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Welcome to the
Friends of Gressenhall
A small charity with a great heart. (Charity Registration number 270465)
We formed in 1975, aiming to promote, support, assist and improve Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse Museum of Norfolk Life, raising funds to support both the Museum and the many volunteers who make this living working museum such a special place.
The Friends of Gressenhall is a member of the British Association of Friends of Museums (BAfM)
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Join the Friends of Gressenhall
As a Friend you are supporting the museum's development, and can also access a number of benefits including:
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The Friends' newsletter (via email or in print)
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Free entry to Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse as many times as you wish during the season (on normal opening days), with free or reduced entry fees to special events*
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Invitations to Friends only events
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10% discount in the Mardlers’ Rest Café (on their own products) and in the museum shop
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Discounted entry to other Norfolk Museum Service (NMS) museums and in their shops and cafés
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You can potentially join the Friends Executive Committee if you wish to become more involved in supporting the Museum
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*subject to pricing offered by the Norfolk Museum Service and Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse Museum of Norfolk Life.
How to become a Friend of Gressenhall
Friends Membership
2024 season
Adult £25.00
Adult Concession (over 65) £24.00
Child (aged 5 to aged 17) £20.00
Family - two adults & up to 6 children
£85.00
Family - one adult & up to 6 children
£64.00
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Payments can be made via
Direct Debit, Cheques or Cash
see the Application form for details
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Download an application form
for membership
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If you have any queries
please contact
the Membership Secretary at friendsofgressenhall18@gmail.com
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Apply here
Volunteer Friends
Friends of Gressenhall offers
complementary membership to
over one hundred regular museum
volunteers.
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Known as Volunteer Friends, they
work in teams supporting the
Museum with Collections, Library,
Research (including remotely),
Engineers, Learning, Farm,
Conservation, Gardeners, Team
Panhard and Workhouse Trail
Guides.
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Other ways to support us
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Cash donation boxes - at various places around the site, including the entrance foyer, gift shop and farm
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Recipe cards - available to purchase in the Farmhouse kitchen
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Secondhand bookshop in the courtyard - throughout the museum's open season. Purchase books, or donate good quality books to be sold there
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Make a donation - send us a cheque or make a BACS payment
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Leave a small bequest to the Friends of Gressenhall in your Will (Charity Registration number 270465)
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