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The Cathedral Church of Norwich: A Description of its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See. London: G. Bell & Sons. Rose, Martial; Hedgecoe, Julia (1997). Stories in Stone: The Medieval Roof Carvings of Norwich Cathedral. New York: Thames and Hudson. ISBN 978-0-500-27937-3. Rose, Martial (2003). The Misericords of Norwich Cathedral ...
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 ...
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]
Norwich Castle is a medieval royal fortification in the city of Norwich, in the English county of Norfolk. William the Conqueror (1066–1087) ordered its construction in the aftermath of the Norman Conquest of England. The castle was used as a gaol from 1220 to 1887. In 1894, the Norwich Museum moved to Norwich Castle.
In the early 2010s, the museum underwent a major revamp costing £1.5 million. It was reopened in 2012 with 5,000 objects on display, including the last Jacquard loom to have woven cloth in Norwich, hats from Edwardian hat-maker Rumsey Wells, and a "history wall" mosaic created from over 9,000 photographs of Norwich that were submitted by the ...
The Despenser Reredos is a medieval altarpiece used in St Luke's Chapel in Norwich Cathedral, [1] which has been used as a parish church since the 16th century. [2] The reredos was discovered in the cathedral in 1847, having been converted into a table during the English Reformation, [3] and kept for years in an upper room, with the altarpiece paintings hidden underneath.
The Natural History Museum in London is a museum that ... Dippy went on a tour of various British museums starting in 2018 and concluding in 2020 at Norwich Cathedral.
St John the Baptist Cathedral homepage; History, description and images (Simon Knott, norfolkchurches.co.uk, accessed 29 October 2012) Image of the cathedral (accessed 24 September 2007) Floor plan of the cathedral (accessed 23 August 2017) Narthex opens March, 2010; Roman Catholic Cathedral of St John the Baptist, Norwich (British Listed ...