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Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse
Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse is a truly unique museum. Visit its 50-acre site and discover the:
• Historic workhouse
• Museum of life on the land
• Traditional farm with rare breed animals
• Beautiful, unspoilt grounds
The museum is a great day out whether you want to learn about the lives of Norfolk people in the past or relax and have a good time with your friends and family. You’ll need a whole day to begin to discover all its wonders.
Use the navigation links to plan your visit, find out more about the museum and for details of events and exhibitions.
Not long to wait… new season opening Sunday 11 March!
Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse is currently closed. We will reopen for the 2012 season on Sunday 11 March. We look forward to seeing you then.
Can you mardle?
Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse is seeking to recruit to its successful team of learning volunteers. Our learning volunteers are known as Mardlers from the Norfolk word ‘mardle’ - to talk or chat. They help to deliver high quality learning sessions to children and young people of all ages and abilities.
Learning volunteers are involved in a wide range of activities - everything from being an ‘ugly sister’ to help young children explore the farm and farmhouse in our ‘Once Upon A Time’ event to introducing High School students to the good and bad points of the Victorian workhouse.
No qualifications are necessary but some experience of working with children or young people is essential. The most important thing is enthusiasm and a desire to help children learn.
For more information, please contact us and ask to speak to the Learning Team. For more details on the range of learning programmes we provide, please see our Learning Pages.
Remembering the forgotten army
An enduring tribute to the forgotten heroines of the Women’s Land Army and Timber Corps during two world wars has been created at Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse.
The new gallery, ‘Land Girls and Lumber Jills – Norfolk’s Forgotten Army’ explores the history of the 80,000 strong army that kept the country from starvation.
Our Suffolk Punch horses and the traditional techniques used on Gressenhall Farm are familiar to many of the land girls, and over the years the museum has become the national focus for Women’s Land Army veterans’ reunions.
To find out more about the new gallery, please click here.
Gressenhall’s top ten experiences:
1. The glorious museum courtyard, playground for swallows in the summer - perfect for watching the world go by.
2. Dressing up as a Victorian and taking a snap to show the family.
3. The Collections Gallery with its beehives, cricket shoes, fishing rods, hurdy gurdy, shop signs, toasters, and toys to name but a few!
4. Cart rides round the farm past hedgerows filled with flocks of sparrows.
5. The punishment cell in the workhouse and its haunting story.
6. Cherry Tree Cottage and its old-fashioned garden complete with privy and scarecrow.
7. The riverside walk and its ever changing wildlife.
8. Joining the crowds at Apple Day for a festive celebration of apples and all things autumnal.
9. Leafing through boxes of fascinating photos of old Norfolk in the Collections Gallery.
10. Enjoy a cup of tea and a slice of home-made Norfolk shortbread in the Mardlers’ Rest Cafe.
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Our only regret is that we ran out of time as there was so much to do.
Our two youngsters love the place…The exhibits just go on and on and you really can't see it all in the day….I can't speak highly enough of the whole experience.
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