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Lynn Museum will be offering free admission for all visitors to celebrate Heritage Open Day. A fun family trail will also be available. Online booking is not available for this event To reserve tickets, call 01553 775001 or email lynn.museum@norfolk.gov.uk

Come and enjoy Gressenhall Farm & Workhouse as part of Heritage Open Days, the country's largest community heritage festival. For Heritage Open Day 2024, visitors can see temporary exhibition 'Making the Rounds: Stories of Workhouse Nurses told in Textiles' as well as a pop up trail as part of writer Daisy Henwood's project, FOUND. The Conservation Lab will be open at select times to show conservation in action, and Union Farm will offer tractor trailer rides, rare breed animals and historic farming demonstrations, as well as a walk along the Wendling Beck, a rare UK chalk-fed waterway. Visitors can see the 1899 Panhard and 1922 Farmers Foundry engine in steam, explore Village Row, Cherry Tree Cottage and the museum galleries, wander in the woodlands or the beautiful gardens, and pop into the Mardler's Rest café or playground cabin (cash only), giftshop and Friends of Gressenhall's secondhand bookshop. The entire site is free to access (assistance dogs only) - no booking necessar

Our much-loved Art Attack sessions are back for 2024! We love getting hands on with arts and crafts at Gressenhall, so get stuck in and let your creativity run wild. As a May Bank Holiday special, Art Attack will run on Monday 27 May as part of The Big Bank Holiday Boogie. All other Art Attack sessions typically run on select Sunday afternoons. Please check back throughout the year for any updates on upcoming sessions. 8 September (Heritage Open Day) 22 September (Horse Power! Heavy Horse Day) 13 October (Apple Day)

Join Tim Holt-Wilson, an independent scholar and author researching and developing geoconservation and public engagement with geodiversity in the East Anglia region, UK, for a presentation taking in over 100 million years of geological history, as told in the rocks, sediments and fossils, and physical landscape of the Brecks Fen Edge and River Valleys.

Discover one of Norwich's most historic buildings for free as part of Heritage Open Days. Once home to Mayors and Magnates - Strangers' Hall is one of Norwich's oldest and most fascinating buildings. With a labyrinthine suite of period rooms, this amazing building is full of enthralling objects and art. From the regency opulence of the Georgian Dining Room to the grandeur of the Tudor Great Hall, parts of the house, like the Medieval Undercroft, date from the 14th century. Wednesday 10am-4pm, Sunday 1-4.30pm

Augustus Frederic Scott was active in Cromer as the town surveyor/architect during Cromer's rapid expansion in the 1890s and 1900s. He was an unusual architect who mixed pioneering building techniques and materials with the traditional. Working in a variety of styles he undertook both small and large commissions. Scott frequently travelled independently with a fascination for North Africa, Italy and Spain, reflected in some of his designs. The talk will be by Judith Merrill (great granddaughter of A.F. Scott) who has inherited a large Scott archive, and who with a friend is creating a catalogue of Scott architecture in Cromer. Tickets for this event are the only heritage open day free entry ones available on this day (12th Sept). General Heritage Open Days entry is 7th & 8th September

An exciting opportunity to explore the Museum of Norwich at the Bridewell for free as part of Heritage Open Days. Drop by the museum to learn the stories of the city from Medieval times to modern day, through the eyes of some of the people who worked in the trades and industries which put the city on the map.

Explore the trades along the rivers in Thetford with hands on activities and costumed characters.

An exciting opportunity to explore Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery for free as part of Heritage Open Days. Explore one of the city's renowned landmarks. Discover exceptional collections of fine and decorative arts, archaeology, and natural history. The museum and galleries will be open and filled with family-friendly activities, offering an opportunity to spend quality time together and participate in hands-on activities for all ages. The medieval Keep is currently closed to visitors as it undergoes a major transformation to reinstate its medieval floors and rooms, so that everyone can experience a Norman royal palace and its many stories.