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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...
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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...
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Ipswich Transport Museum
The Ipswich Transport Museum has the largest collection of transport items in Britain devoted to just one town. Everything was either made or used in and around Ipswich, the county town of Suffolk. A brief history of the collection can be found on this website. The collections also include the Ipswich Engineering Collection; displays and objects...
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Moyse's Hall Museum
The museum has themed displays offering opportunities for study and exploration based on: Local history - Suffolk Regiment, Red Barn Murder Social history - Crime and punishment, coinage, death, witchcraft A permanent exhibition is 'Faces of Time', which shows a variety of clocks and paintings. Moyse's Hall offers a variety ...
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Bury St Edmunds Abbey
Located in the heart of Bury St Edmunds, the abbey was once one of the richest and most powerful Benedictine monasteries in England. Its remains are extensive and include the complete 14th century Great Gate and Norman Tower, as well as the impressive ruins and altered west front of the immense church. The relics of the martyred Anglo-Saxon king...
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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...
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Bentwaters Cold War Museum
Admission: Adult £5 Child (14 and under) Free Concessions £4 Cash Only! Opening Times: Next opening dates start in April 2016. Few and far between, so worth watching out for!
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Felixstowe Museum
Whether your interests include archaeology, local social and medical history, aircraft, STBs or paddle steamers, there will be something to catch your eye in one of our 14 fascinating exhibition areas. Don’t forget that the Museum building itself is also of historical significance as it was once a submarine mining establishment. Built in...
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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...
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West Stow Anglo-Saxon Village
What was it like in early Anglo-Saxon times? Perhaps we will never really know. At West Stow you can walk in the footsteps of our ancestors, explore their homes, see the evidence for yourself - then make up your own mind.
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Colchester Museums
Our award-winning Castle Museum is closed temporarily to the public, as we embark on an ambitious programme of redevelopment. Colchester Castle Museum will reopen in spring 2014 – we look forward to welcoming you back across the bridge! Why visit Colchester Castle Museum? A visit to Colchester Castle Museum takes you through...
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Hollytrees Museum
In this vibrant museum, history is delivered with humour and fun in mind, making it an ideal venue for families. One room is dedicated to childhood and is like a large playroom, with snakes and ladders incorporated into the floor, a crawling tunnel, 'time out' area for...
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Natural History Museum - Colchester
Housed in the unique setting of the former All Saints Church in 1957, the Museum focuses on the rich natural heritage of north-east Essex. Travel from the open through the salt marshes and beaches to the more familiar urban environments of the park. Discover what rocks lie beneath your ...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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The National Horseracing Museum
The story of the people and horses involved in racing from its Royal origins to Lester Piggott, Frankie Dettori and other modern heroes. Highlights include: the head of Persimmon, a great Royal Derby winner in 1896; a special display about Fred Archer, the late Victorian jockey who committed suicide, which features the pistol...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Burwell Museum
An amazing family day out – climb the windmill, follow the trails, enjoy the rare vintage vehicles, old schoolroom and village shop, and find out how people lived in Burwell on the edge of the Fens Admission: Adult £4 Child (5 to 16) £2 Under 5s free Opening Times: Open from Easter to the end of October. 11am...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Ely Museum
Ely Museum, a bright and friendly local history museum, located in the Bishop's Gaol in the centre of the historical city of Ely. The Museum is the history centre for the Isle of Ely & the Fens and it takes you on a journey through time from prehistory to the twentieth century. Displays include original prison cells, fossils that can be...
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The Farmland Museum
At the Farmland Museum... Discover farming through the ages and learn about the rural history of Cambridgeshire with objects displays and interactives for all ages. Visit a village shop and see a magnificent 17th Century stone barn and the workshops, which include a basket maker and a blacksmith....
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Farmland Museum and Denny Abbey - Cambridge
A museum of Cambridgeshire farming and village life and an English Heritage 12th century Abbey in a beautiful rural setting. Visit our complete 1940s Farmworker's Cottage and Village Shop, the 17th century Grade II listed Threshing Barn and displays about crafts and occupations. Please see our website for details of prices, opening times and...
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Cambridge Museum of Technology
Based in the original sewage pumping for Cambridge, the Museum of Technology exists to preserve and exhibit material that is relevant to the Cambridge area, either by its use or its invention. Our collections include: The pumping station's original equipment and other engines. A number of products manufactured by W.G. Pye of Cambridge....
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