Sheringham is a small town on the northern coast of Norfolk. The museum collections reflect the town’s development from a fishing village specialising in crabs and whelks in the 19th century to a fashionable holiday destination for families arriving by railway in the early 20th century. The new museum will house a unique collection of lifeboats, fishing boats and displays of local history in settings that are designed to evoke a real sense of time and place.

Lifeboats:
The small town of Sheringham on the north coast of Norfolk has a unique claim as the only community in the world to possess four of its original lifeboats.

Fishing Industry:
Many of the lifeboat launches were made to save the lives of the fishing fraternity that were a prime source of the community’s livelihood. The collection includes a number of their boats.

Town History:
The town museum will be the first display that visitors encounter as they enter the museum from the promenade. At one end of this gallery, the town’s history as a seaside resort will be displayed, complete with a Victorian bathing hut.