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
  • 30th July 2024 – The new cabinet has arrived and is in the Museum! This now displays items from the Sir Henry Thompson collection, including two Fabergé items. See here and here. Thanks to Framlingham Town Council for their generous help with this (and to the Fire Brigade for moving it into the Museum).
  • 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.