What's on

Here you will find all of our current and upcoming events. You can also view our permanent exhibitions.

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Temporary exhibitions

All Temporary exhibitions
A woman with chin-length hair smiles in front of a wall with colourful pieces of art hanging on it.

Gallery Wall: Josepa Munoz

  • 23 January 2025 to 21 April 2025
A close up of a woman looking at a painting with a magnifying glass.

Shifting Perspectives: Exploring Art Together

  • 22 March 2025 to 02 November 2025

Events and activities

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Photos of various museum objects. Behind the objects is an out of focus picture of people sitting around round tables.

Memory Café

  • 14 October 2024 to 08 December 2025
A collage of photos of children painting.

Easter Holidays: Slow Art Challenge

  • 08 April 2025 to 17 April 2025
Illustrated father bear with two cubs standing on a green hill.

Boris Bear Cubs (April to May)

  • 24 April 2025 to 22 May 2025
History Heroes Gem. May half term.

History Heroes: Saxons Week

  • 27 May 2025 to 29 May 2025

Talks and tours

All Talks and tours
Visitor Host, Rachel, dressed as a Land Girl stood outside Chelmsford Museum with her foot on a spade.

Museum Memories: Dorothy Capon

  • 08 May 2025
  • 11.00am *
Chelmsford at War book on display near red poppies.

Narrating The Chronicles of Chelmsford At War 1939 - 1945

  • 10 May 2025
  • 11.00am *
Two men and a woman sit and talk around a round table while having a cup of tea or coffee.

Dementia Information Sessions with Alzheimer's Society

  • 23 May 2025
  • 11.00am *
A collage of Rosemary Rutherford's paintings next to a photo of Dr Catherine Pearson.

Rosemary Rutherford: War Artist and Designer

  • 21 June 2025
  • 02.00pm *
A woman with shoulder length brown hair and a patterned blue dress smiles at the camera while standing in the Shifting Perspectives exhibition.

Curator's Talk: Claire Willetts

  • 03 October 2025
  • 11.30am *

Member events

All Member events
The exterior of the Museum of Chelmsford.

Member Welcome Tour

  • 04 May 2025 to 08 October 2025
  • 11.00am *
Shelves of pottery inside the Museum of Chelmsford store.

Member Store Tour (May)

  • 14 May 2025
  • 01.30pm *
A woman with shoulder length brown hair and a patterned blue dress smiles at the camera while standing in the Shifting Perspectives exhibition.

Member Curator's Talk: Claire Willetts

  • 20 May 2025
  • 11.30am *
Shelves of pottery inside the Museum of Chelmsford store.

Member Store Tour (September)

  • 17 September 2025
  • 11.00am *
An illustration of a train travelling through a field.

Member's Talk: Tirzah Garwood by James Russell

  • 18 October 2025
  • 11.30am *

Archive and past events

All Archive and past events
On the Road with Chelmsford Museum graphic

On the Road with Chelmsford Museum

  • 10 December 2020 to 30 November 2021
Chelmsford Museum Then and Now exhibition

Then and Now

  • 22 July 2022 to 25 September 2022
Forecast22

Forecast22: Broadcasting across the ether

  • 15 October 2022 to 14 October 2023
People carrying the colourful C100 flags through a field.

Chelmsford 100: Connecting hidden gems

  • 25 March 2023 to 04 June 2023
A selection of artwork with the text reading 'Behind the Rainbow'

Behind the Rainbow

  • 24 June 2023 to 29 October 2023
A black and white photo of JA Baker sitting on a log by the waterside.

Restless Brilliance: The Story of J.A. Baker and The Peregrine

  • 23 March 2024 to 23 February 2025