Central Museum 
Description
Located in the Victorian former central library the museum is divided into several different collections. The main exhbitiion space is given over to the archaeology and history of South Essex and the Southend region from the earliest traces of man through the Iron and Broze ages, Romans and Anglo-Saxons and up to the medieval period. There is also a significant display of the finds of a 6th Century Anglo-Saxon Princely burial that was discovered when a road was widened a short distance away in the Prittlewell area of the town. Other parts of the museum focus on the history of the towns tourism, the ecology and fauna of the Thames estuary and mock-ups of some Victoria rooms.
Charge
Free
Getting There
Latitude: 51.542259; Longitude: 0.710744
What3Words: punch.leap.falls
