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This list of museums in Norfolk, England contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for ...
The Chrysler Museum of Art is an art museum on the border between downtown and the Ghent district of Norfolk, Virginia. The museum was founded in 1933 as the Norfolk Museum of Arts and Sciences . In 1971, automotive heir, Walter P. Chrysler Jr. (whose wife, Jean Outland Chrysler , was a native of Norfolk), donated most of his extensive ...
Norfolk Museums Service (NMS), formerly Norfolk Museums and Archaeology Service (NMAS), [1] is a county-wide museums service that presides over ten museums in Norfolk, operated by Norfolk County Council and headed by the council's Director of Culture and Heritage, Steve Miller. [2]
The museum features hands-on exhibits, interactive theaters, aquaria, digital high-definition films and an extensive variety of educational programs. Nauticus has a high-definition large screen theater, named The Broke Theater, and shows several nautically-related films on a rotating basis.
During the 1980s, the city of Norfolk invited the museum to relocate to a new downtown maritime center. The Navy accepted the offer, and in 1994 the Hampton Roads Naval Museum opened in the Nauticus National Maritime Center. With the move, the museum's exhibit space increased significantly, while also increasing the number of educational ...
Duckworth offered the former Norfolk City Hall building as a combined museum and mausoleum to honor MacArthur. [2] Memorial – located in the former Norfolk City Hall building, the memorial houses the tomb of General MacArthur and his wife in the rotunda, [3] and the museum that spans nine galleries about his life and career. [4]
The Norfolk Tank Museum (previously Turrets and Tracks) is a collection of armoured fighting vehicles in Norfolk, East England. It is located just outside the village of Forncett St. Peter and 10 miles (16 km) south of the City of Norwich.
Strangers' Hall is a Grade I listed building and museum of domestic history located in Norwich, UK.Throughout its 700-year history, Strangers' Hall has been the home to numerous Mayors of Norwich and has served both domestic and commercial functions.