Duxford White House St.
Thetford Town Centre
Tel. 01842 752599
Open: Mon to Sat 10am until 12.30pm & 1pm until 5pm.
Cost: Free except in July / August when a small charge is made.
Magnificent 15th century timber-framed merchants house with fine carved ceiling. Local history archaeology and Breckland natural history, with displays on Thomas Paine, Maharajah Duleep Singh and the Vikings. Special ' Brecks' section with interactive displays particularly suitable for children. Tudor style herb garden
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This building was once a prison for women and beggars. It is now home to a wonderful collection of historic objects and machinery revealing how Norwich people earned their living. A pharmacy, a pawnbrokers shop, display of shoes, Victorian fire engine, exquisite Norwich shawls and some history of Norwich football.
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Duxford Situated : Junction of A11 to London and M11
(Nr. Cambridge).
Tel: 01223 499353
Open:
Summer 10 until 6pm
Winter 10 until 4pm
Closed: 24th,
25th and 26th Dec.
Website: www.iwm.org.uk
Special Needs: Every effort is made to maximise the enjoyment of visitors
with special needs and most of the complex can be toured without restriction.
Wheelchairs available on request. Contact: Front of House Manager on 01223
499309
Cost: check website - entry can be free for specified
disabled, and concessions for groups of twenty or more - ring for information.
Air Show: Flying Legends Air Show 7th and 8th July 07. Tickets £28 / £22
/ £8. Gates open 8am.
The American Air Museum stands as a
memorial to the 30,000 Americans who died flying from the UK in the
Second World War.
This outstanding example of
contemporary British architecture houses Duxford's unique collection
of historic American combat aircraft including the B-17 Flying
Fortress, with many suspended from the ceiling as if in flight.
Designed by Lord Foster, the award-winning building has as its
centrepiece the mighty B-52 Stratofortress. An excellent collection
of Cold War aircraft including the visually stunning SR-71
Blackbird, F-111, A-10 'Tank-buster' and U2
spy-plane are complemented by fascinating artefacts including a
section of the Berlin Wall, a cruise missile and part of the
infamous Iraqi 'supergun'.
Duxford's land warfare collection is one of the finest in the
country. Nearly 100 tanks, military vehicles and artillery pieces are presented
in a series of authentic battlefield scenes. Tanks include the British
Challenger and the Soviet T72.
Wheelchairs available on request. Contact; 01223 499309
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Old Norwich Road, Horsham St
Faith (off the A140 Cromer Road).
Tel: 01603 893080
Open: March to October - Tues to Sat 10am until 5pm
Sun and Bank
Holidays 12 noon until 5pm
November to February - Wed and Sat 10am - 4pm
Sun 12 noon until 4pm
The museum has an extensive collection of aircraft, including an Avro Vulcan bomber that saw service in the Falklands War (Entry to the cockpit available), an English Electric Lightning, and a Handley Page Herald flown by Air UK. Displays cover topics from both World Wars, and post-war military and commercial aviation in Norfolk.
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Situated: On the B1062 - off
the A143 one mile west of Bungay
Address: Buckeroo Way, The Street, Flixton, Bungay,
Suffolk NR35 1NZ
Open: Summer - April to Oct - Sunday to Thursday 10am until
5pm
Winter
- November to March - Tuesday, Wednesday and Sunday - 10am
until 4pm
Closed: 15th December until 15th January
Cost: Free
Tel: 01986 896644
Website: www.aviationmuseum.net
Incorporates RAF Bomber Command Museum,
446th Bomb Group USAAF Museum, Royal Observer Corps Museum and the RAF Air Sea
Rescue and Coastal Command Museum. Over twenty five historic aircraft.
Indoor exhibitions both civil and military from the pioneer
years, through World War 1 to the present day with special displays on Boulton
and Paul, Civil Defence and World War 2 Decoy Sites plus Adair Walk Nature
Trail.
Refreshments / Shop / Free parking / Back to Broads Activities
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Place: RAF Neatishead, Nr
Horning, Norfolk
Open: Every Tuesday and Thursday - April to October inclusive, 10am until
5pm
Second Saturday in
each month and Bank Holiday Mondays all year - 10am until 3pm.
More information: 01692 633309
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Guided tours and full facilities - allow two hours for your visit.
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Cockney Cley 3
miles south west of Swaffham
Tel. 01760 721339/724588
Open: 11am until 5.30pm seven days a week, April - October
Enjoy a day out at the Iceni Village, farm museum and picturesque nature reserve. New exhibitions give the visitor the opportunity to experience the everyday life in the 19th century farmhouse. The fenced village is an interpretation of the Iceni settlement, believed to have been situated here around 2000 years ago.
