List of museums in Norfolk

This list of museums in Norfolk, England contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing. Also included are non-profit art galleries and university art galleries. Museums that exist only in cyberspace (i.e., virtual museums) are not included.

Many of these museums are members of Museums Norfolk (formerly the Museums in Norfolk Group). Museums Norfolk is the representative organisation for museums in the county, and its membership includes museums from both Norfolk County Council's Museums Service (NMS) and independent museums. Details of each member museum, opening times and events are given on its website www.museumsnorfolk.org.uk.


Name Image Town/City Region Type Summary
100th Bomb Group Memorial MuseumThorpe AbbottsSouth NorfolkMilitaryHistory of the 100th Bomb Group at RAF Thorpe Abbotts in World War II
389th Memorial Exhibition MuseumHethelSouth NorfolkMilitarywebsite, history of RAF Hethel and the 389th Bombardment Group, open on specific days
Ancient House, ThetfordThetfordBrecklandLocalwebsite, Tudor merchant's house with local history and period rooms displays
Barton House RailwayWroxhamBroadlandRailwayHeritage miniature railway and museum with Midland & Great Northern Joint Railway memorabilia and artefacts
Bishop Bonner's Cottage MuseumEast DerehamBrecklandLocalwebsite, local history, archaeology, operated by the Dereham Antiquarian Society
Blickling Hall, Gardens and ParkBlicklingBroadlandHistoric houseOperated by the National Trust, Jacobean stately home with reflecting four centuries of use, museum about use by RAF Oulton in World War II
Blitz and PiecesScratbyGreat YarmouthMilitaryLife in England (the Home Front) during World War II and Dad's Army
Bressingham Steam & GardensBressinghamSouth NorfolkTechnologySteam railway engines, tractors and other vehicles
Burston Strike SchoolBurstonSouth NorfolkEducationCentre of the longest running strike in British history, between 1914 and 1939
Caister Castle Motor MuseumCaister-on-SeaGreat YarmouthTransportationFine and rare veteran, vintage, classic, sports and touring automobiles and motorcycles, bicycles, horse-drawn vehicles, pedal cars and other related items
Castle Acre PrioryCastle AcreKing's Lynn and West NorfolkReligiousOperated by English Heritage, history and remains of the medieval priory
Charles Burrell MuseumThetfordBrecklandIndustryExhibits about Charles Burrell & Sons manufacturers of traction engines, agricultural machinery, steam trucks wagons and tram engines
City of Norwich Aviation MuseumHorsham St FaithNorwichAviationMilitary and civilian aircraft, history of aviation in Norfolk
Clifton House, King's LynnKing's LynnKing's Lynn and West NorfolkHistoric housewebsite, merchant's house with historic interiors dating from the 13th to the 18th centuries, and five-storey Elizabethan tower
Collectors WorldDownham MarketKing's Lynn and West NorfolkMultipleCurrently closed,[1] includes Magical Dickens Experience with Victorian period street tableaux, photos and equipment of James Lafayette, Aero Museum with aero engines from Rolls Royce and Armstrong Siddeley, rooms about author Barbara Cartland, Admiral Horatio Nelson, actress Liza Goddard, the 1960s, telephones, horse-drawn carts and carriages, farming and household memorabilia, an old cobblers shop, and antique and unusual dolls
Colman's Mustard Shop and MuseumNorwichNorwichFoodwebsite, store and museum of Colman's mustard memorabilia
County School StationNorth ElmhamBrecklandRailwayWorld War II period station and museum for the Mid-Norfolk Railway
Cromer MuseumCromerNorth NorfolkLocalwebsite, local history, culture, geology, Victorian fisherman's cottage display
Custom House, King's LynnKing's LynnKing's Lynn and West NorfolkMaritimeExhibits about the merchants, customs men and smugglers of Lynn, Horatio Nelson and George Vancouver
Dad's Army MuseumThetfordBrecklandMedia/Localwebsite, exhibits about Dad's Army and its links with Thetford
Denver WindmillDenverKing's Lynn and West NorfolkMillEarly 19th-century restored windmill, currently closed
Diss MuseumDissSouth NorfolkLocalwebsite, local history
Elizabethan House MuseumGreat YarmouthGreat YarmouthHistoric housewebsite, reflects different periods from the Elizabethan to the Victorian eras
Fakenham Museum of Gas and Local HistoryFakenhamNorth NorfolkIndustrywebsite, information, former gasworks used in the manufacture of gas from coal, displays of gas-powered lighting, heating, cooking and domestic equipment
Felbrigg HallFelbriggNorth NorfolkHistoric houseOperated by the National Trust, 17th-century country house with Jacobean exterior and sumptuous Georgian interior
Fishermen's Heritage CentreSheringhamNorth NorfolkMaritimewebsite, information, Sheringham's private lifeboats, including the Henry Ramey Upcher, the fishermen who crewed them and the lives they led, Peter Coke Shell Gallery[2]
Forncett Industrial Steam MuseumForncettSouth NorfolkTechnologyCollection of large stationary steam engines
The ForumNorwichNorwichArtIncludes Fusion, a digital screen gallery for art
Great Bircham WindmillGreat BirchamKing's Lynn and West NorfolkMillMid 19th-century windmill
Great Yarmouth Row HousesGreat YarmouthGreat YarmouthHistoric houseOperated by English Heritage, early 17th-century merchants' houses later sub-divided into tenements
Green Britain CentreSwaffhamBrecklandEcologyGreen energy (including solar and wind power), transportation options without oil, and organic gardening
Green QuayKing's LynnKing's Lynn and West NorfolkMultiplewebsite, environment and natural history of the Ouse Wash, history of shipping and trading
Gressenhall Farm and WorkhouseGressenhallBrecklandMultiplewebsite, historic workhouse, heritage farm, agriculture and rural life displays, costumes, steam engines, historic farm machinery and farming implements
Gunton SawmillErpinghamNorth NorfolkIndustrialwebsite, preserved saw mill in working order owned by the Norfolk Windmills Trust, run by the Norfolk Industrial Archeology society
Harleston MuseumHarlestonSouth NorfolkLocalhttps://archive.is/20150317225629/http://www.visiteastofengland.com/Harleston-Harleston-Museum/details/?dms=3&venue=0227282 information], local history
Holkham HallHolkhamNorth NorfolkMultiple18th-century Palladian style country house with opulent interiors, walled gardens, Bygones Museum with toys, household implements, agricultural tools, vintage cars and steam engines, and an exhibition on the history of farming
