Sheringham Museum
Station Road
Sheringham
Norfolk
NR26 8RE
England
Website
General enquiries
Telephone
during opening hours only
01263 821871
outside opening hours
01263 825741
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01263 825741
Sheringham is a small town on the northern coast of the county of Norfolk, in England. Sheringham Museum's collections reflect the towns development from a small fishing village specializing in crabs and whelks in the 19th Century, to a fashionable holiday destination for families arriving by railway in the early 20th Century. Sheringham also has a long heritage of lifesaving by the towns lifeboats from the early 1800's to the present, as a result of which the museum holds a nationally important collection of early lifeboats.
Venue Type:
Museum
Station Road
Sheringham
Norfolk
NR26 8RE
England
Website
General enquiries
Telephone
during opening hours only
01263 821871
outside opening hours
01263 825741
Fax
01263 825741
Displays of local Sheringham history including boat building, lifeboats, fishing, the 'Weybourne Elephant' (1.5 million years old), a roman kiln, golfing in Sheringham, the Upcher family, the war years, beach finds, the art of local fisherman John Craske, planes and ships crashed or grounded on North Norfolk beaches and flint picking.
In the museums research room we hold a digital copy of our photographic archive of around 2500 images, our collections database, and a genealogical database of over 6000 local names created and maintained by Malcolm Felmingham.
Collection details
Archaeology, Archives, Coins and Medals, Fine Art, Maritime, Medicine, Natural Sciences, Personalities, Photography, Social History, Weapons and War
Key artists and exhibits
- Two of our three lifeboats, the J C Madge (1904-1936) Sheringham's last pulling and sailing lifeboat and the Foresters Centenary [ON786] (1936-1961) our first motorised lifeboat are exhibited in the 'Mo' on the sea front and the third, the The Manchester Unity of Oddfellows [ON960] (1961 - 1986 & 1987 - 1990) we hope to move into the 'Mo' shortly. A fourth lifeboat, the Henry Ramey Upcher (1894-1935) is also on show in the 'Henry Ramey Upcher Private Lifeboat Museum' which is run by Sheringham Preservation Society, and located at the top of the slipway.
Collections services
- General guide to collections available
- Object identification and/or written enquiry service
- Public access available to collections information
- Object study facilities available (enquire in advance)
Station Road
Sheringham
Norfolk
NR26 8RE
England
Website
General enquiries
Telephone
during opening hours only
01263 821871
outside opening hours
01263 825741
Fax
01263 825741
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