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English
Heritage - 7 miles north west of Thetford, off A134
Tel. 01842 810656
Open: April to September, daily 10am until 1pm and 2pm
until 6pm
(5pm October)
Winter:
Open Wednesday to Sunday 10am until 4pm
Hidden
amongst the pine forests of Breckland is an area of heath land
known as Grimes Graves. Go underground and experience at first
hand the conditions of Stone Age man 4000 years ago. Explore
the earliest major industrial site in Europe. Discover the
significance of over 300 pits and shafts in these Neolithic
flint mines. Descend over ten metres to the galleries where
flint was mined for weapons and domestic utensils.
Facilities: Exhibition; free children's activity sheet; shop;
refreshments; souvenir guidebook.
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Situated: Between Norwich and Great
Yarmouth at the A47 Brundell round-about turn left into Blofield Road and
continue to Strumpshaw.
Open: Until early October, 11am until 4pm (Closed on Saturdays). Check
opening days before travelling.
Website:
www.strumpshawsteammuseum.co.uk
Tel: 01603 714535
In 1954 Wesley Key started his collection of farm machinery and
steam engines based at
Strumpshaw
Old Hall and decided to open to the public in the 1960's. Today the museum
covers 10,000 square feet and houses an extensive range of exhibits and
features, including: steam engines, working beam engines, working mechanical
organs, narrow gauge railway - three quarter mile track, working toy train
layout for children, 1930s fairground carousel, tractors and farm machinery,
refreshments area and shop.
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Situated: On A149 coast road, 3 miles west of Sheringham.
Tel. 01263 588210
Open 10am until 5pm everyday from February to late October.
Britain's largest
working military collection.
Collection
is contained in 8 large exhibition halls. Consisting of tanks,
armoured vehicles, guns, missiles, uniforms, aircraft, 54
model ships and a large gift shop. Tank drives cost £100,
available Sat , Mon & Tues. Tel: 0774 7798393.
Check price before travelling.
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Dear Sirs
Could you update the entry for The Muckleburgh Collection.
Tank drives cost £100 (2008 price) not £75
Thank you
Beech
House, Gressenhall, East
Dereham
Situated: 3miles north west of East Dereham on A47.
Tel. 01362 860563
Open: Daily 10am - 5pm.
A remarkable museum housed in a former workhouse, with displays on village and rural life plus a farm worked with horses and stocked with rare breeds. All in an idyllic rural setting with farm, woodland and riverside trails, gardens, a children's play area and the Mardlers' Rest Cafe.
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City Centre, Castle Meadow
Tel: 01603
493625 -
Mon to Fri 9am. until 5pm.
Open: Core times: Mon to Sat from 10.30 until 5pm.
Sun from 2 until 5pm.
School half term: Mon to Sat from 10 until 6pm.
Sun from 12 until 5 p.m.
Closed: Christmas day and Boxing day
Admission: Varies according to area.
Carers, Free admission, guide dogs and hearing dogs welcome. Lifts and
ramps throughout the building.
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 it is home to some of
the most outstanding regional collection of fine art, archaeology
and natural history, Norwich Castle is packed with treasures to
inspire and intrigue visitors of all ages.
In the magnificent Norman keep, models, computers,
sound and video bring history vividly to life.
Discover how the Castle was built and see how it has
changed through the ages. Find out about East Anglia's very own
Queen Boudica, admire breathtaking displays of Iceni gold and take a
ride on a re-creation of an Iceni warrior's chariot. Step even
further back in time and experience the atmosphere of an Egyptian
tomb with its ancient mummies.
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Thursford
Green, Thursford near Fakenham
Tel: 01328 878477
Open: Good Friday until late September - 12 noon - 5pm
Live Musical Shows daily featuring the unique collection of Mechanical Organs and the Wurlitzer Show.
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The Forum is the name for the new building erected in the centre of the city in which is housed the Library, Tourist Information centre, BBC East, American Memorial Library, Origins and a Cafe.
Origins is the ideal way to start your Norfolk adventure. Educational and great fun, Origins takes you on an interactive journey through 2000 years of Norfolk and Norwich's history, featuring a 180 degree cinema, computer interactive and a stunning media wall
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Sutton Hoo, Tranmer House, Sutton Hoo, Woodbridge, Suffolk IP12
3DJ
Tel: 01394 389700
Directions: Two miles east of Woodbridge on B1083
Open: Mar 14th to May 31st and Oct, 10am until 5pm.
Early June to the end of Sept,
10am until 4pm.
Nov to end of Feb 03, 10am
until 4pm, Sat, Sun and Bank-holidays
Closed: Monday and Tuesdays, except Bank Holiday Mondays.
The discovery of ship rivets in an
ancient burial mound in 1939, by local archaeologist Basil Brown, led to one of
the most
amazing finds in this country's history. It was the ultimate discovery, the ship
burial of an Anglo Saxon warrior king and his most treasured possessions, which
had been missed by grave robbers, lying undisturbed for over 1300 years.
The centre piece is a full size replica of the burial chamber
made of English oak, with grave goods laid out, giving a profound impression of
how important this man was. He is thought to be the great pagan king, Raedwald,
who died in about 625AD. The story comes full circle when you take a short walk
out to the burial mounds and see for yourself where the ship and the treasures
were found.
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