Now in Ipswich – a museum for the future, for all our futures

A museum to help fight the climate emergency, to provide a better, more sustainable future for us and those who follow.

Where Art & Science Meet Environmental Action

MOTE brings together artists, scientists, communities and changemakers to explore the challenges facing our planet—and imagine a more sustainable future. Artist Submissions for our Permanent and Rotating exhibitions are open NOW

WHAT'S ON DISPLAY TODAY: Re-Form

by Jane Stewart

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Beneath the Surface

by Zasmina Nedelcevova

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MEAT

by Sue Gascoyne

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Planned Obsolescence

by Tristan & Friends - Micheal Ridge, Hannah Ayres & Liza Read

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Museum of the Environment – MOTE

Open Wednesday–Saturday

11am–4pm

Based in the original 1847 Ipswich Museum Building
13 Museum Street, Ipswich, IP1 1HE

Plan Your Visit

FREE Admission

Parking

Elm Street Car Park is just a 3-minute walk from MOTE.

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Give us a call before your visit : 01473708266

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Art, Environment and New ways of Thinking.

Welcome to MOTE — Museum of the Environment, a new cultural space in the heart of Ipswich, based in the original 1847 Ipswich Museum Building.

MOTE brings together art, science, history and environmental thinking to explore how our world is changing — and how we might shape what comes next.

Through exhibitions, installations, workshops, talks and events, MOTE creates space to look differently, ask questions and imagine new possibilities.

Come in, explore, question and get involved.

WHAT’S ON TODAY

THE SHAPE OF CHANGE

What is changing? What have we changed? And what could we change next?

The Shape of Change is MOTE’s ongoing programme of exhibitions, installations, workshops and events exploring environmental change through art, science and creative thinking.

The programme brings together different voices and perspectives to encourage curiosity, conversation and action.