What’s On

Our new exhibition opened in April 2025 and showcases a range of intereting items and artefacts relating to food and how we used to eat. 

We have ration books, old recipes, kitchen appliances and tea sets.

Come along and get a taste of times gone by. 

THURSDAY MAY 15, 2025

The Maunsell Sea Forts – The World War II Thames Estuary Defender with Frank Turner

All talks start at 7:45pm at the Gwendoline Lewis Room, Shenfield Parish Hall, Hutton Road, Shenfield, CM15 8LB.

Members attend for free, there is a small charge of £4.50 for visitors and guests.

Permanent Exhibitions

We also have permanent exhibits to explore at the Brentwood Museum.

We have a cabinet of curiosities, a collection of photos of Brentwood though the decades, artifacts from WWII and much, much more.

Photo collection

We also have a collection of photos showing Brentwood in the 1950s.

These were taken by Sybil Sears and gifted to the museum.  Here is a small selection showing Brentwood High Street, the train station and the fire station.

Garden and Cemetery

No longer used for new burials, the cemetery is now managed as a nature reserve and has a beauty and tranquility all of its own.

In a wooded glade a soldier who won the Victoria Cross in the Crimea lies at rest.

There is a War Cross and Commonwealth War Graves of the Great War.

A striking white marble memorial stands proudly above the grave of the Essex police hero PC. George Gutteridge.