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Join artists from Edible East as they journey into the microscopic world of Norfolk's landscape. Inspired by 2025 being the 400th anniversary of the use of the term 'microscope', this exhibition is part of an on-going residency at Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse, supported by the John Innes Centre and The Centre for Microbial Interactions, Norwich. From microscopic fungi that support life in the soil, to single-celled algae that overwhelm freshwater ecosystems, Edible East have responded to a range of historic and contemporary material, offering a visual and playful exploration of our relationship with the natural world. Alongside large-scale, mixed media artworks, using print, installation and shadow-theatre techniques, visitors will be able to see historical material on loan from the John Innes Foundation Historical Collections.

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.

Pick up a trail from our visitor team and help Delia hunt for objects as you walk around the musem Aimed at our younger visitors

A brand-new exhibition celebrating our canine companion throughout time, featuring natural history, archaeology, and art works of both local and national importance.

Catherine Maude Nichols (1847-1923) was born in Norwich and lived all her life in the city. A prolific and gifted artist, she was able to sustain a successful professional career - unusual for a woman of the time - and deserves to be better known today. This exhibition showcases a range of Nichols' work, with a particular focus on her drypoint etchings, but also displaying watercolours and drawings. Detailed evocations of Norwich views sit alongside atmospheric, at times brooding, images of Norfolk's reed beds and meadows, while scenes from her travels include watercolours of Cornish cliffs and prints of a Chateau near Fontainebleau and Bristol's suspension bridge. Drawing on Norwich Castle's collection of 135 paintings, watercolours, drawings and prints by the artist, Catherine Maude Nichols: Making her Mark is a wonderful opportunity to discover the work of this talented artist who was determined to live life on her own terms.

One Self: The Creative Life of Colin Self is the first major retrospective of this remarkable artist in 17 years. Containing over 120 works of art, it celebrates the boundless creative spirit of an artist whose dedication to the act of making spans over six decades. The exhibition explores the artist's significant contribution to twentieth-century art, complex relationship with the London art scene and deliberate positioning on the margins of the art world, including periods of self-imposed exile and solitude. Created in close collaboration with the artist and his wife, and only on show at Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery, One Self: The Creative Life of Colin Self is a rare opportunity to explore the full career of one of the UK's most unpredictable and brilliant artists.

Celebrate Fathers Day at Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse! Explore the museum, woodlands and playground, and enjoy some garden games with all the family. See the site blooming for summer, enjoy a new stamper trail, and visit the farm to see how the rare breed animals are getting on. The gift shop, Mardler's Rest café and Friends of Gressenhall secondhand bookshop will be open.

Explore the beautiful grounds and buildings of Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse, and discover how museums, gardens, farms and homes can inspire fantasy worldbuilding in free workshops led by the Wayward Adventurers Guild. You'll explore how to: - Use drawing activities and prompts with our surroundings to generate new ideas for fantasy worlds, characters and stories. Record ideas and drawings in sketchbooks, and learn how other creatives, animators and concept artists use sketchbooks. ?You can also explore Gressenhall for free after the workshop has ended, until 3pm.

Join this tour to learn more about the 'rebellious women' of Mitford and Launditch Union Workhouse. From fire starters to unwed mothers, visitors can become more familiar with some women who lived on the fringes of Victorian society in Norfolk, struggling against the rules and regulations of their time. The history books have labelled these women as trouble makers, lunatics, rule breakers, radicals and rebels, and their stories still resonate today. Based on original research and led by a costumed Gressenhall guide, this tour will explore the poignant circumstances of these women's lives at the Workhouse.