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Join us for our New Exhibition exploring Kings Lynn’s historic links to the Timber trade.
Find out all about the intriguing history of the timber trade over the course of history. From the its use for primitive tools and housing, to it becoming a vital resource in medieval trade. Timber fuelled the rise Britain as a naval power with hundreds to thousands of trees needed to build a single ship depending on its size.
Read about the local merchants and how their trade revolutionised the port of Kings Lynn. The Timber trade led to the building of more docks, and made possible the redevelopment of the town in the mid to late 20th century.
This exhibition was created with the cooperation of Setra Wood Products, a local company whose input has allowed for a detailed look at how the trade has evolved other the course of history. As wells as showing how it has adapted to work in the modern world.
Free with standard admission.
Half term happiness is here! There’s lots to keep the kids entertained this half term at True’s Yard. Rain or shine, we will be holding a kids’ sensory and craft activity on Tuesday 18th February between 11am and 3pm.
Activities will include leaf craft, squidgy clay modelling, planting acorns and sunflowers, drawing a family tree, making paper plate bees and more! Children can also listen to a reading of the ‘Last Tree in the City’. Lots of creative fun for families this holiday. Tickets are £2 and can be prebooked or bought on the door.
There is also a free maritime signal trail around the museum – crack the code and win a small prize! The trail is part of our new exhibition ‘Timber! Trees and Seas: The Port of King’s Lynn’, which is free admission. The museum is also free entry on Wednesdays and Saturdays until the end of March.
Join Matthew Champion, a local expert in historic graffiti, to hear about his latest discoveries from his research into medieval ship graffiti.
Talks are free to attend in person but booking in advance is recommended as space is strictly limited. To book, please call 01553 770479 or email outreach@truesyard.co.uk.
Alternatively, talks can be attended online and you can book your ticket by clicking here:
Liz James and Jill Bennett will be joining us for our third True’s Talk to give us a delightful insight into the musical ventures of the inspirational Ralph Vaughan Williams in Norfolk.
Talks are free to attend in person but booking in advance is recommended as space is strictly limited. To book, please call 01553 770479 or email outreach@truesyard.co.uk.
Alternatively, talks can be attended online and you can book your ticket by clicking here:
As the fourth presentation in our series of True’s Talks this spring, Marsha Parker will be presenting some of her latest findings from her new research into the history of the Jewish burial ground in King’s Lynn.
Talks are free to attend in person but booking in advance is recommended as space is strictly limited. To book, please call 01553 770479 or email outreach@truesyard.co.uk.
Alternatively, talks can be attended online and you can book your ticket by clicking here:
Susan Maddock will be coming to True’s Yard to give a presentation on all things doom and gloom in medieval King’s Lynn for our fifth talk in this spring’s series! The talk will also present some new insights into the Black Death.
Talks are free to attend in person but booking in advance is recommended as space is strictly limited. To book, please call 01553 770479 or email outreach@truesyard.co.uk.
Alternatively, talks can be attended online and you can book your ticket by clicking here:
Based on the joint research of Ian and Stephanie Hall, our 7th talk in this Spring’s series of True’s Talks will focus on some of the incumbents of the Hardwick Road Cemetery, their rich life storied revealed by an in-depth look at the surviving historic records.
Talks are free to attend in person but booking in advance is recommended as space is strictly limited. To book, please call 01553 770479 or email outreach@truesyard.co.uk.
Alternatively, talks can be attended online and you can book your ticket by clicking here:
Dr. Paul Richard’s will be presenting the eighth True’s talk this Spring, focussing on the developments and impact of the relationship of the German Hanse with King’s Lynn.
Talk are free to attend in person but booking in advance is recommended as space is strictly limited. To book, please call 01553 770479 or email outreach@truesyard.co.uk.
Alternatively, talks can be attended online and you can book your ticket by clicking here:
For this special final talk of the Spring Series 2025, Professor Craig Lambert and Associate Professor John Mcaleer will be joining us online from the University of Southampton to present the Norfolk-based highlights from their current research project ‘English Merchant Shipping, Maritime Communities, and Trade from the Spanish Armada to the Seven Years War, c.1588-c.1765’ funded by the Arts & Humanities Research Council. Professors Lambert and Mcaleer will also provide an overview of their project and the forthcoming resources that will be produced as part of the project that can be used for future research in the area.
Talk are free to attend in person but booking in advance is recommended as space is strictly limited. To book, please call 01553 770479 or email outreach@truesyard.co.uk.
Alternatively, talks can be attended online and you can book your ticket by clicking here: