Events Calendar

The history of the Norwich 20 Group through the archives - telling the story of a unique group of artists in Norfolk from research through several private and public archive collections. An illustrated gallery talk by Clotilde Wang, curator of the Exhibition.

From architectural models to ships models, via the model village and meccano, Super Models: Some Assembly Required explores the business and pleasure of models and model-making.

From architectural models to ships models, via the model village and meccano, Super Models: Some Assembly Required explores the business and pleasure of models and model-making.

From architectural models to ships models, via the model village and meccano, Super Models: Some Assembly Required explores the business and pleasure of models and model-making.

From architectural models to ships models, via the model village and meccano, Super Models: Some Assembly Required explores the business and pleasure of models and model-making.

From architectural models to ships models, via the model village and meccano, Super Models: Some Assembly Required explores the business and pleasure of models and model-making.

From architectural models to ships models, via the model village and meccano, Super Models: Some Assembly Required explores the business and pleasure of models and model-making.

From architectural models to ships models, via the model village and meccano, Super Models: Some Assembly Required explores the business and pleasure of models and model-making.

Learn how to make confectionery with Pixie Hall and be able to take your creations home! We will cover several recipes including honeycomb, chocolate fudge and some no-cook treats too. This hand’s on workshop will teach you a range of techniques for making delicious sweets from every day ingredients. You will take home everything you make, along with recipes so you can practice in your own kitchen! Adult £30, Norfolk Museums Pass and Friends of Gressenhall £27.50, including tea and coffee. All materials provided. Pre-booking essential. Places strictly limited. To book, please complete a booking form available at http://www.museums.norfolk.gov.uk/Visit_Us/Gressenhall_Farm_and_Workhouse/Short_Courses/index.htm For more information or to book by phone, please call 01362 869251.

Twin Cities Shows - how and why N20G reached out and collaborated with artists from the Norwich twinned cities of Koblenz, Rouen, Novi-Sad and El Viejo. An illustrated gallery talk by Bary Watkins, N20G Chairman 2005-2007.

Former curator and geologist, Martin Warren, will explore specimens from the museum’s collections and put them in context to build up a basic guide to the geology of Norfolk. This new workshop will include an illustrated presentation, specimen handling, stories and discussion.

From architectural models to ships models, via the model village and meccano, Super Models: Some Assembly Required explores the business and pleasure of models and model-making.

From architectural models to ships models, via the model village and meccano, Super Models: Some Assembly Required explores the business and pleasure of models and model-making.

From architectural models to ships models, via the model village and meccano, Super Models: Some Assembly Required explores the business and pleasure of models and model-making.

Join us for the next in our series of Hoards of History events focusing on Convicts at the Tolhouse Museum!

Become a nature detective and search for Gressenhall’s wild side from the woods to the river this Bank Holiday Monday. Find out more about the animals and insects that call Gressenhall home, and see what the birds are up to this spring with the RSPB. Discover the hidden side of Gressenhall Farm with the help of our nature watch cameras. Venture out into Centenary Woods and search for Lee, our Skills for the Future Landscape Management Trainee, and the Landscape Conservation volunteers. Discover what they’ve been doing to make the woods more wildlife-friendly and see how they turn the wood into tools with their pole lathe and green wood working demonstrations. Who says that there is no such thing as a free lunch? Find out what delicious things can be found growing wild in gardens and hedgerows with Debby from Pickled Lilly. Inspired by the natural world, explore the striking images of local photographer Simon Litten. Simon has been passionate about the natural world since childhood and his photographs of hares, owls and deer are a stunning reminder of the beauty in Britain’s diverse wildlife. See what’s growing – and living – in the Gressenhall gardens, discover the history of these areas and meet some of the volunteers who have designed and maintain these spaces. Get creative with the Norfolk County Council Family Learning Team, with lots of nature inspired things to see and do, or visit Art Attack! and make a brightly coloured butterfly to take home. The site is bursting with new life – what will you discover?

From architectural models to ships models, via the model village and meccano, Super Models: Some Assembly Required explores the business and pleasure of models and model-making.

From architectural models to ships models, via the model village and meccano, Super Models: Some Assembly Required explores the business and pleasure of models and model-making.

Have a go at screen printing to make some individual and special greeting cards for any occasion. You will be lead by Vicki Johnson and Jo Stafford from Print to the People based at Stew Gallery in Norwich. Come and gain some new creative skills and go home with over twenty fabulous cards! Adult £33, Norfolk Museums Pass and Friends of Gressenhall £30, including tea and coffee. All materials provided. Pre-booking essential. Places strictly limited. To book, please complete a booking form available at http://www.museums.norfolk.gov.uk/Visit_Us/Gressenhall_Farm_and_Workhouse/Short_Courses/index.htm For more information or to book by phone, please call 01362 869251.

From architectural models to ships models, via the model village and meccano, Super Models: Some Assembly Required explores the business and pleasure of models and model-making.

From architectural models to ships models, via the model village and meccano, Super Models: Some Assembly Required explores the business and pleasure of models and model-making.

There are many deserted villages in Norfolk which became depopulated for a number of reasons, even in the 20th century. This popular workshop led by Ian Groves, will examine some of these settlements, the causes behind their desertion, what to look for where a settlement once was and which ones can be visited today. Please pay when booking, either in person or by post (cheques payable to Norfolk County Council).

From architectural models to ships models, via the model village and meccano, Super Models: Some Assembly Required explores the business and pleasure of models and model-making.

On this walk we will visit one of Norfolk’s very earliest ceremonial monuments, the West Rudham long barrow. This long burial mound was built by Norfolk’s first farming communities over five thousand years ago and still survives to be visited on a remote patch of heathland. We will have plenty of opportunities to discuss what prehistoric people would have seen in this landscape high above the headwaters of the River Wensum. Meet on the village green at East Rudham, outside the Crown Inn (sat nav PE31 8RD). Advance booking essential.

From architectural models to ships models, via the model village and meccano, Super Models: Some Assembly Required explores the business and pleasure of models and model-making.

From architectural models to ships models, via the model village and meccano, Super Models: Some Assembly Required explores the business and pleasure of models and model-making.

From architectural models to ships models, via the model village and meccano, Super Models: Some Assembly Required explores the business and pleasure of models and model-making.

Join Chris Samuels and discover how sites in East Anglia played a part in the Cold War crisis during the 1960s. Advanced booking essential. Tel: 01842 752599

Sarah Cassell will give a talk about the wonderful carved angels that are to be found in our Norfolk churches