For all events please contact:

Mrs Janet Cogman, Events Co-ordinator, Friends of the Norwich Museums, c/o Shirehall, Market Avenue, Norwich, NR3 1JQ

If you wish to attend an FNM talk, then just join us at the Town Close Auditorium in Norwich Castle on the day & pay at the door. Members and non-members are welcome.

AGM - Mon 13th May 2019

Monday 13th May 10.30 am Annual General Meeting at the Town Close Auditorium, Norwich Castle Guest Speaker: Mr Andrew Sinclair (BBC Look East) “The Changing Face of the News”...

Of Mustard, Boots and Beer - Stories of Norfolk Businessmen of the 19th Century. An Illustrated Talk

Thursday 6th June 2.30 pm Meeting in the Town Close Auditorium at Norwich Castle, Chris Armstrong unearths some of the lesser known facts to bring the characters to life by way of anecdote;...

Museum of Norwich Guided Tour

Thursday 11th July 2.30 pm “Meet the Museum” - Museum of Norwich (Bridewell) A guided tour by Bethan Holdridge, Learning and Curatorial Assistant, NMS. Meeting at the museum, we take a leisu...

Ketts Rebellion - Illustrated Talk

Thursday 12th September, 2.30 pm, “Kett's Rebellion” An illustrated talk by Barbara Miller MBE. Find out more about Robert Kett, who during the early part of the16th century was seen as a mi...

Guided Norwich Walk with Jan King

Thursday 10th October, 2:30 pm “City of History” A guided walk in Norwich City Centre with Jan King. Meeting outside the Forum in Norwich, Jan King (a Blue Badge guide) takes us on a City...

The City that Wool Built - Illustrated Talk

Thursday 14th November, 2:30 pm “Norwich: The City that wool built” An illustrated talk Joy Evitt & Helen Hoyte, MBE. Joy & Helen take us on a journey through history from Roman, through Me...

History of Christmas

Thursday 5th December, 2.30 pm "Christmas through the Ages" An illustrated talk by Bethan Holdridge, Learning and Curatorial Assistant, NMS. Christmas as they say comes but once a year (usu...

Gainsborough & the Corporate Commission

Thursday 23rd January, 2.3pm, TCA. “Gainsborough and the Corporate Commission” An illustrated talk by Hugh Belsey, MBE. Mr Belsey will discuss Gainsborough’s portrait of Lord Harbord Harbor...

The Rise and Fall of the Yarmouth Herring Industry

Thursday 13th February, 2.30pm, TCA “The Rise and Fall of the Yarmouth Herring Industry” An illustrated talk by Dr Mary Fewster

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