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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 public viewing.
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]
A Barn, Tunbridge Wells, Kent (1847) [1] - private collection; A Fine Day in February (Hellesdon, Norfolk) (exhibited at the Royal Academy and at the British Institution in 1852) – Norfolk Museums Collections
In 1971, automotive heir, Walter P. Chrysler Jr. (whose wife, Jean Outland Chrysler, was a native of Norfolk), donated most of his extensive collection to the museum. This single gift significantly expanded the museum's collection, making it one of the major art museums in the Southeastern United States. The museum has a collection of more than ...
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 ...
John Cantiloe Joy Royal Navy shipping in the Channel (undated) Born (1805-06-04) 4 June 1805 Great Yarmouth, Norfolk Died 10 August 1859 (1859-08-10) (aged 54) Soho, London Nationality British Known for Marine painting Movement Norwich School of painters William Joy Saving a Crew near Yarmouth Pier (undated, Norfolk Museums Collections) Born (1803-11-04) 4 November 1803 Great Yarmouth, Norfolk ...
Pages in category "Museums in Norfolk" The following 31 pages are in this category, out of 31 total. ... The Mo Sheringham Museum; Muckleburgh Collection; N.
Key BM—work held at the British Museum in London [4] NMC—work held by the Norfolk Museums Collections, [5] based at Norwich Castle P—included in Inglis Palgrave's Twelve Etchings of the Rev. E. T. Daniell (1882, unpublished, copies in the Victoria & Albert Museum and elsewhere) [6]