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Norwich Castle Keep – A Royal Palace Reborn

Tue 12 May 2026

Djanogly Theatre

Concession prices available.

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Join Dr Tim Pestell FSA, Senior Curator of Archaeology at Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery, for a talk on the Castle’s imposing Norman Keep.

Discover how its £27m transformation – one of the UK’s largest recent heritage projects and featured on Channel 4 – has recreated original rooms, fittings and furnishings, and introduced the new Gallery of Medieval Life, developed with the British Museum.

Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery has recently been announced as one of the finalists in Museum of the Year 2026, read more here. 

 

Image: Norwich Castle © Norfolk Museum Service

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