- Norwich Castle Museum

Norwich Castle Museum

Artefacts



Bronze cauldron and flesh hook	Flint axe roughout	Flint handaxe	Flint handaxe with damaged tip


Gold bezel from a seal-ring	Hoard of bronze objects	Norfolk landscape about 400,000 to 500,000 years ago, painting by Nick Arber	Pottery lid of a cremation urn


Pottery Long-Necked Beaker

One of the City's most famous landmarks, Norwich Castle was built by the Normans as a Royal Palace 900 years ago. Used as a prison from the 14th century, the Castle became a museum in 1894.Now the County's principal museum, the Castle is packed with treasures to inspire and intrigue visitors of all ages. Its outstanding collections of fine art, archaeology and natural history are of national importance and include the best collections anywhere of paintings by the Norwich School of Artists and the world's largest collection of ceramic teapots.


	Explore Norwich Castle Museum collections in 'Timelines'


	British Isles

	Eastern England 500,000-8500 BC Palaeolithic

	Eastern England 4000-2200 BC Neolithic

	Eastern England 2200-800 BC Bronze Age

	Eastern England AD 410-1066 Early medieval

	England 500,000-8500 BC Palaeolithic


	Web links
	http://www.museums.norfolk.gov.uk/default.asp?Document=200.21 museums@norfolk.gov.uk