Redbridge Museum
Festive opening hours
A new Redbridge Museum
Thanks to a £100,000 grant from the National Lottery Heritage Fund, and funding from Arts Council England, Art Fund and others, a new permanent Redbridge Museum has now re-opened. The Museum team worked with residents, community groups and schools to plan and revamp the Museum's much-loved permanent exhibition.
Find out more about the new Redbridge Museum
Visit the Redbridge Museum website
What's in the Museum?
- Early History Explore the Ice Age, Iron Age and Roman Redbridge through interactive displays. Find out how medieval manors shape the local area today
- Rural Redbridge Was your house built on a farm? Find out what life was like in the 1800s
- Grand Houses & the East India Company Uncover the wealthy mansions of the area and Redbridge’s historic links to the wider world in the 1700s
- Institutions Redbridge looked after Londoners in several orphanages and asylums during the 1800s and 1900s
- London’s Playground Celebrate at the Fairlop Fair and Woodford Cycle Meet!
- Village to Suburb Discover how Redbridge grew from a number of villages to a modern suburb between 1900 and 1939
- Moving Stories Meet some of the people who have lived and worked in Redbridge from the Second World War to the present
Since opening in 2000, we have worked with hundreds of local people, produced more than 70 exhibitions and displays, attracted more than 200,000 visitors, held over 600 family activities, and taught 33,518 school pupils. Find out more about how we work in partnership with local groups and individuals
What's on?
Redbridge Museum has a busy programme of exhibitions, projects and events involving local communities.
Discover what's on at Redbridge Museum
Schools
Redbridge Museum & Heritage Centre delivers a wide range of free education sessions based around the national curriculum. These educational sessions can take place online, at your school or at Valentines Mansion.
Find out more about our Schools programme
Visit the Vision website for more information on how to book
Visitor information
Location
Redbridge Museum & Heritage Centre
2nd floor, Redbridge Central Library
Clements Road
Ilford
IG1 1EA
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Opening times
- Tuesday: 11am to 5pm
- Wednesday: 11am to 5pm
- Thursday: 11am to 5pm
- Friday: 11am to 5pm
- Saturday: 11am to 5pm
Festive opening times
- Monday 23 December: Closed
- Tuesday 24 December: Closed
- Wednesday 25 December: Closed
- Thursday 26 December: Closed
- Friday 27 December: 11am to 4pm
- Saturday 28 December: Closed
- Sunday 29 December: 11am to 4pm
- Monday 30 December: Closed
- Tuesday 31 December: 11am to 4pm
- Wednesday 1 January: Closed
- Thursday 2 January: 11am to 5pm
- Friday 3 January: 11am to 5pm
- Saturday 4 January: 11am to 5pm
Contact details
Telephone: 020 8708 2422
Email: redbridge.museum@visionrcl.org.uk
Find out more
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