The Lanman Museum

Housed within Framlingham Castle, the Lanman Museum collection includes artefacts relating to all aspects of daily life in Framlingham, UK, over many centuries. The museum is run by a charity independent of English Heritage who manage the Castle, but the museum is generally open whenever the Castle is open, see Castle opening times and access information.  To make a donation to the museum click here.  Latest news here.

Search the Lanman Museum collection here.

News
  • Sat 23rd November 2024, 1000-1600 – free entry to the Castle and the Lanman Museum for Fram residents.
  • 3rd November 2024 – We have recently received some papers and recollections of Bob Blastock, born and raised in Framlingham, who sadly passed away in 2021. We are considering how to display some of this material in the Museum, but in the mean time a number of articles from the collection have been published on the Framlingham History Society website here.
  • Is the Lanman Museum even better than the Castle?  See this extract from a Times review. 
  • All news from the Museum here.

Some of the museum can be explored here online (click the images below), and more will be added (see also the menus above):

 

There is also a large searchable collection of historic photographs of Framlingham at the Framlingham Historical Photo Archive, a more recent photographic snapshot of the town in the Framlingham Photo Project and see also the Framlingham Then and Now page on this site.

Here are some pictures from our Instagram page:

For contact details see the Contact page. Please do get in touch with any comments or queries. Can you help us? See here.

The Lanman Museum, Framlingham Castle, Church Street, Framlingham, Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP13 9BP, UK. More information: see About the Museum.