Events calendar

Discover the history of the famous Norwich School of Artists and explore our unique collection.

Discover the connections between the Ancient House and the Punjab through objects, images and stories. Part of Heritage Open Day.

Free admission as part of Heritage Open Days.

Free admission as part of this national event.

Explore our permanent displays to discover the amazing history of our town! Visit our rarely opened 1940s row shop, as well as it’s the last chance to see the fantastic Medieval Medicine exhibition!

Join us for our range of talks complimenting our exciting new exhibition, 'Lines of Sight: Sebald's East Anglia'. Talks take place in our Lecture Theatre and start at 2:30pm. This week we welcome Dr Sarah Monks of the University of East Anglia with 'The Burning of the Royal James at the Battle of Solebay by Willem van de Velde the Younger'.

With a different theme each month, come along for a chance to learn more about the museum collection, try your hand at a new craft and enjoy coffee and cake.

Come along to our fun-packed sessions for pre-schoolers (though older family and friends are welcome, too!). Let's learn, play and explore the Ancient House together. Join us to make crafts, sing songs, listen to stories and have fun in the museum. This month we will be handling real ancient fossils, playing with stampers and making dinosaur collages to take home.

Find out what lies beneath the museum in a guided tour of our undercroft - the largest medieval undercroft in the city. The tour lasts around 45 minutes and is free with museum admission. Call us to book. Please note there are steep steps leading down to the undercroft. Booking essential, 01603 629127.

Exhibition Event: Join Karl and Kimberley Foster - the artistic partnership Sorhed for, 'Thinking Thinks with Sebald'. Fun in the gallery as we explore Sebald’s themes within a gallery setting to understand how thoughts are both made and unmade. Booking essential: 01603 493625 / 495897

With artists Karl and Kimberley Foster from the Sorhed partnership Making Thinks with Sebald 2-4pm Join us as we use objects to investigate the process of turning thoughts into things and vice versa. £5 per session Booking essential: 01603 493625/495897

Join our exciting course for children aged 8-12 led by artist Ali Atkins - this term we focus on all things drawing. Booking essential: 01603 493636. £45 for a six-week course. Course dates: Saturdays 28 September, 5 & 12 October, 2, 9 & 16 November. Course sessions are from 10am to 12.40pm.

Experience a day with a difference at Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse. See heavy horses and expert horsemen working the land. Discover the different breeds of heavy horse and listen to the stories of the people who work with them.

Join this in-depth tour to discover the secrets of this magnificent medieval merchant's house. Booking essential, tel. 01603 493625.

A talk by Angela Bishop. Let's take a journey back in time to the days of the milkman, arriving with a horse and cart, the chimney sweep, the coalman and the whistling postman. The local bobby would pop in for a cup of tea and a chat and the Boy Scouts arrived during 'Bob a Job' week. A humorous talk with lots of anecdotes and a chance for the audience to share their memories.

Enjoy friendly and informal support with your creative prose and be inspired by the museum's collections in this monthly class with author Amanda Addison. Booking essential on 01603 495897 / 493625.

Join us in the keep, before the castle transformation work begins, to see young people from local dance and movement groups showcase a contemporary dance inspired by the fight or flight response. Supported by Sadler's Wells National Youth Dance Company. #fightorflight

Discover the incredible women across our collections. Because women in history shouldn’t be a mystery.

From penguins to the ancient god Pan, we turn a queer eye on our collections and explore non-normative gender and sexuality across time and place in this brand new tour, putting LGBT+ stories at the heart of the museum.

Unleash the artist within in these wonderful, family friendly drop in sessions led by artist Kate Munro, as we 'capture' Norwich Castle. These sessions will take place at the Norfolk and Norwich Millennium Library. Free admission, materials provided.

Join us for a talk by Dr Richard Hoggett. The year 2020 marks the 1000th anniversary of the foundation of the Abbey of St Edmund in Bury St Edmunds. This talk examines the ways in which artists, antiquarians and archaeologists have approached the abbey site since the Dissolution, and reveals what their work tells us about one of the country’s most important monastic sites. Places are limited so booking is essential.

Join us for monthly sessions aimed at children aged 4 and under – an hour of singing, exploring, stories, communication and play. Activities will change on a weekly basis.

Join us for our Exhibition Talks which run alongside our exciting exhibition, ‘Lines of Sight: W G Sebald's East Anglia’. This week we are delighted to welcome Robert Liddiard of the University of East Anglia with 'Archaeology, Conflict and Folklore: Sebald's Landscapes'. Talks are included with museum admission and booking is not required.

Join an artist-led walk at Orford Ness - Re-Frame: A Nomadic Response to WG Sebald. Accompany artist Caroline Wright on Orford Ness to explore this unique landscape through the lens of Sebald's prose. Organised in partnership with the National Trust. Visit nationaltrust.org.uk/orfordness for more information and to book.

Enjoy some special time with your pre-school child exploring the museum and chatting about the things you see. Have fun learning together and listening to stories about the sea.

A talk by Ben Smith. Exploring how the White Star Company business rose to pre-eminence on the North Atlantic in under 30 years, and developed state of the art ships, only to decline and collapse following the Titanic disaster. 

Unleash the artist within in these wonderful, family friendly drop in sessions led by artist Kate Munro, as we 'capture' Norwich Castle. These sessions will take place at the Norfolk and Norwich Millennium Library. Free admission, materials provided.

Tour our costume and textiles stores of dresses, shoes, embroideries and more, and take a peek inside our closet of wonders. Booking essential on 01603 495897 / 493625.

Revise your relationship with our collections as we explore the grim realities, controversy and devastation behind some of the seemingly beautiful and benign objects across the museum. Events contain adult themes, talks and tours last 30-45 minutes. Undercover of the Knight - Steel yourself for a discussion of medieval moral codes, masculinity and the world of not so noble knights.