Swaffham Museum — Attraction in Breckland District

This museum is a little gem with an eclectic range of artefacts related to the local area as well as an Egyptian room dedicated to one time resident Howard Carter. Organised into themed rooms there are photographs, exhibits as well as hands on pieces for children and the young at heart to get stuck into. The museum staff are great, really enthusiastic and clearly work closely with the local community both with schools who visit to do workshops and with adults who are asked to contribute their memories to help expand information about the town. Our 8 and 10 year olds really engaged with the activities at the museum, I would definitely recommended if you are...

Cost about six quid and you might see a tractor engine an old fella built there 80 years ago. The term museum is pushing it. If it were free, the kids might like the Egyptian bit. Oh, there's and Egyptian bit. As far as I could tell it's because someone from Swaffahm went there back in the day, that's the...

It's been a while since I have been here, but the woman that was running it back then had a section of military buttons and insignia that she personally found with a metal detector. She was very nice and loved to share about everything in the museum. Definitely worth the stop if you are spending some time...