A NEW gallery has been opened at the district's museum.

The gallery at the Epping Forest District Museum in Sun Street, Waltham Abbey, will showcase items from the district's industrial and farming past, including butter making tools, and items from the 1950s home, including a washing dolly and Home Maker dinner service.

The aim of the exhibition is to reflect how life has changed in the district over the past 300 years.

Displays at the gallery, which is on the first floor of the museum, will be changed regularly.

The museum is open from 2pm to 5pm on Mondays, Fridays and Sundays, noon to 5pm on Tuesdays and 10am to 5pm on Saturdays.