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hippoCAMPus-ND-THEM - SPECTRUMS

Seahorse + Neurodivergent (ND) + Trans (Them). By George Morl. As a queer person codes are survival. To be seen. To commune. Polari is a...

Collection in focus: 'Symptomology of a Basildon Boy, 2018' by George Morl

George Morl talks to us about his painting 'Symptomology of a Basildon Boy' from the Beecroft Art Gallery collection.

Equality Statement

Since the Black Lives Matter global action following the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis on the 25th May, Southend Museums Service...

Egyptology in Southend

We may have 'Britain's answer to Tutankhamun' in the form of the Prittlewell Prince, but Southend's connection to Egypt reaches far...

Life on the Estuary

By Mick Sharp Ahead of the opening of our ‘Wild Estuary’ exhibition, we spoke to local Angler and Chairman of the Shoebury Waterman’s...

Discover the Princely Burial

For the first time, objects from the Prittlewell Anglo-Saxon princely burial will go on permanent display at Southend Central Museum.