 Central Museum, Southend | |
  Museum location in Essex | |
| Established | 1981 |
|---|---|
| Location | Southend-on-Sea, Essex |
| Coordinates | 51°32′32″N 0°42′38″E / 51.5422°N 0.7106°E |
| Type | Local history |
| Key holdings | Prittlewell Anglo-Saxon burial; The London shipwreck |
| Collections | Costume, fine art, local history, natural history, archaeology |
| Architect | Henry Thomas Hare |
| Owner | Southend-on-Sea City Council - Southend Museums |
| Public transit access |  Southend Victoria |
| Website | www |
Southend Central Museum is a museum in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England. The museum houses collections of local and natural history and contains a planetarium constructed by astronomer Harry Ford in 1984.[1]
The museum was opened in April 1981 in a Grade II listed building that was previously Southend's first free public library. The library service had moved to a new purpose built site on Victoria Avenue, which opened on 20 March 1974.[2]
- ^ "Southend Planetarium". Southend Museums. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
- ^ "History of Libraries in Southend". Southend on Sea Borough Council. Archived from the original on 24 September 2013. Retrieved 12 March 2013.