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Celebrate Blossom Day with us - an annual festival of fruit trees, flowers and food. Join in with some blossom-themed craft activities, pop by and find out what writer Daisy Henwood is working on, and bring or buy a picnic to enjoy in the orchard. Borrow a Small Explorer Belt from Cherry Tree Cottage and see if you can spot any pollinators in the gardens. Take a turn on a tiny pedal tractor, and head down to the farm for tractor trailer rides and to visit our growing animals!
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Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse - Dereham
Join artist Connie Flynn and curator Rachel Kidd for this intimate tour around the exhibition 'Making the Rounds: stories of workhouse nurses told in textiles.' The tour will focus on the new textile artworks created in response to research about workhouse nurses. Take a close-up look at the art works and find out about the artist's practice, techniques and inspiration, followed by a relaxed Q&A - lasting approximately 1hr in total.
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Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse - Dereham
Take a tour of Gressenhall and hear the stories of the real women who worked on site caring for people over the past two hundred years. As a workhouse, Gressenhall was home to some of the most vulnerable people in Norfolk society - and it would take a team of staff to keep them well and safe. From the early 19th century to the late 1940s, a Gressenhall guide will take you on a trip in time to briefly explore the lives of the workhouse nurses and the different experiences they had when working within this important profession. Tours last approximately 45 minutes with additional time for questions at the end. Tours take place on the ground floor of the museum, and visitors are then welcome to explore 2024's temporary exhibition, 'Making the Rounds: Stories of Workhouse Nurses told in Textiles'.
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Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse - Dereham
Join the curator of Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse, Rachel Kidd, as she highlights some of her favourite objects on display throughout the museum - from architectural hall models, to workhouse cutlery and folklore bread. After the tour, take the chance to get up close to some of our special objects as a selection of those usually kept in store are brought out for viewing.
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Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse - Dereham
Our special event for May half term is The Big Bank Holiday Boogie on Monday 27 May - all about music, dance and getting moving (included with general admission - see separate page for more details). Visitors can also pop in for fun every day from 25 May - 2 June, 10am - 5pm. Led activities include crafts at 11am-12noon & 2-3pm every day, and Storytime and Gallery Exploration for under 5s (11-11:45am) and Woodland Wednesday Forest School-style fun (1-3pm) - both Wednesday 29 May only. Explore the museum with our trail all about mending (from plants and medicines to clothes and toys). Play Wild Bird Bingo with our stamper trail on the Farm, visit the rare breed animals to see how the piglets, lambs and calves might be getting on, and see the site blooming into summer!
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Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse - Dereham
Looking for something fun to do with your family during May half term? Join us at Gressenhall for the Big Bank Holiday Boogie on the late May bank holiday! This event is made with young families in mind - all about music, dance and getting moving! Expect something for everyone, from roly-poly babies to go-go-dancing grandparents. We'll have special guests like the Norfolk Libraries service running Bounce & Rhyme sessions, as well as plenty of other activities, and a gentler sensory space in the Cosy Zone too. Try your stretching skills in Land Girl Aerobics on the Farm, and have a go at themed craft activities, like 'cut a rug' rag rugging or making a jitterbug in Art Attack! (1-4pm)
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Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse - Dereham
Gressenhall Farm & Workhouse is partnering with local writer Daisy Henwood as she looks for new ways to interact with and talk about Norfolk Museums Service collections. This workshop is free and open to families in the SENsational Families community. Ticket holders can join Daisy to explore stories about museum experiences, share their favourite objects, and even write their own poem to take home. These workshops are part of FOUND, a poetry and visual art project for 2024 exploring how we interact with museum collections, and telling the stories of hidden or unloved objects.
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Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse - Dereham
Join artist Connie Flynn for a workshop inspired by 2024 exhibition 'Making the Rounds: stories of workhouse nurses told in textiles.' Attendees will be welcomed to view and reflect on the exhibition itself with the artist, followed by a relaxed stitch-based workshop. Using recycled fabrics like repurposed unused bandages (and any additional textiles that attendees wish to bring with them), Connie Flynn will guide all to create their own decorative fabric book to take home. Techniques will include hand stitching, embroidery, applique, patchwork and darning. The work can be complete in itself, or be continued at home after the workshop, depending on attendees' own speed of working and preferred level of detail. Attendees are welcome to stay on site after the workshop finishes until the site itself closes at 5pm.
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Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse - Dereham
Join us for Open Farm Sunday at Gressenhall, as we celebrate all things farming! Activities range from animal and machinery displays, tractor and trailer rides, through to demonstrations, nature walks and much more! As part of this much-loved national event, we will be offering free entry to site for all; booking is not necessary. Please note: as standard, dogs are not permitted on site, with the exception of assistance dogs.
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Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse - Dereham