Museum Events 2024

 

Family Easter Trail

Family Easter Trail

Thursday 28 March – Sunday 07 April

Included with Museum entry.  Enjoy a fun, duckling inspired trail around the Museum with Easter themed prizes for all children.

Take a boat trip (extra cost) and spot our local wild ducks too!

Boat and Fishing Jumble

Boat and Fishing Jumble

Saturday 11 May 0930 - 1230

Grab a bargain and enjoy a bacon buttie too!

£2 entry under 18s free.  Pay on the door.

Stalls: £14 standard table (8ft), £22 large table (16ft).  Please set up from 0700.  Booking and payment in advance essential – click here to book.

Queries to 07393 422006 please.

Riverside Brass – a night of music from the 40’s, Stage and Screen with Taverham Brass Band.

Riverside Brass – a night of music from the 40’s, Stage and Screen with Taverham Brass Band.

Saturday 20 July. Doors open at 1800

Inspired by the 80th anniversary of D Day, local brass band, Taverham Band, will play the music of 1940s big band leader, Glenn Miller.

Not to be missed!  Come and enjoy the big band sound by the waterside at Stalham Staithe.  Bring a picnic, chairs and friends.  And get ready to dance!

Save the date.  Full details later.

Steam and Sail Days

Steam and Sail Days

Tuesday 06 August and Thursday 22 August

In partnership with the Wherry Yacht Charter Trust.

Travel back in time to the late Victorian and Edwardian eras! Set off from the Museum by steam to Barton Broad, take a sail in a wherry yacht and then return to the Museum by steam. Please allow 2 hours for the boat trips and please note, the last trip will return to Museum by wherry yacht and so might take a little longer.  Museum entry is included in the price.

Bring a picnic.  Drinks, snacks and ice creams also available to purchase at the Museum.

Find out more about wherries in our exhibition, From Sails to Blades – How Wind Power Shaped the Broads!

Booking in advance is essential. We apologise, but due to restrictions on board the yacht, we can’t accept dogs.

Kingfisher Cruises

Kingfisher Cruises

Tuesdays and Thursdays in August and September dates TBC

Come aboard Marsh Harrier for this special evening cruise.  As you quietly travel along the river, enjoy the wildlife and look out for the kingfishers.

Will you take that unique photo or will you just see a flash of blue?

Please note, we cannot guarantee you will see kingfishers – but these are the best times to try!  And there is plenty of other water loving wildlife around for you to spot and photograph too.

The Museum won’t be open, but our shop will be.  Hot/cold drinks, pre-packed snack items and ice creams are available and you are welcome to bring a picnic to enjoy beforehand.

Please dress appropriately for the weather as it can get cold.

 

Wherry Albion Open Day

Wherry Albion Open Day

Thursday 15 August

Come aboard the Wherry Albion and explore life below decks on a trading wherry.

Chat to the volunteers who maintain and crew this important piece of Broads history.

 

Families' Arts and Craft Day

August TBC

Be inspired by our exhibition on Peat and the Broads Landscape.

Materials included with Museum entry.

 

Heritage Open Day

Heritage Open Day

Sunday 08 and 15 September

Free entry to the Museum.  Just turn up!

Explore the Museum for free and discover your local heritage.  Activities for all ages.

Take a boat trip.

For more information and to pre-book, see here.

Broadland Ghosts' Hallowe’en Trail

Broadland Ghosts' Hallowe’en Trail

October Half Term Thursday 24 to Thursday 31 October

Spooky family fun discovering some of the stories of Broadland’s ghosts.

Did you know St Benet’s Abbey is haunted or that the ghastly, ghostly dog, Black Shuck, patrols the Broads and North Norfolk coast?  Find out about these stories and more.  Complete the trail and win a prize! 

But watch out for the Wroxham witches and other spooky characters hidden around the Museum!

Meet our storyteller who will tell more ghost stories of the Broads each day.  Be arty and crafty with Hallowe’en themed makes.

Take a boat trip and bring a picnic and enjoy our riverside setting.  Dogs most welcome too.