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Bird Gallery Closure

As part of a programme of pest control for the Natural History and Social History collections, the Bird Gallery at Norwich Castle is closed for the next few months. This is to enable specimens to be removed from cases and frozen to kill Museum Beetle and other pests.

The freezing programme is also the initial process in a major redisplay of the Mammal Gallery. The clean (pest-free!) birds will be back on display later in the summer. If anyone needs to see a particular specimen while the gallery is closed, please contact Tony Irwin, Curator of Natural History on 01603 493642 or click here to email.

The People's Choice:

100 Paintings from Norwich Castle's Collection

Norwich Castle: 26 April - 31 August 2008

This unique exhibition showcases paintings from Norwich Castle's extensive collections, chosen by people living in Norfolk as well as popular personalities and writers including Rose Tremain, Charles Clarke and Prunella Scales. Click here for details

Lynn Museum & Seahenge
The Lynn Museum has re-opened to the public after a £1.2million Heritage Lottery funded re-development. The stunning centrepiece of the new displays is Seahenge, the 4,000 year old timbers uncovered on the beach at Holme. Click here to learn more





Norwich Castle Open Art Show - Call for Entries

Norfolk Painters 2008 provides a unique opportunity for artists in the region to show and sell their work at Norwich Castle this autumn. We are working in partnership with East Anglia Art Fund to realise ambitious plans to showcase three of the finest artists of the eastern region: Bruer Tidman, John Kiki and Susan Gunn, alongside the considerable talents of Norfolk's vibrant arts community in the Open Art Show. If you would like to submit a piece of work for the Open Art Show, please download an application by clicking on the picture below.


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Museums & Galleries Month 2008

Join in the fun throughout May at Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery, The Bridewell and the Sainsbury Centre offer a special programme of events on a Chinese theme. If you would like to download the programme, then please click here. To find out more about Museums & Galleries Month, please click on the logo:

This is Modern Art!

Works from the Norwich Castle collection

Selected from Norwich Castle’s permanent collection of modern and contemporary art, this exhibition creates an exciting opportunity to see works by artists such as René Magritte, Andy Warhol, Paul Gauguin, Gilbert & George, Lucian Freud and Sandra Blow. Click here for details








Children who visit museums get better grades at school
That’s a fact uncovered by ground breaking research. Engage. Learn. Achieve. is a study from the University of Leicester. The key findings make a powerful case for the benefits of secondary schools visiting a museum or archive: 60% of pupils in this study achieved a higher mark for their assessed piece of work after a museum (or archive) visit when compared to previous assignment marks. Read more...

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