Norfolk Museums & Archaeology Service: Cromer Museum

Information

Situated

Cromer Museum is on Church Street.
To find us from the railway station, coach park, bus stop or car park head for the tall church tower in the centre of town. The museum is just by the church.

Parking

There are several well signposted car parks nearby. Cromer has good public transport links, and has regular train, bus and coach services, mainly to and from Norwich and Sheringham. Call traveline on 0870 608 2608 for public transport options.

Access

All public galleries and spaces are fully accessible. There is a lift and accessible toilet. Carers are not charged admission. Assistance dogs are welcome.

Admission

Adult: £3.00
Adult in Family Group: £2.40
Concession*: £2.50
Young Person (4-16): £1.70
Museums Pass holders, Friends of Cromer Museum and under 4s free. Discounts for groups, ring 01263 513543 for details.
*Disabled visitors, over 60s and students.

Opening Times

1 March – 31 October 2009
Mon - Sat: 10am - 5pm
Sun: 2 - 5pm
1 November 2009 – 28 February 2010
Mon - Sat: 10am - 4pm
Closed Sundays

Closure Times

24, 25, 28 December 2009

Contact

Area Museums Officer:
Jamie Everitt
Curator:
Alistair Murphy
Education and Access Officer:
Victoria Chamberlin

Postal Address

East Cottages
Tucker Street
Cromer
Norfolk NR27 9HB

Telephone

+44 (0)1263 513543

Email:

cromer.museum@norfolk.gov.uk

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Cromer Museum

The official opening of Cromer Museum on 15 June 1978.

After a bracing seaside walk, why not step inside Cromer Museum, and have a look around the cosy Victorian fisherman's cottage. Imagine what it was like to live in Cromer at the end of the 19th Century.

Delve into the 'Old Cromer' Gallery with its displays of historic photographs and illustrations of the town. Discover Cromer's history as a Victorian seaside resort with its fine hotels and scandal of mixed bathing. Learn about the daring rescues of Henry Blogg and the Cromer lifeboatmen.

New Local History Booklets

Recently Cromer Museum published two new local history guides. The first is called "Oh The Mud", and chronicles all the Cromer men who fell in the First World War. It is 56 pages and costs £2.50p

The second is titled "Railways of Cromer" and gives a history of the development of rail and it's effect on the seaside town. Includes photos not published before, and details of how to see what remains of those lines that have closed. It is 56 pages and costs £2.95p.

Both are available from the Cromer Museum shop.

Mardle at the Museum

26 January: 10.30 - 12.00
Enjoy a cup of tea or coffee, have a mardle about Cromer past and present and listen to a short talk on Railways in Cromer. Includes free entry to the Museum.

30th Birthday Celebration

Last year Cromer Museum celebrated its 30th birthday. On the 15 June 1978 the Dowager Lady Preston officially opened Cromer Museum (see picture above). To help celebrate this anniversary, we are selling a book called Little Bear Lost.
This charming children's story, written by one of our longest-serving members of staff - Rochelle Mortimer-Massingham, is about a lost teddy bear which she found one day on the museum roof and which featured in an exhibition at Norwich Castle. Rochelle is generously donating the book to Cromer Museum and proceeds from the sales will go towards educational activities in the Museum.

Children trying on traditional fishermen's clothing

What's New

Visit the new Geology Gallery and see an amazing collection of fossils - all found in Norfolk. Fascinating displays reveal why Cromer is renowned as a geological area of international importance.

Find out about the famous West Runton elephant, Britain's oldest and most complete elephant fossil and see some of its actual bones. Marvel at a cast of the skull of a Mosasaur - a huge marine reptile common off the North Norfolk coast over 80 million years ago.

Cromer Museum has recently benefited from a £500,000 refurbishment. This money has gone towards the new Geology Gallery, front entrance and improved access for disabled visitors. Pictures of the project can be viewed from the menu at the top left of this page, "Re-development of Cromer Museum". The project was funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund, ERDF Objective 2, Norfolk County Council, North Norfolk District Council, and the Friends of Cromer Museum.

Events

Our 2009 Events Programme gives details about the museum, and this year's programme of events. To see it on screen, click on the symbol at the bottom right of this page. If you would like a printed copy, please telephone 01263 513543 and we will send one to you as soon as it becomes available. Alternatively, click here to email us.

To see basic details of each of our 2009 Events, click on Events in the drop down menu at the top left of this page. Each event will be found there.

Looking at the Poppyland Gallery