Free Tours

Join our intrepid, intergalactic team in Southend Central Museum this December for special seasonal planetarium shows, magical meteorite handling and spaceman storytelling sessions.

Join Southend Museums for a full day of free events across our sites, celebrating the very first 'City Day'!

Beecroft Cinema Club presents 'Cult Classics' series, screening the iconic films that fans are frenzied for on the last Thursday of each month at the Beecroft Art Gallery.

Explore our sites, exhibitions and collections after hours, every third Thursday of the month.

Join us at Prittlewell Priory for a special screening of Pride and Prejudice (2005). Get closer to Jane Austen's world of stolen glances and regency dances and enjoy this enduringly popular, genre defining period drama in a period house.

Join us this half term for Roman Day! Get hands on with history in an arte'fact's handling session, discover the Roman myths written in the stars in a planetarium show, and explore our new interactive exhibition 'Romans: Settling in Southend'.

Join us at Southend Central Museum for Roman Day! Get hands on with history in an arte'fact's handling session, discover the Roman myths written in the stars in a planetarium show, and explore our new interactive exhibition 'Romans: Settling in Southend'.