Museums · East Midlands
The Shell Museum
The Shell Museum — Shell museum in Glandford, England.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1.5 h–3 h
- Best time of year
- Year-round
- Nearest railway station
- Holt · 5.3 km
- Family-friendly
- Wheelchair accessible
About
The Shell Museum is a museum in the United Kingdom. Wikidata describes it as: "Shell museum in Glandford, England". Coordinates: 52.9316°, 1.0398°.
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Protected designations
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: Norfolk Coast
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
The Shell Museum in Glandford, Norfolk is the oldest museum in the county and holds one of the country's largest collections of sea shells. It was founded by Alfred Jodrell. As well as sea shells it contains articles made out of shells, fossils, bird eggs and local archaeological finds. It also has a collection of work by John Craske. Prior to the construction of the museum the collection was housed in boxes in the founder's house.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
- Coordinates
- 52.9316, 1.0398
- County
- Norfolk
- District
- North Norfolk
- Parish
- Letheringsett with Glandford
- Postcode
- NR25 7JR
- Parliamentary constituency
- North Norfolk
- Nearest railway station
- Holt — 5.3 km
- Opening
- Tu-Sa 10:00-15:00
- Official site
- www.shellmuseum.org.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q21716368 (CC0)
- wikipedia: The Shell Museum (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Museum of shells - geograph.org.uk - 242242.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is The Shell Museum?
- The Shell Museum is in Norfolk, the East Midlands, United Kingdom (postcode NR25 7JR), in the parish of Letheringsett with Glandford.
- Is The Shell Museum a protected site?
- Yes — The Shell Museum is part of the Norfolk Coast National Landscape (AONB).
- How do I get to The Shell Museum?
- The nearest railway station is Holt, about 5.3 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode NR25 7JR.