Time and Tide Museum of Great Yarmouth Life

Blackfriars Road
Great Yarmouth
Norfolk
NR30 3BX
England

Website

www.museums.norfolk.gov.uk/

E-mail

yarmouth.museums@norfolk.gov.uk

Telephone

01493 743930

Fax

01493 743940

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
Children playing in the museum's courtyard.
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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 inside a fisherman's home. Experience the heady atmosphere of a 1950s quayside, take the wheel of a coastal Drifter and hear gripping tales of wreck and rescue on the high seas. Follow Great Yarmouth’s transformation from a sandbank to the present day, through times of boom and bust and war and peace.

Relax in the the spacious courtyard beneath a spectacular canopy of sails, surrounded by historic fishing boats.

Lively hands-on displays, games, puzzles, free audio guides, film shows and children's activities bring the great story of Great Yarmouth vividly to life.

Venue Type:

Museum

 Opening hours

<b>April – October 2010</b>
Mon – Sun 10am – 5pm

<b>November 2010 – March 2011</b>
Mon – Fri 10am – 4pm
Sat & Sun 12noon - 4pm

Closed: 24 - 26 December 2010 & 1 January 2011

 Admission charges

<b>From 1 April 2010:</b>
Adult: £4.50
Concession*: £3.80
Young Person (4-16): £3.30
Museums Pass holders & under 4s free. Discounts for groups, ring 01493 743943 (non schools), 01493 743944 (schools).

<em>*Disabled visitors, over 60s and students.</em>

Please note: Admission to the shop and cafe is free.

Discounts

  • English Heritage
 General services and facilities
  • Brochure or leaflet available with directions to museum
  • General audio-guide available
  • Pre-booking service for groups
  • Cafeteria
  • Refreshments
  • Shop
 Children and families
  • Events and resources for children and families
  • Baby changing facilities
  • Children's play area
 Disability access
  • Induction loops in exhibition spaces
  • Touch exhibits
  • Parking for disabled available
  • Toilets for disabled
  • Wheelchair access to all public areas
  • Wheelchairs available for loan
 Schools services and facilities
  • Member of staff available with responsibility for education
  • Primary school education service available
  • Printed/audio-visual information available for schools
  • Secondary school education service available
  • Education facilities available
  • Reception and lunch facilities for educational groups
 Research and adult learning
  • Adult lectures and courses held
  • Library
 Commercial and hire services
  • Facilities for private functions and events

Additional info

Maritime East Archive is open to public by appointment only.

If you would like to use the Maritime East Archive at Time and Tide make an appointment for this free service. The archive is open, by appointment, on Mondays between 10.00 - 12.30 and 13.30 - 15.30.
Please telephone Emma Davison (Curator) on 01493 743941 or
email: emma.davison@norfolk.gov.uk
Address: Time and Tide Museum, Blackfriars Road, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, NR30 3BX

Maritime Heritage East, led from Time and Tide, is a project to raise the profile of the rich maritime collections in the East of England, and to develop local, regional and national partnerships.

Over 30 other museums and heritage attractions from the coastal counties of Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex are currently on board.

A forthcoming website and a programme of exhibitions aim to generate interest in our regional maritime collections and to increase access to them.
Please contact Fiona Ford, Maritime Curator, on 01493 743941
E-mail : fiona.ford@norfolk.gov.uk
Address: Time and Tide Museum, Blackfriars Road, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, NR30 3BX

Blackfriars Road
Great Yarmouth
Norfolk
NR30 3BX
England

Website

www.museums.norfolk.gov.uk/

E-mail

yarmouth.museums@norfolk.gov.uk

Telephone

01493 743930

Fax

01493 743940

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.

Time and Tide Museum of Great Yarmouth Life displays many objects formerly displayed in the Maritime Museum of East Anglia.

Collection details

Archaeology, Architecture, Archives, Coins and Medals, Costume and Textiles, Decorative and Applied Art, Fine Art, Industry, Maritime, Personalities, Social History, Trade and Commerce, Weapons and War, World Cultures

Key artists and exhibits

  • Edward Seago, Alfred Stannard, William Joy

Collections services

  • Object identification and/or written enquiry service
  • Public access available to collections information
  • Object study facilities available (enquire in advance)

Blackfriars Road
Great Yarmouth
Norfolk
NR30 3BX
England

Website

www.museums.norfolk.gov.uk/

E-mail

yarmouth.museums@norfolk.gov.uk

Telephone

01493 743930

Fax

01493 743940

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
Exhibition details are listed below, you may need to scroll down to see them all.

Showtime: Yarmouth's Circus Story

27 March — 31 October 2010 *on now

Roll up, roll up! Discover the colourful history of the circus and its links with Great Yarmouth.

Suitable for

  • Family friendly
  • All ages

When

10am-5pm

Where

Time and Tide Museum of Great Yarmouth Life

Admission

Adult: £4.50,
Concession: £3.80,
Young Person (4-16): £3.30.
Save up to £6.60! Bring your Hippodrome ticket to Time and Tide and receive two free child entries to the museum with each adult ticket purchased.

Blackfriars Road
Great Yarmouth
Norfolk
NR30 3BX
England

Website

www.museums.norfolk.gov.uk/

E-mail

yarmouth.museums@norfolk.gov.uk

Telephone

01493 743930

Fax

01493 743940

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
Resources listed here may include websites, bookable tours and workshops, books, loan boxes and more. You may need to scroll down or click on headers to see them all.
 face to face resources

Friday Talks

http://www.museums.norfolk.gov.uk/default.asp?Document=200.44.20.02

Drop in to one of the regular Friday lunchtime talks led by museum staff and guest speakers. A list of topics can be viewed on the website so you can pick and choose from what interests you. For example: The History of Dentistry, The Archaeology of Great Yarmouth, Vanished Villages and so on.

How to obtain

Friday Talks are free after normal museum admission and are suitable for 16+ years. For further information email yarmouth.museums@norfolk.gov.uk.

Blackfriars Road
Great Yarmouth
Norfolk
NR30 3BX
England

Website

www.museums.norfolk.gov.uk/

E-mail

yarmouth.museums@norfolk.gov.uk

Telephone

01493 743930

Fax

01493 743940

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
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