Chelmsford Museum and Art Gallery

Chelmsford Museum was founded in 1835 by the members of the Chelmsford Philosophical Society and started life in the parlour of Chelmsford Gaol, then situated in the town centre. The gallery possess a large collection of works on paper, many by artist who lived and worked nearby in the area around the Bardfields. They include Lynton Lamb, Edward Bawden, John Nash, John Aldridge and Michael Rothenstein. Also present are a large of amount of local views executed by Alfred Bennett-Bamford, whose prolific late 19th and early 20th century sketches record many buildings and views now vanished.

Chelmsford's fine collection of ceramics boasts a pot made by Turner Prize winning artist Grayson Perry who was born in the city.