New appointment

New appointment

We are pleased to announce that Harry Yates has been appointed a Trustee of the museum and will take on the role vacated by Mike Bridges as Museum Director  (photo attached you might need dark glasses to deal with the glare) Harry said that it is a difficult act to...
North Norfolk Stories Festival

North Norfolk Stories Festival

The Romance of Gas Thursday 14 May 6 – 10pm. Fakenham Museum of Gas and Local History. Take a guided tour of this fascinating museum or look around in your own time. There will be a local blacksmith in demonstration and exhibitions relating to First World War...
Museums at Night

Museums at Night

Thursday 14th May 2015. The museum will be open from 10:00am until 13:00 pm and close for lunch The museum will again be open from 18:00 until 22:00, during this time there will be ceremonial “Lighting of the Gaslamp” and a recital of the poem “The...
New Look!

New Look!

The Museum has been working with Starfish Design in Norwich, we used funding to develop a new logo and website for the Fakenham museum of gas and local history. It’s a completely new development for us and marks a move forward in how we promote the museum both...
Chairman stands down

Chairman stands down

Changes in personnel are taking place at Fakenham’s unique Museum of Gas and Local History. Dr E.M. Bridges, who joined the museum Trust in 2001, has expressed the wish to relinquish his duties after 12 years as Chairman. Following recent hospitalisation, Dr...