Museums · East of England
Dad's Army Museum
Dad's Army Museum — Museum dedicated to the comedy series ''Dad's Army''.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1.5 h–3 h
- Best time of year
- Year-round
- Nearest railway station
- Thetford · 0.8 km
- Family-friendly
- Wheelchair accessible
About
Dad's Army Museum is a museum in the United Kingdom. Records date its origin to 2007. Address: IP24 2DS. Wikidata describes it as: "Museum dedicated to the comedy series ''Dad's Army''". Coordinates: 52.4129°, 0.7506°.
Photo gallery
Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: Breckland Forest SSSI
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: Breckland Farmland SSSI
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
The Dad's Army Museum is a museum located in Cage Lane in Thetford in Norfolk, England, dedicated to the BBC comedy series Dad's Army. Many of the outdoor locations were filmed in the local area. The museum is housed in the old fire station at the rear of Thetford Guildhall, which itself stood in for Walmington-on-Sea Town Hall in several of the episodes. It is run by volunteers who, throughout the year, attend many 1940s events in East Anglia with Jones' Van.
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Background
History
Thetford Guildhall, where the museum is based, featured in the 1972 episode "Time On My Hands", in which a German Luftwaffe pilot dangled from the clock tower when his parachute became caught in the clock's hands. The Guildhall was also used in a 1974 episode, "The Captain's Car". The Dad's Army Museum was opened by Dad's Army co-writer David Croft on Friday, 7 December 2007, and includes a reconstruction of Captain Mainwaring's church hall office, several display areas, a shop and the Marigold Tea Room. The museum displays many unique photographs (many from the collection of the Dad's Army Appreciation Society) along with other memorabilia and items connected with the series. Uniforms on…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 52.4129, 0.7506
- County
- Norfolk
- District
- Breckland
- Parish
- Thetford
- Postcode
- IP24 2DS
- Parliamentary constituency
- South West Norfolk
- Established
- 2007
- Nearest railway station
- Thetford — 0.8 km
- Opening
- Apr-Sep Tu,Sa 08:30-16:00; Oct-Mar Tu,Sa 08:30-15:30
- Official site
- dadsarmythetford.org.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q20744023 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Dad's Army Museum (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Dads Army Museum Thetford.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Dad's Army Museum?
- Dad's Army Museum is in Norfolk, East of England, United Kingdom (postcode IP24 2DS), in the parish of Thetford.
- When was Dad's Army Museum built?
- Built or established in 2007.
- Is Dad's Army Museum a protected site?
- Yes — Dad's Army Museum is part of the Breckland Forest SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest and the Breckland Farmland SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest.
- How do I get to Dad's Army Museum?
- The nearest railway station is Thetford, about 0.8 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode IP24 2DS.