Chelmsford Museums consists of Chelmsford Museum, the Essex Regimental Museum and the industrial and science collections at Sandford Mill.

Chelmsford Museum

Chelmsford Museum is a local history

Local history

Local history is the study of history in a geographically local context and it often concentrates on the local community. It incorporates cultural and social aspects of history...

 museum telling the story of Chelmsford

Chelmsford

Chelmsford is the county town of Essex, England and the principal settlement of the borough of Chelmsford. It is located in the London commuter belt, approximately northeast of Charing Cross, London, and approximately the same distance from the once provincial Roman capital at Colchester...

 from pre-Roman times to the 1900s. However during 2008 and 2009 work will begin on Oaklands House, the home of the museum, to improve the story of Chelmsford from 1900 onwards, including displays on the industrial history of Chelmsford.

Locations

Chelmsford Museum and the Essex Regiment Museum are located in Oaklands Park, on Moulsham Street in Chelmsford

Chelmsford

Chelmsford is the county town of Essex, England and the principal settlement of the borough of Chelmsford. It is located in the London commuter belt, approximately northeast of Charing Cross, London, and approximately the same distance from the once provincial Roman capital at Colchester...

, Essex

Essex

Essex is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England, and one of the home counties. It is located to the northeast of Greater London. It borders with Cambridgeshire and Suffolk to the north, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent to the South and London to the south west...

. Sandford Mill is located off Chelmer Village Way, on Sandford Mill Road.

External links

• Chelmsford Museums - official site