Norfolk Museum of Freemasonry

15/04/2023

The Museum team did a deep clean this morning and have refreshed some of the exhibitions. It looks fantastic 👍

19/01/2023

The New Display celebrating the Tercentenary of the 1723 Book of Constitutions

09/06/2020

Excellent

Three weeks ago, we shared 15 artworks from our upcoming exhibition, Where Land and Water Meet, which was originally due to open at the end of March. These artworks capture Norfolk’s iconic rivers, broads and waterways, central to local leisure and industry for hundreds of years. We have now launched the exhibition on Art UK’s digital platform, where you can see all 15 artworks (plus a bonus river scene) with the curator’s original labels!
http://ow.ly/gmLd50A1QX4

01/05/2020

‪It is time to reopen our galleries and museums https://www.telegraph.co.uk/art/what-to-see/time-reopen-galleries-museums/?WT.mc_id=tmg_share_tw via ‬

When British museums and galleries closed their doors to the public ahead of lockdown, the officials who ran them hoped they would reopen in early May.

28/04/2020

https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/take-a-virtual-tour-of-norfolk-museums-and-galleries-1-6627398

Virtual tours, artistic communities and well-stocked online shops mean there’s no need to miss out on your favourite local museum during the coronavirus lockdown.

22/03/2020

Please help Dr Jack and all of his colleagues in the NHS by making a donation to NHS Charities Together at https://www.nhscharitiestogether.co.uk/ (Video inf...

16/03/2020

Something positive to contemplate in the current circumstances.

This is really beautifully written:

“Lockdown:

Yes there is fear.
Yes there is isolation.
Yes there is panic buying.
Yes there is sickness.
Yes there is even death.
But,
They say that in Wuhan after so many years of noise
You can hear the birds again.
They say that after just a few weeks of quiet
The sky is no longer thick with fumes
But blue and grey and clear.
They say that in the streets of Assisi
People are singing to each other
across the empty squares,
keeping their windows open
so that those who are alone
may hear the sounds of family around them.
They say that a hotel in the West of Ireland
Is offering free meals and delivery to the housebound.
Today a young woman I know
is busy spreading fliers with her number
through the neighbourhood
So that the elders may have someone to call on.
Today Churches, Synagogues, Mosques and Temples
are preparing to welcome
and shelter the homeless, the sick, the weary
All over the world people are slowing down and reflecting
All over the world people are looking at their neighbours in a new way
All over the world people are waking up to a new reality
To how big we really are.
To how little control we really have.
To what really matters.
To Love.
So we pray and we remember that
Yes there is fear.
But there does not have to be hate.
Yes there is isolation.
But there does not have to be loneliness.
Yes there is panic buying.
But there does not have to be meanness.
Yes there is sickness.
But there does not have to be disease of the soul
Yes there is even death.
But there can always be a rebirth of love.
Wake to the choices you make as to how to live now.
Today, breathe.
Listen, behind the factory noises of your panic
The birds are singing again
The sky is clearing,
Spring is coming,
And we are always encompassed by Love.
Open the windows of your soul
And though you may not be able
to touch across the empty square,
Sing.”

Fr. Richard Hendrick, OFM

March 13th 2020”

13/03/2020

We will not be opening until further notice.

Please carefully follow the latest government advice.

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20/02/2020

04/02/2020

The original Faithful Lodge No.85 tracing boards measure 75”x36” and were used as floor cloths being rolled out for meetings. They were later mounted. Research by revealed that they were painted by R.Barlow a Norwich artist of the time who also taught art. Although slightly naive they do show that the artist was a very competent technician and the paintings are of good quality.

04/02/2020

We are open. Please drop in.

28/01/2020

Will now be displaying an A-frame when we are open. Please pop in.

23/01/2020

Today we updated the Faithful Lodge display with some new items including pictures of the restored tracing boards. We can now see the incredible detail of the original boards with the brown varnish removed.

16/01/2020

Our latest exhibition is from Faithful Lodge No.85 which will run for the next six months.
Of particular interest are their Tracing Boards which date from 1800 and are probably the oldest set surviving in England. We have facsimiles on display as the originals are too large to display in our Museum.
I attach an image of the first degree board which is very different to the more common Harris Emulation version.