The Longshed is closed to the public following guidance on reducing the spread of the Covid 19 virus. We aren’t able to keep running practical projects but we are looking at ways of keeping things going using digital media for talks, sharing information and research. We will let you know […]
The Sutton Hoo Ship’s Company seasonal greetings cards will be on sale in the Longshed from Tuesday 10 December. Two designs will be available for £5 for 10 (cash only). Please call in on Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday or Sunday between 11.00 and 13.00 if you would like to buy […]
“Going with the Flow – tides and the Deben Estuary” is already a huge success. Over 400 people visited the exhibition in the first two days. More talks, an exhibition and other activities, including special events for children, will be on in the Longshed from 10.00-16.00 every day until Sunday […]
Come and watch the workers….on 9 October the Longshed will be a hive of activity – even more than usual when the volunteer shipbuilders are hard at work. The Longshed will be open from 10.00-16.00. Damian Goodburn – a leading expert in medieval oak and shipbuilding – is carrying […]
Woodbridge Riverside Trust is working with ten partner organisations to celebrate the wonder of tides this autumn. William Thomson, author of the best selling Book of Tides, opens on Wednesday 16 October with an evening talk in the Longshed “Seas the Power”. This is the prelude to nine days of free talks, […]
Peppy Barlow and Rosie Walker will be telling old tales and crafting new ones rooted in the banks, tides and landmarks of the River Deben. Come and join them in the Longshed at 2pm on Friday 23 August, Sunday 25 August, Friday 30 August and Sunday 1 September and contribute […]
The first phase of a donation programme that will allow people to sponsor one of more than 3,500 numbered metal rivets for the Sutton Hoo Ship reconstruction in the Longshed was launched on 7 August. It is hoped this will raise enough money to contract a master shipwright to oversee […]
Sae Wylfing set off at five o’clock on Saturday morning for pride of place at the opening of the British Museum’s contribution to the Festival of Archaeology. Organised by the British Council of Archaeology, the festival runs from 13 to 28 July across the UK. An unintended detour via Trafalgar […]
Stories of rivers, seas and voyages for families in the Longshed over the school holidays. Tickets costing £4.40 for two people (including booking fee) are on sale through WeGotTickets Justine de Mierre will run 6 workshops on Tuesday afternoons in July and August bringing local legends and international tales to […]
A fantastic range of events will be on offer in and around the Longshed to celebrate Suffolk weekend. On Friday and Saturday, entertainment ranging from African Drums to sea shanties a silver band and and a pop-up choir, stories for young and old, craft stalls, opportunities (depending on weather and […]