norwich castle museum exhibitions

Today it houses impressive collections ranging from Natural History to Egyptian artifacts to The Royal Norfolk Regiment.

Today, Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery is home to collections of fine art, archaeology and natural history, as well as touring exhibitions from national galleries. Subscribe This exhibition has now closed, find out what else is going on at. The exhibition brings together rare works of art featured in an enigmatic painting, which chronicles one of the greatest private art collections of seventeenth century England, amassed by generations of Norfolk's Paston family.

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In the 1800s he went on to win attacks at the Battle of Copenhagen, the blockade of the French and Spanish fleets at Toulon and the Cádiz blockade. Now a museum and art gallery, the Castle is packed with treasures to inspire and intrigue visitors of all ages. Viking: Rediscover the Legend Exhibition, Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery. in, Create Access to the Battlements and Dungeons are by guided tours only. Set high on Castle Mound in the centre of Norwich, it looks majestically over the skyline that it must have seen alter so dramatically in the almost 1000 years of its existence. The exhibition is on from Saturday, February 9 to September 8. It remains a museum and art gallery today and contains many of the original exhibits.

Visitors with disabilities may bring in one companion for free. Medieval Norwich has 57 churches within city walls and 31 still exist today. Le Genereux was one of just two ships from the French fleet that managed to escape during Nelson's victory at the Battle of the Nile in 1798. Hardly anyone in England at that time, royalty included, had collections that came close. Manage your membership, curate your My Picks and, if you work in a museum or gallery, access support for you and your venue.

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The painting was donated to Norwich Castle in 1947 by a member of the Buxton family, who were also originally from Norfolk. Central to the exhibition is a large (1668 x 2475mm), mysterious oil painting, dating from circa 1665 by an unknown artist. You can explore some of our virtual events in the sections below, or visit our social media channels for more.

Now a museum and art gallery, the Castle is packed with treasures to inspire and intrigue visitors of all ages. When Nelson's flag captain Edward Berry defeated her in the Mediterranean 18 months later he took the ensign, packed it up and sent it to Norwich where Nelson presented it to the town. Likewise not much is known about the artist other than he or she was highly accomplished.