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Museums in Norwich
Norwich has a proper mix of small, specific museums rather than one big draw. Seething Control Tower Museum sits just outside the city and is free to visit, with a wartime airfield control tower open on select Sundays. The Norfolk Tank Museum, also close by, lets kids climb into a real Chieftain tank turret and ride a BV206 over an off-road course, tickets from £9.50. Out at Wymondham, the Heritage Museum has a recreated dungeon in the basement and is suited to ages 5 and up. For toddlers, Sheringham Town Museum is the gentler option, ages 0 and up, from £3, with a climb up its lighthouse-style tower for older kids who fancy the view. The Museum of the Broads, just outside Norwich, suits ages 5 to 17 and mixes knot-tying and dress-up with real boat trips, from £9.50. If a longer trip suits your day, East Anglia Transport Museum in Lowestoft has vintage trams and trolleybuses you actually ride around the grounds.
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East Anglia Transport Museum
Lowestoft
Climb aboard vintage trams, trolleybuses and a light railway that actually take you round the museum grounds.
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from £9.50Museum of the Broads
Norwich · ages 5-17
Knot-tying, dress-up and real boat trips on the Broads at a hands-on museum just outside Norwich.
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FreeSeething Control Tower Museum
Norwich
A wartime airfield control tower with displays on life at Seething during the Second World War, open on select Sundays.
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from £3Sheringham Town Museum
Sheringham · ages 0+
Local history displays and a climb up a lighthouse-style tower for views over the town and coast.
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from £9.50The Norfolk Tank Museum
Norwich
Kids climb into a real Chieftain tank turret and ride a BV206 all-terrain vehicle over an off-road course.
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from £1.20Wymondham Heritage Museum
Wymondham · ages 5+
A local history museum with a recreated dungeon in the basement, built around Wymondham's Victorian, wartime and prison-reform past.
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Good to know: museums in Norwich
Are any of them free?
Yes, Seething Control Tower Museum is free to visit.
What does a paid visit cost?
Paid entry starts from £1.20 at Wymondham Heritage Museum. Prices, ages and facilities are listed on every place page, taken from each venue's own published price list.
Whereabouts are they?
You'll find museums in Lowestoft, Norwich, Sheringham and Wymondham. Every place we list is in or around Norwich, and each listing has the full address and directions.
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