Horsey WindpumpHorseyNorth NorfolkMillOperated by the National Trust, drainage windmill pump
Houghton HallHarpleyKing's Lynn and West NorfolkHistoric house18th-century Palladian-style country house built for Britain's first Prime Minister, Sir Robert Walpole
John Jarrold Printing MuseumNorwichNorwichHistorywebsite, historic printing equipment
King's Lynn Arts CentreKing's LynnKing's Lynn and West NorfolkArtwebsite, performing and visual arts centre with galleries
Letheringsett WatermillLetheringsett with GlandfordNorth NorfolkMillWorking early 19th-century watermill
Lydia EvaGreat YarmouthGreat YarmouthMaritimeLast surviving steam-powered herring drifter museum ship
Lynn MuseumKing's LynnKing's Lynn and West NorfolkLocalwebsite, local history, archaeology, social history
Marshland Maritime MuseumClenchwartonKing's Lynn and West NorfolkMilitarywebsite, open by appointment only, naval memorabilia
Mid-Norfolk RailwayDerehamBrecklandRailwayHeadquarters and museum for the heritage railway
Mo Sheringham MuseumSheringhamNorth NorfolkLocalLocal history, lifeboats, fishing industry
Muckleburgh CollectionWeybourneNorth NorfolkMilitaryHistory and memorabilia of RAF Weybourne, Suffolk and Norfolk Yeomanry, naval and civilian ship models, weapons, missiles, tanks, aircraft and other military vehicles
Mundesley Maritime MuseumMundesleyNorwichLocalwebsite, local maritime heritage and social history
Museum of Norwich at the BridewellNorwichNorwichLocalwebsite, local industries, culture, people's daily lives
Museum of Straw Work and CraftsColbyNorth NorfolkArtinformation, items crafted from straw including corn dollies, marquetry, Swiss straw lace, plaits, embroidery, jewellery
Museum of the BroadsStalhamNorth NorfolkLocalwebsite, boats, heritage of the Broadland waterways
Nelson MuseumGreat YarmouthGreat YarmouthMilitaryLife and naval history of Admiral Horatio Nelson
Norfolk Motorcycle MuseumNorth WalshamNorth NorfolkTransportationwebsite, motorcycles from the 1920s to the 1960s
Norfolk Tank MuseumForncettSouth NorfolkMilitarywebsite, Cold War militaria including Main Battle Tanks, armoured personnel carriers, small arms, military memorabilia and uniforms
Norwich Arts CentreNorwichNorwichArtPerforming arts centre with exhibit galleries
Norwich CastleNorwichNorwichMultipleTours of the castle, dungeon and battlements, exhibits of fine and decorative arts including costume, textiles, jewelry, glass, ceramics and silverware, exhibits of archaeology, Ancient Egypt, natural history, Anglo Saxon and Viking artifacts
Norwich CathedralNorwichNorwichReligiousVisitor centre with exhibits about the cathedral and art exhibits
Old Gaol House & Regalia RoomsKing's LynnKing's Lynn and West NorfolkMultiplewebsite, 1930s police station, old jail cells, city treasures and regalia
Oxburgh HallOxboroughBrecklandHistoric houseOperated by the National Trust, 15th-century moated country house
Peter Coke Shell GallerySheringhamNorth NorfolkArtwebsite, sculptures and arrangements formed from seashells from around the world, adjacent to Fishermen's Heritage Centre
RAF Air Defence Radar MuseumHorningNorth NorfolkMilitarywebsite, located at RAF Neatishead, history of the military radar station in World War II and the Cold War
Red Mount ChapelKing's LynnKing's Lynn and West NorfolkReligiouswebsite, medieval wayside chapel for pilgrims on their way to the shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham
RNLI Henry Blogg MuseumCromerNorth NorfolkMaritimewebsite, Cromer lifeboat crews and their most famous coxswain Henry Blogg
Royal Norfolk Regimental MuseumNorwichNorwichMilitaryRegimental artefacts and memorabilia
Sainsbury Centre for Visual ArtsNorwichNorwichArtPart of the University of East Anglia, collections include modern art, art from Africa, the Pacific, the Americas, Asia, Egypt, medieval Europe and the ancient Mediterranean, Art Nouveau decorative art, abstract and constructivist art, architecture and design
Sandringham EstateSandringhamKing's Lynn and West NorfolkHistoric housePrivate home of the British Royal Family, includes late 19th-century house with furnishings, Sandringham Museum with royal collection of gifts, vehicles, ceramics, photographs and memorabilia
Seething Control Tower MuseumSeethingSouth NorfolkMilitarywebsite, located at Seething Airfield, history of the 448th Fighter-Bomber Group at RAF Seething in World War II
Shell MuseumGlandfordNorth NorfolkNatural historywebsite, seashells, fossils, birds' eggs, agate ware, local archaeological finds
Stow MillPastonNorth NorfolkMillwebsite, early 19th-century windmill
Stalham Firehouse MuseumStalhamNorwichFirefightingwebsite
Strangers' HallNorwichNorwichHistoric houseTudor and Stuart period rooms
Strumpshaw Hall Steam MuseumStrumpshawBroadlandTechnologySteam traction engines, rollers, a wagon and a showman's engine
Swaffham MuseumSwaffhamBrecklandLocalwebsite, local history and culture
Thursford CollectionThursfordNorth NorfolkTechnologySteam engines, organs and fairground attractions
Time and Tide: The Museum of Great Yarmouth LifeGreat YarmouthGreat YarmouthMaritimeArea fishing, shipbuilding and other maritime trades, merchant trade and lifesaving, herring fishing and curing
Toad Hole CottageHow HillNorth NorfolkLocalwebsite, information, home and working life on the marshes of The Broads in the early 20th century
The TolhouseGreat YarmouthGreat YarmouthPrisonwebsite, 12th-century medieval former merchant's house turned into a prison
True's Yard Fisherfolk MuseumKing's LynnKing's Lynn and West NorfolkMaritimewebsite, exhibits about the historic fishing community
Walsingham Abbey Grounds and Shirehall MuseumWalsinghamNorth NorfolkReligiouswebsite, ruins of the medieval abbey, museum with exhibits on the abbey and local history
Whitwell & Reepham Railway StationReephamBroadlandRailwayHistoric railway station under restoration
William Marriott MuseumHoltNorth NorfolkRailwayRailway artefacts of the North Norfolk Railway
Wolterton HallErpinghamNorth NorfolkHistoric houseRestored Georgian country house and park
Wymondham Heritage MuseumWymondhamSouth NorfolkLocalLocal history, culture, former prison, police station and courthouse
Wymondham StationWymondhamSouth NorfolkRailwayFeatures collection of railway memorabilia

