Museums & Art Galleries Norfolk

Norwich Castle & Museum
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Norwich Castle & Museum
One of the city’s most famous landmarks, Norwich Castle was built by the Normans as a Royal Palace 900 years ago. Now a museum and art gallery, it is home to some of the most outstanding collections of fine art, archaeology and natural history. Norwich Castle is packed with treasures to inspire and intrigue visitors of all ...
Museum of Norwich at the Bridewell
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Museum of Norwich at the Bridewell
Under the guise of ‘Moaning Martha’, a fictional inmate at Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse, Rachel’s been entertaining and informing visitors for the past seven years. We’re delighted to announce that her efforts have been recognised nationally as she’s been shortlisted for Visit England and the Daily Mirror’s...
City of Norwich Aviation Museum
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City of Norwich Aviation Museum
The City of Norwich Aviation Museum reserves the right to amend, without notice, days, times and prices detailed on this website. Admission: Children under 8 years free Adult £4.50 Concession £4 Child (8 to 16 years) £2.30 Family (2 adults and up to 3 children) £13.50   Opening Times: 1st April to 31st...
Barton House Railway - Wroxham
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Barton House Railway - Wroxham
The Barton House Railway (BHR) re-creates a traditional railway atmosphere where the whole family can enjoy the nostalgia of the golden age of steam with two ride-on railways, a fully working signalling system and authentic tickets. During your visit you can also explore our extensive museum of railway...
Wroxham Miniature Worlds
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Wroxham Miniature Worlds
Welcome to Wroxham Miniature Worlds the largest indoor modelling attraction in the UK stretching over 10,000 square feet with some of the largest model railways in the world on permanent public display.  The attraction is made up of many zones including model railways in various scales, slot car displays, a whole city made from LegoTM bricks,...
The RAF Air Defence Radar Museum
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The RAF Air Defence Radar Museum
 The museum, which is located on the site of the world’s longest continuously operating radar site, provides a unique window into the history of radar and is a great day out in Norfolk, for all the family. The museum is located at Neatishead, close to Horning and the Broads. The museum has twenty exhibition rooms and as part of the...
Norfolk Tank Museum
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Norfolk Tank Museum
The Norfolk Tank Museum is a collection of predominantly Cold War British military vehicles spanning the last six decades, ranging from the heavy weight Centurion Main Battle Tank to the Saladin Reconnaissance Vehicle, small arms, uniforms and artefacts. The Collection can be seen at various shows throughout East Anglia and on open days...
Museum of the Broads
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Museum of the Broads
Welcome to the waterside museum of Broadland life at the historic and picturesque Stalham Staithe.  We are family friendly with trails and activities for children.  Bring a picnic to enjoy by the river and make a day of it.  Visit our shop and cafe for Broadland memorabilia and light refreshments.  Well behaved dogs on leads...
Gressenhall Farm & Workhouse
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Gressenhall Farm & Workhouse
Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse is a truly unique museum. Visit its 50-acre site and discover the: • Historic workhouse • Museum of life on the land • Traditional farm with rare breed animals • Beautiful, unspoilt grounds The museum is a great day out whether you want to learn about the lives of Norfolk...
Beccles and District Museum
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Beccles and District Museum
The museum is manned entirely by unpaid volunteers . Stewards, working to a rota and co-ordinated by Brian Catling, keep the museum running during open hours. Trustees, with the Chairman Ken Cracknell, Secretary Ian Hinton and Treasurer Bob Peck, look to the strategic planning and financing of the operation. Behind the scene workers include our...
Nelson Museum
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Nelson Museum
The Nelson Museum is a Grade II listed Georgian merchant's house in Great Yarmouth where you can discover more about Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson and the times in which he lived. Explore Nelson's childhood in Norfolk, his career, famous battles and tragic, heroic death.  Find out more about his mesmerising personality, his terrible...
Yesterday's World
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Yesterday's World
Great Yarmouth Experience an amazing 125 years of British social history magically brought back to life. Discover over 150,000 nostalgic artefacts set in 20,000sq ft of themed areas plus virtual and interactive exhibits. Journey through history with superbly recreated life size street scenes and shop displays, with evocative sounds and smells of...
Time and Tide Museum of Great Yarmouth Life
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Time and Tide Museum of Great Yarmouth Life
Come and explore this museum housed in a converted Victorian herring curing works and take an exciting journey into the past. Discover Great Yarmouth's fascinating history, its rich maritime and fishing heritage and some of the colourful characters who made their living from the sea. Wander through a Victorian 'Row' and see...
