List of museums in Norfolk

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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.

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Name	Image	Town/City	Region	Type	Summary
Barton House Railway		Wroxham	Broadland	Railway	website, heritage railway and museum with Midland & Great Northern Joint Railway memorabilia and artifacts
Bressingham Steam & Gardens		Bressingham	South Norfolk	Technology	Steam railway engines, traction engines, tractors and other vehicles
Caister Castle Motor Museum		Caister-on-Sea	Great Yarmouth	Transportation	Fine and rare veteran, vintage, classic, sports and touring cars and motorcycles, bicycles, horse-drawn vehicles, pedal cars and other related items
City of Norwich Aviation Museum		Horsham St Faith	Norwich	Aviation	Military and civilian aircraft, history of aviation in Norfolk
County School Station		North Elmham	Breckland	Railway	World War II period station and museum for the Mid-Norfolk Railway
Denver Windmill		Denver	King's Lynn and West Norfolk	Mill	Early 19th century restored windmill
East England Military Museum		Snetterton	Breckland	Military	website, also known as Battlefront, The East England Military Museum, history of RAF Snetterton Heath, tanks, artillery, military vehicles, equipment
Fakenham Museum of Gas and Local History		Fakenham	North Norfolk	Industry	website, former gasworks used in the manufacture of gas from coal, displays of gas-powered lighting, heating, cooking and domestic equipment
Forncett Industrial Steam Museum		Forncett	South Norfolk	Technology	Collection of large stationary steam engines
Great Bircham Windmill		Great Bircham	King's Lynn and West Norfolk	Mill	Mid 19th century windmill
Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse		Gressenhall	Breckland	Multiple	website, historic workshouse, heritage farm, agriculture and rural life displays, costumes, steam engines, historic farm machinery and farming implements
Gunton Sawmill		Erpingham	North_Norfolk	Industrial	A preserved saw mill in working order owned by the Norfolk Windmills Trust, run by the Norfolk Industrial Archeology society
Holkham Hall		Holkham	North Norfolk	Multiple	18th 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
Iceni Village & Museums		Cockley Cley	Breckland	Open air	website, reconstruction of the type of village occupied by a British tribe, the Iceni, 7th century Saxon church, 17th century cottage, farming and carriage museums, nature reserve
Letheringsett Watermill		Letheringsett with Glandford	North Norfolk	Mill	Working early 19th century watermill
Lydia Eva		Great Yarmouth	Great Yarmouth	Maritime	Last surviving steam-powered herring drifter museum ship
Mid-Norfolk Railway		Dereham	Breckland	Railway	Headquarters and museum for the heritage railway
Muckleburgh Collection		Weybourne	North Norfolk	Military	History and memorabilia of RAF Weybourne, Suffolk and Norfolk Yeomanry, naval and civilian ship models, weapons, missiles, tanks, aircraft and other military vehicles
Norfolk Motorcycle Museum		North Walsham	North Norfolk	Transportation	website, motorcycles from the 1920s to the 1960s
Sandringham Estate		Sandringham	King's Lynn and West Norfolk	Historic house	Private 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
Stow Mill		Paston	North Norfolk	Mill	website, early 19th century windmill
Stalham Firehouse Museum		Stalham	Norwich	Firefighting	information
Strumpshaw Hall Steam Museum		Strumpshaw	Broadland	Technology	Steam traction engines, steam rollers, showman's engines and a steam wagon
Thursford Collection		Thursford	North Norfolk	Technology	Steam engines, Showman's engines, fairground organs and attractions
Whitwell & Reepham Railway Station		Reepham	Broadland	Railway	Historic railway station under restoration
William Marriott Museum		Holt	North Norfolk	Railway	Railway artifacts of the North Norfolk Railway
Wymondham Station		Wymondham	South Norfolk	Railway	Features collection of railway memorabilia

Former museums

Now closed museums include;

Name	Image	Town/City	Region	Type	Closure date	Summary
Collectors World		Downham Market	King's Lynn and West Norfolk	Multiple	Closed in late 2012	website, 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

See also

• Category:Visitor attractions in Norfolk

References

• Norfolk Museums & Archaeology Service