Museum have been sharing historic spoons after Colchester Museums inspired us with their History Of The Spoon reel! These three 17th century latten spoons are on permanent display in our Lives & Landscapes exhibition on the ground floor. #MuseumTwitter #Spoons

Interested in our next free talk, 'Needham: Highlights from the History of a Norfolk Village' with Stephen Jeffery-Poulter, but can't get in to see us?

No problem, just view it online via our livestream.

📅Tues 23 April
⏰1pm

Booking essential: eventbrite.co.uk/e/online-needh…

‘He was to Norwich what Gaudi was to Barcelona’
want to know more? Come to our next (free- donations welcome)talk on the Victorian Architects of Norwich: George Skipper and Edward Boardman. Cley Village Hall NR25 7RJ Tuesday 2.30pm. 30th April

OUT TODAY!
My new The Gloucester Project article 'The Western Design Revised: Death, Dissent, and Discontent on the Gloucester, 1654–1656' is now published in The Historical Journal
The article is open access, so read it for free on the link below. #History #newarticle
cambridge.org/core/journals/…

Admiring the Worthing helmet a ceremonial cavalry object made of Gilt bronze and found on the river Wensum #Norfolk liking the eagle crest #RomanBritain

Looking forward to Dr Redding’s talk on the Gloucester warship which sank off Norfolk Coast in 1682. His free (donations welcome)talk will uncover crisis on board before the ship wreak. Check it out: Tuesday 26th March 2.30 pm, Cley Village Hall, NR25 7RJ. #LocalHistory #Norfolk

#MedievalMonday (March edition).

We're showcasing objects destined for the forthcoming Gallery of Medieval Life: A @BritishMuseum Partnership.

Prior to the Keep reopening, view this 13th century double crucifix at Easter in the Cotman Galleries.

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4 March 1936. First flight of the LZ 129 Hindenburg. German commercial passenger-carrying rigid airship, the longest (804 feet) class of flying machines of any kind and the largest airship by envelope volume (7,062,000 cubic feet).

📢Free entry to Cromer Museum tomorrow, Friday and Saturday to celebrate Heritage Space with Cromer Artspace on the Prom

Thanks to The National Lottery Heritage Fund you will find 12 new community panels around town and activities at the museum.

Read more and download guide here:

bit.ly/3ORCC6W

Once hunted now beloved🐳
Next Tuesday our speaker Charles Lewis tells the story of when Norfolk folk went to Greenland for whaling.
The free talk (donations very welcome) is on 📅Tuesday 27th February,⏰2.30pm. Where: Cley Village Hall NR25 7RJ. #LocalHistory #Norfolk

Can you guess which iconic historic site these arches are from? 🕵️

Hint: the silhouette of the building is so well known that sailors used to navigate by the sight of it on the headland ⛵

Have you undertaken local history research in North Norfolk? With a large local readership interested in history, our excellent journal the Glaven Historian may be a fitting home for your work. If interested contact [email protected]. #WeAreLocalHistory #Norfolk #Cromer

Happy #WorldWhaleDay ! 🐳 The sheer enormity of these majestic giants is mind-blowing, & some of them hold remarkable world records! 👉ow.ly/98hG50QBPkO

BREAKING: The National Farm Survey, containing records of 300,000 British farms and their owners and tenants during the Second World War, is to be digitised by The National Archives:

whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com/news/1941-nati…

Can you help us locate this building?

We're asking you to help identify, locate and enhance a collection of photos from the 1930s and 1940s.

Join the Flickr group to see more here 👇

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On the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we spotlight the remarkable contributions of women to the field of science, both past and present. Among the luminaries is Phoebe Lankester, whose passion for botany has left an indelible mark on the scientific community.

These days in Norfolk we celebrate sightings of whales and yet not too far in the past the whaling industry was important to our local ports. Hear more from Charles Lewis at our talk(free) 'Whaling from Norfolk' on Tues 27th February 2.30 Cley Village Hall #LocalHistory #Norfolk

For decades, illegitimate children were considered a family secret. We take a closer look at researching your illegitimate ancestors.

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Our next free (donations welcome) session on local history is tomorrow, Tues 30 January, at 2.30pm, Cley Village Hall NR25 7RJ

Talks are by two local historians, one on recent unearthed finds, and one on when five Cley men went to war and died. #LocalHistory , #NORFOLK

What are tithe maps? Here's where to explore these historic maps online:

whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com/tutorials/what…