Bishop Bonner's Cottage Museum
Bishop Bonner's Cottage Museum
St Withburga Lane
East Dereham
Norfolk
NR19 1ED
England
Website
Website for the Museum and the Dereham Antiquarian Society
Telephone
01362 853453 or 693969
Housed in a beautiful timber-framed, reed-thatched early C16th cottage, with colourful pargetting. It is the oldest domestic building in the market town of Dereham. It houses displays of Dereham's local history and the archaeology of the surrounding area, in the Breckland region of central Norfolk. The Museum was founded, and is still run, by volunteer members of the Dereham Antiquarian Society. The Society's collection of historic artefacts and documents is a valuable community and educational resource.
Venue Type:
Museum
Additional info
The nature of this old building, with its winding, narrow and steep staircases and uneven floors make access difficult to the upper floor.
Local Collection Rooms, with photographs and memorabilia from bygone Dereham. Local history exhibits include domestic and farm tools, Victorian clothing, toys, local personalities and trades. The Story of the Infamous Bishop Bonner and the History of the Building.
Collection details
Archaeology, Architecture, Archives, Coins and Medals, Fine Art, Medicine, Social History, Trade and Commerce
Key artists and exhibits
- William Cowper,
- Augustus Jessopp,
- Bishop Bonner
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