THE Epping Forest District Museum is to open a new exhibition next week on the women's suffrage movement in Essex.

The museum, in Sun Street, Waltham Abbey, hosts the 'Breaking Barriers' series of displays this Friday (December 11) until March 13 2010.

The exhibition, which has been organised in conjunction with the Parliamentary Outreach Service, examines the experiences of suffragists and suffragettes in Essex and their struggle for women's rights.

For more information about the exhibition and museum opening times, call 01992 716882.