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 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 03 November 2024
Photographer Oleksii Semenenko alongside a collage of his photographs, including a field of colourful flowers and a bare tree in black and white.

Gallery Wall: Oleksii Semenenko

  • 24 March 2024 to 30 June 2024

Events and activities

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

Memory Café

  • 08 January 2024 to 09 December 2024
Paint in colours of blue, red, yellow and green with various brushes and rollers.

Nature Inspired Printing week 1

  • 24 July 2024 to 26 July 2024
Love Parks Day, Friday 26 July, 10am to 3pm.

Love Parks Day

  • 26 July 2024
  • 10.00am
A young boy wearing a bright blue jacket looks through binoculars off into the trees in the distance.

Becoming a Birdwatcher week 1

  • 31 July 2024 to 02 August 2024
A young boy wearing a bright blue jacket looks through binoculars off into the trees in the distance.

Becoming a Birdwatcher week 2

  • 07 August 2024 to 09 August 2024
A young girl holds up a magnifying glass to her eye and looks at soil that she is holding in her hand.

Becoming a Nature Watcher week 1

  • 14 August 2024 to 16 August 2024
A young girl holds up a magnifying glass to her eye and looks at soil that she is holding in her hand.

Becoming a Nature Watcher week 2

  • 21 August 2024 to 23 August 2024
Paint in colours of blue, red, yellow and green with various brushes and rollers.

Nature Inspired Printing week 2

  • 28 August 2024 to 30 August 2024

Talks and tours

All Talks and tours
Two men in jumpers smiling at the camera. Behind them are maps on the wall and diaries of J.A. Baker on display.

Protecting Peregrines in East Anglia

  • 18 July 2024
  • 05.30pm
David Simmonds smiling inside the J.A. Baker exhibition. Behind him is a glass case filled with Baker's items, such as binoculars and journals.

A walk in J.A. Baker Country (Writtle)

  • 14 August 2024
  • 10.30am

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