Museum
Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery
Norwich
With a National Art Pass you get
Free entry and free exhibitions
Built by the Normans in the 11th century, Norwich Castle was designed to be a royal palace.
While it never served its original purpose, in the thousand years since its construction the castle has been used variously as a military fort, a county jail and, most recently, a museum. Today, Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery is home to collections of fine art, archaeology and natural history, as well as touring exhibitions from national galleries.
In 2015, the Museum & Art Gallery ran a highly successful Art Happens crowdfunding campaign to re-gild the frame of one of their rarest and most famous paintings, The Paston Treasure.
Why you should go
Natural history and archaeology collections
Fine and contemporary art galleries
900-year-old Castle Keep
Visitor information
Address
Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery
Castle Hill, Norwich, Norfolk, NR1 3JU
01603 493625
Opening times
Open daily, 10am - 5pm
Last admission 4.30pm