East Anglia Transport Museum
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East Anglia Transport Museum
Here you can see a unique project; the creation of a museum of street transport designed to show the development of mechanical transport over the best part of a century. The essence of transport is movement, so we are building a living museum where vehicles of yesteryear can be seen in action, where half-forgotten sounds of the past are...
Sheringham Museum The Mo
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Sheringham Museum The Mo
The Mo Sheringham Museum , A Place of people and boats located in Sheringham Norfolk UK. 1st February to 31st October Tuesday to Saturday, 10am to 4.30pm Sunday, midday to 4pm Open 1st November to 31st January for special events.   1st February to 31st October Tuesday to Saturday, 10am to 4.30pm Sunday, midday to 4pm ...
The Mo Sheringham Museum
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The Mo Sheringham Museum
Sheringham, on the beautiful North Norfolk coast, has a history that stretches back over a thousand years. Discover the story of the town and its proud, brave, independent people over the last two centuries, told through beautiful displays packed with interesting things to see, hear and do. Admission: Adult £3.70 Concession £3.20...
Thursford Collection
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Thursford Collection
A fabulous day out for all the family. Come and see the world’s largest collection of steam engines and organs, hear Robert Wolfe one of the worlds leading theatre organists play the mighty Wurlitzer, ride on fairground carousels and the gondola, enjoy 'Behind-the-Scenes' tours and watch silent movies. Lunch in the barn and shop in...
Walsingham Abbey Grounds and Museum
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Walsingham Abbey Grounds and Museum
Walsingham is situated 4 miles from the beautiful North Norfolk coast, between Wells-next-the-Sea and Fakenham, and is well worth a visit.   The village has Saxon origins and was mentioned in the Doomsday book. The buildings you see today, date from the Mediaeval period when Walsingham was one of the major European centres of pilgrimage....
Ecotech Centre
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Ecotech Centre
A trip to the Ecotech Centre is well worth while. Visit our exhibition area, organic garden, heritage orchard, gift shop and the Orchard Cafe. View the UK's first multi- megawatt wind turbine. The Centre is at present hosting the HARD RAIN PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITION and the world record...
Muckleburgh Collection
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Muckleburgh Collection
The Muckleburgh Collection, the UK's largest privately owned working Military Collection with 25 Tanks all in working order. Why not come and visit us by landing at our Airstrip, there's so much to see! Including tanks, armoured cars, bombs, artillery and missiles used by the allied armies during World War...
Castle Acre Priory
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Castle Acre Priory
This important Norfolk visitor attraction is one of the largest and best preserved monastic sites in England dating back to 1090. It was the home of the first Cluniac order of monks to England and the Cluniac love of decoration is everywhere reflected in the extensive ruins. There is much to see at the priory, including the...
Grime's Graves - Prehistoric Flint Mine
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Grime's Graves - Prehistoric Flint Mine
Grime’s Graves is the only Neolithic flint mine open to visitors in Britain. This grassy lunar landscape of 400 pits was first named Grim’s Graves by the Anglo-Saxons. It was not until one of them was excavated in 1870 that they were identified as flint mines dug over 5,000 years ago. A small exhibition area illustrates the...
Mid-Suffolk Light Railway
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Mid-Suffolk Light Railway
At Brockford not only will you find a full size collection of locomotives and rolling stock but also the museum exhibition hall which is home to a collection of smaller artefacts, documents and models which together tell the story of the building, operation and ultimate decline of the Middy. You will find...
Museum of East Anglian Life
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Museum of East Anglian Life
-  Discover the history and natural world of East Anglia on our beautiful 75 acre site -  Explore nearly 3km of woodland and riverside nature trails. -  Learn about fascinating East Anglian crafts and traditional Gypsy culture -  Get steamed up with our powerful engines -  Meet our friendly animals including Suffolk Punch...
Here you will find a comprehensive list of days out at museums and Art Galleries and anything related to history in or near Norfolk, catering for you, your child, and your family. This could include dinosaurs, human and natural history, and things in bygone times, or simply a stroll around the museums and Art Galleries browsing cultures and history. We provide information on museums and Art Galleries by county, city. Please use the home page map for county level museums and Art Galleries browsing.