WELCOME TO INGATESTONE MUSEUM Gatekeeper's Cottage Station Lane
Charity No. 1193922
Patron Lord Petre
visit INGATESTONE mUSEUM
Come and visit our community museum and find out about the history of the Parish. See the Roman tiles, find out about the stagecoach and railway eras and discover how people here used to live. Look for some of the many events in the history of Ingatestone and Fryerning on the timeline -from the stones onwards. Follow the trail of Ruffles the Railway Cat. Come and see our new photographic display be Ingatestone Camera Club! Free entry - although donations are always welcome!
We are closed over Christmas and the New Year but hope to see you when we re-open on from Friday 16th January
OPEN
Friday 16th January 10-12
Saturday 17th January 10-12
Friday 23rd January 10-12
Saturday24th January 10-12
Groups please email for an appointment to visit.
PARKING NCP car park , machine by station.
Photo: Our opening display by the Meet and Greet Group Heritage Trail art work
Visiting the Museum
Your Visit -Inside the Museum
Entrance Room
The entrance room, originally the kitchen, is the welcome point, with a video showing how life has changed in the parish, based on the work of the late David Abrey. There are research materials, books and scanned documents for anyone interested in finding out more about the area. Come and see the changing display of local art and photographic works and a permanent display of how our museum came about.
Main Room
The main room was the living room. Discover local artefacts from the Romans on and see the changing display board here, presently showing the history of Ingatestone and the Railway and find out how people used to live and work here in the past and the life of the Gatekeeper's Cottage.
Back Room
The back room was the bedroom. Here find the scene around the fireplace of life in the late 1950s -when the cottage was last inhabited. The rail diorama -beautifully produced by the Mid Essex Model Railway Club- also shows Ingatestone Station as it would have been in the late 50s. Find out here about the importance of the stagecoach and see the display of our postal heritage, from the days of The Spread Eagle Posting House in the 1870s..
DISPLAYS- STILL SEARCHING FOR:
Cartwheel, 1950s wireless , old pastry brushes for dig trays, information on schools in the parish
Photo: Diorama of Ingatestone Station in the 1950s
Two Trustee Vacancies for the Museum
Trustee Vacancies
Ingatestone Museum is volunteer run and operated and many volunteers have helped us along our journey. We are very much a team and we have worked together to restore the cottage and create the community museum.
Now the Museum is up and running we are looking for two more trustees to help. Trustees can focus on areas of interest , such as:
- the day to day running of the museum,
- maintaining and extending the displays
- restoring and maintaining the building,
- grant opportunities
If you would be interested in any of these areas, or would like any further details, please email imt.secretary1@gmail.com
Photo: Volunteers on display unit assembly day.
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