Some of the gems in the collection are on permanent display in the Museum’s archaeology gallery. They range from prehistoric stone tools through Iron Age finds from Ambresbury Banks and Loughton Camp, Roman artefacts from Little London (Chigwell), to Saxon, Viking and medieval artefacts.

Star items include: the Waltham Abbey Bible, the nationally important finds from excavations at Waltham Abbey Church,
the Nazeing hoard of Anglo-Saxon metalwork and a hoard of
gold coins found in Abridge.

Access

Items not currently on display can be viewed by appointment only. Please contact the Museum for further information by email or by phone on 01992 716 882.

For information on archaeological objects found by members of the public in England and Wales, visit the website of the Portable Antiquities Scheme.