The Stained Glass Museum offers a unique insight into the fascinating history of stained glass, an art-form that has been practised in Britain for at least thirteen hundred years. The Stained Glass Museum exists to help people understand and enjoy stained glass.

Our Gallery exhibition displays over 100 stained glass panels representing eight hundred years of the history and beauty of this ancient craft. The permanent exhibition, which features stained glass windows from both religious and secular buildings, is displayed at eye-level and enables a rare close-encounter with stained glass.

History of the Museum

Founded in the early 1970s the Museum is located inside Ely Cathedral and is the only museum in the United Kingdom completely dedicated to stained glass.

It was set up to rescue stained glass windows in danger of being lost and to help people understand, enjoy and value them.