The museum has two floors and houses a permanent exhibition comprising of wall boards and display cabinets detailing the development of the village.

Discover what family life was like for the rich and the poor people. Hear the stories of those who lived and worked in Hollytrees, a beautiful Georgian town house built in 1718. The Museum is free and is open Tue 10 Oct 2006 - Mon 31 Dec 2007 Mon - Sat 10:00 to 17:00 & Sun 11:00 to 17:00

The Mersea Island Museum is an independent museum established in 1976 and occupying purpose-built premises in the centre of West Mersea, just to the east of the Parish Church. Collections feature items and information on of Local history, social history, natural history and geology, local photographs, marine, engineering and costume. Adults 50p, children & concessions 25p

Come and witness the three lives of the bunker starting with its role as an RAF ROTOR Station, then a brief period as a civil defence centre through to its most recent life as a Regional Government HQ. Designed for up to 600 military and civilian personnel, possibly even the Prime Minister, their collective task being to organise the survival of the population in the awful aftermath of a nuclear war. We are currently the biggest and deepest cold war bunker open to the public in southeast England!