[72179] Cromer Museum

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[72179] Cromer Museum
[72179] Cromer Museum

Cromer Museum, 4 Tucker Street, Norfolk.

In the middle half of the 20th century, Cromer Town Council wanted to open a museum. Several sites were considered and ultimately eight former fisherman’s cottages, known as East Cottages, were purchased in 1967 for £1000. Four of these are seen here

One of the conditions of the purchase was that the remaining residents should not be disturbed and could stay for as long as they wanted, so it took over ten years for the museum to actually admit its first visitor. The collections were started from scratch and built up with the aid of an appeal to the public.

On 15 June 1978, Lady Preston of Cromer Hall declared the museum open and handed over its care to Norfolk Museums Service. Since then the museum has gone from strength to strength.

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