Dec 13th 2021 • Collections & Exhibitions, Food, Highlights, Trainees & Internships
Christmas in the Collection
Christmas in the Collection The Museum of East Anglian Life is fortunate to have a wide and varied collection, from which so many stories can be told. Perhaps you would…
Dec 8th 2021 • Collections & Exhibitions, Food, Highlights, Trainees & Internships
The Joys of Christmas Dinner
The Christmas season has arrived, and the museum is looking very festive and feeling rather cold! But alongside the winter weather comes a range of festive food, which some of…
Dec 2nd 2021 • Collections & Exhibitions, Highlights, Trainees & Internships
Festive Food Traditions- Biscuit Tins
It’s almost Christmas! No matter how you spend it, I think we can all agree that one of the most exciting parts is the delicious food we get to eat…
Oct 15th 2021 • Collections & Exhibitions, Highlights
DIALECT & HERITAGE: Do you have family from one of these East Anglian villages?
DIALECT & HERITAGE: Do you have family from one of these East Anglian villages? We are looking for people who have long family connections to the following villages listed below…
Oct 6th 2021 • Collections & Exhibitions, Heritage, Highlights, Trainees & Internships
Read about black history
We are excited to be hosting a new temporary exhibition, Dining With U.S. Innovators: Black People Who Changed Food History. The exhibition pays tribute to the lives and accomplishments of…
Sep 22nd 2021 • Collections & Exhibitions, Heritage, Highlights, Volunteering
Dialect and Heritage Volunteers
Dialect and Heritage Volunteers Do you mash, soak or brew your tea? Have you ever seen a billywitch, bishy barnabee, harnser, hodmedod or tiddlywink? Have you ever wondered how dialects…
Aug 31st 2021 • Collections & Exhibitions, Community, Highlights, Trainees & Internships
Dining With Pride – A Trainee’s Perspective
Hi, I am Eve, a Skills for the Future trainee at the Museum of East Anglian Life. I had a part in putting together our temporary exhibition: Dining With Pride,…
Jul 16th 2021 • Collections & Exhibitions, Food, Garden, Highlights
National Cherry Day
National Cherry Day Today is National Cherry Day, a day started as part of a campaign to save the British cherry. During the 20th century Britain lost 90% of its…
