Sunday 20 June 2010

The Mo Museum, Sheringham Norfolk

On Friday, me and Joe went to Sheringham, it was really windy on the beach so we decided to go to The Mo: The Sheringham Museum. The Mo was built using lottery funding and opened to the public earlier this year, the museum charts the development of how the town changed from a small fishing town to popular Victorian tourist resort due to the building of the train line that joins North Norfolk with the rest of the country.

The Mo is a two story building placed right on the sea front promenade, on the bottom floor there is a display of fishing boats and old and new lifeboats. On the second floor there is a gallery and exhibition of old shop fronts and a viewing tower that looks out over the sea and Sheringham Town as well as lots of information about the history of the town itself.

My favourite part of the trip was seeing the shop fronts upstairs, it was really cool because they were layed out like a mini street, each shop had vintage sign posts and props in the window to make them look authentic and like they were still in use. It was a really interesting and informative visit and well worth the £3 entrance fee.


Fishing Boat

List of life boat men

A lifeboat

Mascots aboard one of the life boats

Upstairs: Display of Shop fronts



This was my favourite shop because it had pretend lobsters and crabs in the window (sorry about the wonky picture)

FAKE CRUSTACEANS!

View over-looking Sheringham

View out to sea

Next week: The Cromer Musuem!

Taken from the website: www.sheringhammuseum.co.uk

Opening times and dates 2010
29 March to 31 October
Tuesday to Saturday 10am to 4:30pm
Sunday, midday to 4pm

Admission
Adults £3.50
Concessions £3.00
Children (5-16) £1.50, under 5's free
Groups of 10+ £2.50, School groups *free*
Advance booking for schools is essential

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