Powell-Cotton Museum, Quex House & Gardens

The Powell-Cotton Museum, Quex House and Gardens is home to the Powell-Cotton family and their fascinating treasures, it is one of the most unique visitor attraction in the UK. Major Powell-Cotton and his family collected a wealth of mammal specimens and cultural artefacts from Africa from 1885 to 1939, leaving a huge legacy for future study, understanding and simple enjoyment of the cultural and ecological diversity of Africa, the Indian sub-continent and SE Asia.

The relaxed atmosphere and character of the House is easy to detect when visitors move directly from the Imperial porcelain gallery into the late Victorian Oriental Drawing Room of the House. Several rooms are open to the public during summer afternoons and form a very special addition to a visit to the Museum. There are many fine pieces of English and Oriental furniture to view as well as collections of antique clocks, English glass, silverware and oil paintings. Many artefacts of a period of genteel life now long gone are apparent and commonplace in the House giving visitors a deeper insight into how the Major, his wife and four children lived their very full lives.

A visit to this very special place will only serve to whet your appetite. There is a quality and international importance of these diverse collections - mammals, ethnography, archaeology, weapons, porcelain, furniture, and much more - all waiting for you to discover.