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Join us an hour before standard opening for a chance to explore our galleries at a more relaxed pace. We'll dim the lights and reduce video and audio where we can. There'll also be a comfy quiet space in case you need a few minutes out. Our friendly front of house team will be there to give you a warm welcome and support your visit. Quiet Hour may particularly suit visitors who are Neurodivergent and prefer a calmer, quieter sensory environment. Please note: At 1pm, our audio, video and lighting in the museum will return to standard levels. Visitors joining us for Quiet Hour are most welcome to stay and continue exploring the galleries if they wish. Norwich Castle Café will open at 1pm.
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Our multisensory Snaplings sessions investigate a different theme inspired by our museum collections each month. Each session follows the pace of our tiny explorers, providing plenty of time and space for little ones to follow their interests and make their own discoveries!
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Norfolk is famous for its extensive networks of rivers, streams and broads which have been an inspiration to generations of artists. This exhibition presents a selection of exquisite drawings and watercolours which capture the many different moods of the county's waterways. Important for trade, transport and industry in the past, Norfolk's waterways are now a major tourist destination as well as a haven for wildlife. The artworks featured in this exhibition show some of the ways in which they have been depicted by talented artists often working en plein air, or 'on the spot'. Featuring atmospheric depictions by John Sell Cotman, Henry Bright, John Thirtle and Catherine Maud Nichols, among others, this exhibition is a wonderful way of exploring Norfolk's waterways without leaving dry land.
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holding space features nearly 50 works from Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery's Modern and Contemporary Art collection, dating from 1964 to the present day. The exhibition marks the year in which the Timothy Gurney Gallery was inaugurated as a space dedicated to the display of modern and contemporary art. The works in holding space explore our interaction with the spaces which surround us and how they function in our lives. The display presents new works in the collection from leading contemporary artists including Ibrahim Mahama, Beatrice Gibson and Florence Peake - some of which are on show for the first time. Other artists featured in the exhibition include Michael Andrews, Elisabeth Frink, Georgina Starr and Bruce Lacey. We are grateful to Art Fund, Contemporary Art Society, The Friends of the Norwich Museums, Norfolk Contemporary Art Society and Arts Council England/V&A Purchase Grant Fund for their support.
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If you have little ones under 5, the Second Saturday of every month is the perfect day to explore, play and giggle together at Norwich Castle. With activities and ideas especially designed for our younger visitors, there will always be lots to look at, listen to, hold and investigate!
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The Lost Estate is a new photographic series of six large-scale images by artists Daniel & Clara which explores the relationship between humans and the natural world through imagined narratives, taking place in the gardens of a country estate. Daniel & Clara are based in Essex, UK. They work across moving image, photography, performance, and mail art to explore the nature of human experience, perception and reality. The Lost Estate was commissioned by Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery and supported by High House Artist Residency. The exhibition is sponsored by East Anglia Art Fund.
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SUNLIGHT is the first major survey of the work of British artist Roger Ackling (1947-2014) and the most significant exhibition of his work to date. For 50 years, Ackling consistently made objects by burning wood - focussing sunlight through the lens of a hand-held magnifying glass to scorch repeated patterns of lines on the surface. SUNLIGHT will introduce Ackling's work to a new generation of audiences, prompting important conversations about the status of the object, the significance of material, the processes of making and the transformative power of display. The exhibition is developed in partnership with the Artist's Estate, Annely Juda Fine Art, the Henry Moore Institute and the Pier Arts Centre, and is supported by Norfolk Museums Service, Arts Council England, The National Lottery Heritage Fund, Norwich City Council, Norfolk County Council, East Anglia Art Fund, Henry Moore Foundation, Norwich University of the Arts and Art Fund.
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Join us for an illustrated talk with artist Daniel & Clara about their exhibition The Lost Estate, currently on display at Norwich Castle. The Lost Estate is a new photographic series which explores the relationship between humans and the natural world through imagined narratives taking place in the gardens of a country estate. Join the artist for a journey through their creative process and research, including how they took inspiration from the Norfolk landscape and the historic landscape painters in Norwich Castle's collection. Since meeting in 2010 Daniel & Clara have dedicated themselves to a shared life of creative experimentation, working across moving image, photography, performance and mail art to explore the nature of human experience, perception and reality. The camera is their primary tool, working with both digital and analogue, still and moving images, to investigate the role the photographic image plays in how we create meaning and make sense of the world arou
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Join us this May half-term as we explore the Romans and Iceni. Take a look at Roman and Iceni armour then fight like a soldier! Get creative designing Iceni treasure and discover what was important to the Romans and Iceni. All activities will run from 10am-3pm.
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