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A more major three-month excavation by the Norfolk Archaeological Unit followed in 1995. [2] Funding from the Heritage lottery Fund and from Anglian Water was gained by Norfolk Museums Service. Details of animal remains, other fossils, stratigraphy, mineralogy and chemistry were mapped and recorded. During the excavations almost ten tonnes of ...
A security review was held at the service's ten museums, leading to an extension of CCTV coverage and alarm systems in some of the museums. [2] The years of 2017-18 brought record visitor numbers for the service, with 426,110 people visiting NMS museums between April 2017 and March 2018, accounting for a 9% rise.
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 ...
Wade-Martins, P., Ed., (1993) An Historical Atlas of Norfolk, Norfolk Museums and Archaeology Service Wainwright, G. J., (1972) 'The Excavation of a Neolithic Settlement on Broome Heath, Ditchingham, Norfolk' PPS 38 pp 1–97
The brooch was originally made in Kent and was found along with a number of other artifacts during an excavation of an Anglo-Saxon cemetery at Harford Farm in Norfolk. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The brooch measures 72 millimetres (2.8 in) across [ 3 ] and was found in grave 11. [ 4 ]
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Pentney brooch, 8.5 cm, British Museum. Four of the disc brooches belong to two non-identical pairs. [note 2] All four items are made in silver sheet metal with an openwork design. They are embellished with intricate plant, animal and geometric ornamentation in panels surrounding a central cross-shaped area.
In 1892, the City of Norfolk purchased the 65 acres (26 ha) that was currently occupied by Lafayette Park. In 1900, the park began acquiring animals to exhibit, and by 1901 its collection exceeded 200 animals, including mammals, birds and reptiles. [1] In 1974, the facility was fenced off from the city park, and renamed Lafayette Zoological Park.