Museums

Discover stories of life in North Norfolk's towns, villages and countryside.

• Bygones Museum at Holkham
• Cromer Museum
• Hillside Animal and Shire Horse Sanctuary
• Mundesley Maritime Museum
• Sheringham Museum
• Stalham Firehouse Museum
• Toad Hole Cottage
• Walsingham Shirehall Museum

The North Norfolk coastline is rich in maritime heritage. Find out more about the thrilling tales of lives hard-won from the sea and the unique history and habitats of the Norfolk Broads.

• Cromer Museum
• Fisherman's Heritage Centre
• Mundesley Maritime Museum
• Museum of the Broads
• The Peter Coke Shell Gallery
• RNLI Henry Blogg Museum
• Sheringham Museum
• The Shell Museum
• Toad Hole Cottage

For a very rural county, North Norfolk has a surprising industrial heritage, including the only surviving town gasworks in England. Find out more at these museums.

• Bygones Museum at Holkham
• Cat Pottery and Railway Junkyard
• Fakenham Museum of Gas and Local History
• Norfolk's Golden Fleece Heritage Museum
• The Poppy Line (North Norfolk Railway)

Explore the exciting world of North Norfolk's transport museums - trains, motorbikes, and traction engines.

• Cat Pottery and Railway Junkyard
• Norfolk Motorcycle Museum
• Poppy Line (North Norfolk Railway)
• Thursford Collection

Military Museums in North Norfolk cover the tumultuous history of the county from the early days of German invasion scares in the First World War through to the Cold War.

• Muckleburgh Collection
• RAF Air Defence Radar Museum

Discover a wide variety of crafts ancient and modern.

• Cat Pottery and Railway Junkyard
• Norfolk's Golden Fleece Heritage Museum
• The Peter Coke Shell Gallery
• The Shell Museum
• Museum of Straw Work and Crafts