Chelmsford Museum, owned by Chelmsford Borough Council, has a good collection of art works – 179 oil paintings. Display space is unfortunately limited to a handful of pictures on permanent display at Chelmsford Museum. The bulk of the collection is kept in the Museum Store on slide-out double-sided storage racks, or unframed in solander boxes.
Chelmsford Museum's reserve collection is set in the Museum Store 14 miles south of Chelmsford. It is not normally open to the public, but visits by bona fide researchers can be arranged through Chelmsford Museum.