Defunct museums
  • Dragon Hall, Norwich, closed to visitors in 2015[3]
  • Iceni Village & Museums, Cockley Cley, reconstruction of the type of village occupied by a British tribe, the Iceni, closed in 2014[4]
  • Inspire Discovery Centre, Norwich, closed in 2011[5]
  • Litcham Village Museum, Litcham[6]
  • Norfolk's Golden Fleece Heritage Museum, Worstead
  • Town House Museum, King's Lynn, closed in 2011[7]
  • Yesterday's World, Great Yarmouth, closed in 2014[8]

See also
  • Category:Tourist attractions in Norfolk

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2013-02-26.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Tour UK
  2. "Peter Coke Shell Gallery". Sheringham Society. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
  3. "Visit". Dragon Hall. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 17 March 2015. Dragon Hall is now closed to visitors. On 1 April 2015 the Writers' Centre, Norwich will be moving into Dragon Hall.
  4. "Iceni Centre, formerly the Iceni Village, closes despite attempted revival". Watton & Swaffam Times. July 15, 2014. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
  5. "Norwich Inspire Discovery Centre to close this weekend". Eastern Daily Press. March 23, 2011. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
  6. "Litcham Museum". Litcham. Retrieved 25 January 2015. The Litcham Museum is located at Fourways on the Mileham Road IT IS NOW CLOSED TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC
  7. "Town House Museum". Maritime Heritage East. Retrieved 18 March 2015. This Museum was closed in 2011
  8. "Closure of Yesterday's World – Great Yarmouth". Yesterday's World. November 12, 2014. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
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