible toilets and baby changing facilities available at the museum.
Shopping
You can shop in the main welcome hall. There is a range of gifts from pocket money treats to collectable keepsakes linked to our collections.
Park and café
A day out at the Museum of Chelmsford is perfect for the whole family, with the museum sitting at the heart of Oaklands Park in Chelmsford.
Our onsite café, The Hive, is open from 8am every day.
Find the Museum of Chelmsford
Museum of Chelmsford
Oaklands Park
Moulsham Street
Chelmsford
Essex
CM2 9AQ
The Museum of Chelmsford is located on Moulsham Street, near the junction with New London Road. We have a free car park at Museum of Chelmsford, with space for Blue Badge holders. Maximum stay is two hours.
More car parking options include:
Moulsham Street
CM2 0LF, 212 spaces
https://www.chelmsford.gov.uk/parking-and-travel/car-parks/moulsham-street-car-park/
Parkway
CM2 0DG, 97 spaces
https://www.chelmsford.gov.uk/parking-and-travel/car-parks/parkway-car-park/
Shire Gate
CM2 0SE, 183 spaces
https://www.parkme.com/lot/139732/shire-gate
Just Park
Private properties to park in nearby. Enter the museum postcode (CM2 9AQ) plus a date and time to view a map of available spaces.
https://www.justpark.com/uk/parking/chelmsford/
On road parking on areas of Moulsham Street
Permit holders only Z4 Mon-Fri 9am to 10am, no waiting Mon-Sat 10am to 11am
More information: https://sepp.traffweb.app/traffweb/1/TrafficOrders
Please check before you park.
The Museum of Chelmsford is located on a cycle route and has cycle parking facilities.
You can look at the cycle map to plan your journey.
The nearest bus stop to Museum of Chelmsford is on New London Road, at the junction with Moulsham Street opposite the Rising Sun pub.
The number 42, 42A, 52 and 100 buses stop at this bus stop.
You can look at First Essex to check which buses go to the museum.
The nearest train station to Museum of Chelmsford is Chelmsford Station. The museum is about a 30 minute walk from the station. Find directions from the station and timetable information at Greater Anglia.