The area has produced its fair share of creative thinkers over the centuries. Some went on to achieve fame and fortune, others lived out their lives locally, having perhaps enjoyed brief recognition. Moyse's Hall Museum includes a few examples of what such people have left behind. Robert Bloomfield (1766-1823) was a Suffolk farm labourer who became a well-known poet but died in poverty (his most famous work is 'The Farmer's Boy'). He was something of a carpenter and made the table, chair and the exceptionally unusual Aeolian harp on display.

Another local writer, Louise de la Ramée (1839-1908) better known as 'Ouida', was born in Bury St Edmunds. She died in poverty but some of her last possessions were presented to the museum. The famous play Charley's Aunt by Brandon Thomas was first performed at Bury St Edmunds' Theatre Royal on 29th February 1892 - a tremendous coup for the local theatre; a range of memorabilia relating to the play are on display. Finally, a magnificent if somewhat bizarre tricycle, with stirrups and hand- operated pedals, is testimony to the ingenuity of a village wheelwright and carpenter Joseph Edwards and his blacksmith companion Martin Marriot who created this machine at Great Barton in around 1870.