Norfolk Days Out

The Swaffham Museum contains an exhibition on local history and local geology as well as an egyptology room charting the life of Howard Carter (an English archaeologist and Egyptologist, noted as a primary discoverer of the tomb of Tutankhamun). In the Archaeology Room are artefacts dating from the Bronze Age, Roman and Anglo Saxon times. The…

Opened in 1978, the Cromer Museum comprises a tiny 19th Century fisherman's cottage. Colourful displays chart the town’s history as an early Victorian seaside resort, when it was resplendent with fine hotels and outrageous mixed bathing. The town is in a geological area of international importance. The Geology Gallery contains a fine collection…

Norwich Castle is a medieval royal fortification in the city of Norwich, founded in the aftermath of the Norman Conquest of England when William the Conqueror (1066–1087) ordered its construction because he wished to have a fortified place in the important city of Norwich. The castle hosts a museum and art gallery today. Two of its galleries…

The site of Creake Abbey, was originally occupied by an almshouse for the poor, and was founded by the Augustinians as a priory in the 12th century. The site was promoted from Hospital to Priory and then, in 1231, to Abbey. Henry III made a number of grants to Creake including gifts of parish churches of Hapton and Wreningham, Gateley and St.…