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Are you ready for some festive fun at the Museum of Norwich at the Bridewell? Find the cheeky elves hiding around the museum. Plus get crafty and make your own paper bag star to decorate your home.

A brand-new exhibition celebrating our canine companion throughout time, featuring natural history, archaeology, and art works of both local and national importance.

From gingham fabric samples to homemade dolls houses, Valentine's Day cards to Neolithic seed samples, FOUND creates an eclectic collection of objects, stories, and artistic responses that reflect the different ways we experience, and love, museums. FOUND is a poetry and visual art project responding to objects on display at the Museum of Norwich, Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse, and Time and Time Museum of Great Yarmouth Life. Since January, writer Daisy Henwood has been working with community groups and the general public to identify people's favourite objects and bring their stories to life through poetry. JMCAnderson has created an installation in response to the poems created to enhance their visual clues and broaden the dialogue. With clever word, colour and image play, the work captures fragments from the collection of poems, taking the viewer on a whimsical and thought-provoking journey, captivating the imagination. Entrance to the exhibition is included in admission

Join us on a tour exploring the heritage of the museum site, including a closer look at the magnificent medieval flint wall and a behind the scenes walk around the largest vaulted undercroft in the city. Tickets include museum admission. Tour duration 45 minutes. Please note that the undercroft is accessed by stairs - unfortunately there is no step-free access to this part of the building; all other areas have step-free access.

Learn about life at the frontline during the First World War. Try your hand at drills and handle reals artefacts from the past. Designed for children aged 10 and over but younger or older children are welcome.

If you have little ones under 5, the second Saturday of every month is the perfect day to explore, play and giggle together at Norwich Castle. With activities and ideas especially designed for our younger visitors, there will always be lots to look at, listen to, hold and investigate! All activities are included with admission, please make sure you book for the correct date.

We are delighted to be working again with Dr Sarah Lowndes on these special workshops. Join us for a facilitated reading and creative writing group inspired by the works displayed in 'JMW Turner and changing visions of landscape'. Each of these sessions employs a triple-pronged approach and will begin with looking at and discussing a piece of work in 'JMW Turner and changing visions of landscape', followed by a shared reading of a text which will be supplied on the day. Shared reading involves the course leader or another group member reading that week's text aloud and the group talking about the text together. We will then carry out creative writing exercises inspired by that week's artwork, reading and discussion. Group participants do not need to read anything in advance or bring anything to the session - all materials will be provided. There is no expectation to read aloud, and no pressure to speak during the sessions - active listening is respected.

We welcome multi-media artist Gayle Chong Kwan to discuss her approach to landscape art, and how she combines political and ecological perspectives in her work. This event is part of a series of talks to accompany the "JMW Turner and changing visions of landscape" exhibition. Tickets include museum admission.

Our multisensory Snaplings sessions investigate a different theme inspired by our museum collections each month. Each session follows the pace of our tiny explorers, providing plenty of time and space for little ones to follow their interests and make their own discoveries! Each child ticket will allow you to book one adult ticket. All tickets include museum entry for the whole day. The location of Snaplings can vary within the museum, a member of the Learning Team will be at the entrance to greet you and take you to the space.