The history of Mersea and the surrounding areas. The many exhibits include sections on Local History, Natural History, Social History, Marine and Geology.
This year's Exhibition is:

Down Memory Lane

Shops, pubs and cafes

Leisure
Cricket. Football, Ploughing Matches, International Youth Camp, Boating Lake, Dabchicks Sailing Club, Round the Island Race

V.E. Day and WW2
Dunkirk Evacuation, Operation Varsity Rhine glider landing Settled on Mersea during WW2.

Working Boats
Many of them researched by Essex Heritage Workboats Project.

Pleasure Boats
Yachts, Trip Boats

Found on beach
Bones found in recent years - Iron Age skull, Bison, Wild Boar, Mammoth, Sperm Whale ...
Red Hills, Fish traps

Mersea Barrow contents
2,000 year old glass urn, lead box and bones found in the Barrow on Mersea Island.

Archaeological excavation in East Mersea
Bronze Age cemetery found at East Mersea.
An excavation Sept 2019 in a field with crop circles found a Bronze Age cemetery and cremation urns. A joint project between CITiZAN and Univercity College London, with funding from the Society of Antiquaries.
June 2023 the urns are now on display in the Museum, having been documented, researched and conserved.
See Bronze Age Burial Urns found in Barrow Complex in East Mersea.

The Board Walk
Bronze Age timbers from a board walk were found in the mud off Mersea in 2016. The timbers were rescued, have undergone a preservation process, and are now on display in the Museum. They have been dated to Late Bronze Age. See The Bronze Age Board Walk - a trackway across the wetlands

Audio Guide commentaries are available for the 2025 Exhibitiion.

For More details https://www.merseamuseum.org.uk/