Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery

Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery
Norwich
Norfolk
NR1 3JQ
England

Website

www.museums.norfolk.gov.uk/

E-mail

museums@norfolk.gov.uk

Telephone

All Tickets & Bookings

01603 493636

General Enquiries

01603 493625

24 hour Recorded Information

01603 493648

Fax

01603 495909

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View of the Castle keep at Norwich Castle

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, the Castle is packed with treasures to inspire and intrigue visitors of all ages.

The entire collection of this museum is a Designated Collection of national importance.

Venue Type:

Museum, Gallery, Castle or defences

Opening hours

Low Season: 1 April – 27 June, 4 October – 3 July 2011
Mon – Sat: 10am – 4.30pm
Sun: 1 – 4.30pm

Peak Season: 28 June – 3 October
Mon – Sat: 10am – 5pm
Sun: 1 – 5pm

Closed: 24 – 28 December 2010 & 1 January 2011

Admission charges

Castle Ticket (incl. Special Exhibitions)
Adult: £6.20
Concession or Adult (in family group*): £5.30
Young Person (4-16): £4.40

Special Exhibitions Ticket
Adult: £3.30
Concession or Adult (in family group*): £2.80
Young Person (4-16): £2.40

Museums Pass holders, Friends of Norwich Museums and under 4s free. Discounts for groups, ring 01603 495897 / 493636 for details.

Concessions are available for visitors with disabilities, over 60s and students.
Visitors with disabilites may bring one companion in free.
Admission to the shop, cafe and Rotunda information desk is free.
*A family group must include at least one child.

General services and facilities

Brochure or leaflet available with directions to museum
Guided tours
Information point provided
Pre-booking service for groups
Auditorium
Cafeteria
Picnic area
Refreshments
Restaurant
Shop

Children and families

Activities for pre-school children
Events and resources for children and families
Baby changing facilities

Disability access

Events/teaching/resources for people with disabilities
Induction loops in lecture theatres
Sign language interpretation available
Touch exhibits
Parking for disabled available
Toilets for disabled
Wheelchair access to some public areas
Wheelchairs available for loan

Schools services and facilities

Direct teaching services for schools
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

Academic publications and resources available
Adult lectures and courses held
Teaching/resources available for HE/FE students
Library
Research facilities for academics
Study facilities

Additional info

Video presentation introducing the Castle with audio visual tour of dungeons and battlements.

Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery
Norwich
Norfolk
NR1 3JQ
England

Website

www.museums.norfolk.gov.uk/

E-mail

museums@norfolk.gov.uk

Telephone

All Tickets & Bookings

01603 493636

General Enquiries

01603 493625

24 hour Recorded Information

01603 493648

Fax

01603 495909

Norwich Castle is home to some of the most outstanding collections of fine art, archaeology and natural history. The entire collections held at Norwich Castle are Designated Collections of national importance.

Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery reflects the importance of the city, one of England's richest and largest settlements from the Middle Ages to the 18th century. Some of the displays are in the magnificent Norman Keep, which was built as a royal castle, the most ambitious secular building of its generation in Western Europe.

The museum has comprehensive collections of the Norwich School of Artists, 18th century Lowestoft porcelain and a world-beating assemblage of nearly 3000 British teapots. Prominent amongst the collections are birds and butterflies from around the world, and Britain's biggest, oldest and most complete fossil elephant.

There is outstanding Bronze Age and Anglo-Saxon archaeology and much of the Snettisham Treasure, the largest collection of Iron Age gold neck rings from Europe. The museum reopened in 2001, following an £11.7 million development funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund. There is now better access to the collections at the new Castle Museum Study Centre, which is linked to the Castle.

Collection details

Weapons and War, Natural Sciences, Fine Art, Decorative and Applied Art, Coins and Medals, Archives, Archaeology

Key artists and exhibits

Designated Collection.

Collections services

General guide to collections available
Object identification and/or written enquiry service
Public access available to collections information
Specialist publications on collections available
Object study facilities available (enquire in advance)

Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery
Norwich
Norfolk
NR1 3JQ
England

Website

www.museums.norfolk.gov.uk/

E-mail

museums@norfolk.gov.uk

Telephone

All Tickets & Bookings

01603 493636

General Enquiries

01603 493625

24 hour Recorded Information

01603 493648

Fax

01603 495909

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.

Paper-based and downloads

Ancient Egyptians at the Castle

http://www.museums.norfolk.gov.uk/default.asp?Document=500.10.40.40

A downloadable resource pack with classroom and museum-based activities on the Ancient Egyptians using the Egyptian Gallery at Norwich Castle.

Creator

Faye Kalloniatis and Sally Swain

Publisher

Norfolk Museums and Archaeology Service

Anglo-Saxons and Vikings at Norwich Castle

http://www.museums.norfolk.gov.uk/default.asp?document=500.10.40.41

A pack with classroom and museum-based resources and activities based on the Anglo-Saxon and Viking Gallery at Norwich Castle.

Creator

Colin Hynson and Tim Pestell

Publisher

Norfolk Museums and Archaeology Service

face to face resources

Battlements Tours

http://www.museums.norfolk.gov.uk/default.asp?Document=200.21.15

Battlements tours offer a unique and breathtaking view of Norwich and Norfolk.
Visitors climb a Norman stone spiral staircase and from 125 feet above street level, appreciate clear views of Mousehold Heath - the scene of Kett’s 1549 Rebellion, the magnificent Norman Cathedral, early Norwich buildings and many other well-known landmarks.
Discover how the city developed over the last 1000 years and learn how the castle was once the centre of royal power, sieges, and persecution.

How to obtain

Tours run Mon - Sat: 10.30am, 11.15am, 2.30pm & 3.15pm. Sun: 2.30pm & 3.15pm.
Places can be reserved, please tel. 01603 495897/493636 to book or check times.
Cost: Adult £2.00, Concession or Adult (in family group) £1.70, Children £1.45.
Please note: tours are only available with the purchase of a general admission ticket. Suitable for children aged 8+

Dungeon Tours

http://www.museums.norfolk.gov.uk/default.asp?Document=200.21.14

Dungeons tours enable visitors to discover parts of the castle not open to the public. The tour descends deep below the castle to a maze of early medieval cellars used to incarcerate manacled prisoners in dreadful conditions long ago.
Hear extraordinary stories about prisoners. Learn about the history of crime and punishment. And see horrifying instruments of torture including a ducking stool, scold’s bridle and gibbet iron.
The tour also includes a sinister collection of Victorian death heads - plaster cast impressions of locally hanged criminals!

How to obtain

Tours usually run Mon - Sat: 10.30am, 11.15am, 2.30pm & 3.15pm. Sun: 1.30pm, 2.30pm, 3.15pm & 4pm.
Places can be reserved, please tel. 01603 495897/493636 to book or check times.
Cost: Adult £2.00, Concession or Adult (in family group) £1.70, Young People (4 - 16 yrs) £1.45.
Please note: tours are only available with the purchase of a general admission ticket. Minimum age 5 years.

The Museum Club

http://www.museums.norfolk.gov.uk/default.asp?Document=200.21

Workshops covering social history, art, natural history and archaeology topics for children 7 years and upwards. Once a month on a Saturday morning. Sometimes the group makes visits to other places of historical interest around Norwich.