Museum Events 2024

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  in advance essential to 07393 422006 please.

Many of the stories we tell bring back memories.  If you, or someone you care for has dementia, please visit us for free on this Tuesday.  No need to book – just turn up.

There is a sunny cafe area and a large outside picnic area by the river.  We sell a small selection of sandwiches, wrapped cakes, crisps, ice creams and drinks and you are also welcome to bring your own food.  Our shop sells Broads themed items too.

If you would like a boat trip on our accessible boat, Marsh Harrier, please telephone to reserve your seat/s.  60 mins trip: £9 per adult, £6 per under 18.

01692 581681.

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.  1940s dress optional.  Bring a picnic, chairs and friends.  And get ready to dance!  Bar, hot/cold drinks and snacks available.  Museum will also be open.

£12 adults; 12 and under Free.

Please be prepared for the weather – the concert is outside.

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, dogs are not allowed on this experience.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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!