True's Yard Fisherfolk Museum — Attraction in King's Lynn and West Norfolk

A lovely little museum with friendly staff who were keen to help and make it interesting for kids too. It's not that big, depending on how much reading you do will probably take from 30 mins to 2 hours. Has baby change facilities and toilets for male/female/disabled. The museum requests no photography indoors so I didn't take any. Lots of history of the local area and fishing industry. It's probably more interesting than it sounds! Also give a quiz or treasure trail for kids depending on their age. Couple of tips- there is no immediate parking nearby, try Wickes or streets near there. Wickes gives you three hours free and that should be enough. Adjacent street to Wickes seemed restriction free too but double check. Ten mins walk. Also, tickets were available on Groupon when I went, meant a bargain £2.85 for the whole family. Check...

Unfortunately we only had a time for a very fleeting visit before a long journey home, but we thoroughly enjoyed this little jem of a museum. It tells the story of the Fisherfolks' lives very well, in stark contrast to almost everything else in the town, which focuses on the rich merchantmen who were responsible for the many beautiful buildings in the town. It reminds me greatly of the wonderful Back to Backs in Birmingham. We loved the models, particularly the one of the Yard as it was, which gives a great idea of how confined the space was. In a way it would be really nice to have a wall rather than fence by the road, where some of the cottages were demolished, to really give that...

Actually it was really interesting and would have got 5 stars except that nowhere in the museum could you take photos. I know that it is a real place with a history of deprivation and difficult lives but it is so well presented in the few original buildings of the fishery quarter of the town (with a great deal of information about families who lived there and who bought the cottages - one for £244 pounds a huge amount then) that it gives true emotions to those looking around. One cottage was presented in the 1800s and the other in the 1920s. I would have loved to take photos of the cottages and outdoor areas. The volunteers who were manning the lovely little tea shop and gift shop were...