Category Archives: Young People

Archives Inspire: Creativity at the Norfolk Record Office

Posted on November 1, 2016 by elizabethjayne2015

October was a creative month for the Education and Outreach team. Early in the month, Archive Assistant Abby Erwin, led our first archive inspired creative writing workshop for adults and last week it was the children’s turn to get creative … Continue reading →

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Wombwell’s Travelling Menagerie: How animals have inspired art in the archives

Posted on February 18, 2016 by elizabethjayne2015

Visits by travelling circus companies were popular and eagerly anticipated in Norwich throughout the nineteenth century. Many of the early shows were menageries which displayed many different species of animal. Early menageries to visit Norwich included Polito’s, who displayed his animals … Continue reading →

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Competition Winner Announced

Posted on September 4, 2015 by emilysarah2012

We had some great entries for our ‘How Well Do You Know Norwich’ competition. There were fifteen images of places all located within the Norwich city walls except one. The challenge was to identify as many as possible. The winner, … Continue reading →

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Here’s what we got up to last week…

Posted on November 5, 2014 by emilysarah2012

Last week was a busy one for the Norfolk Record Office! For our first half term activity on Tuesday the children learnt about World War One propaganda and posters. They then chose to either paint a template of a real … Continue reading →

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