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We’re hiring! Cleaner position 5 hrs a week. For questions about the role, Job Description etc. Call 01553 770479 or email info@truesyard.co.uk Deadline 27th March 2024. Please note cleaning takes place outside of Museum hours 10am-4pm Tuesday-Saturday so possible example shift pattern 9am-10am or 4pm-5pm. Job Description – Cleaner Daily Duties Clean the kitchen area…
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True’s Yard Fisherfolk Museum, King’s Lynn Job Title: Deputy Manager Location: True’s Yard Fisherfolk Museum, North Street, King’s Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 1QW Responsible to: Museum Curator Salary: £10.94 per hour Hours: 22.5 hours per week Background True’s Yard Fisherfolk Museum was founded in 1991 by Pat Midgley to preserve the last fisherfolk cottages and yard…
Read MoreChristmas Message and Temporary Closure
Christmas Message From Museum Curator Lindsey Bavin I can safely say this year has been better than the last. Although the Museum remained closed to the public until mid-May we used that time to do some necessary renovations. You may have noticed the kitchen is looking a lot lighter and brighter, the toilets have a…
Read MoreMaritime Art Exhibition
THEY THAT GO DOWN TO THE SEA IN SHIPS: Maritime Art Exhibition True’s Yard Fisherfolk Museum celebrates 30 years 2021. To highlight this anniversary, the trustees have organised an exhibition of local maritime art since 1850 using paintings from the Museum’s own collection with other works from Norfolk collectors. Artists include: Henry Baines, George…
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Getting here By car If you are driving and using a sat nav to find your way here, you should use the postcode PE301LT (St Ann’s Street). On arriving at St Ann’s Street, follow the road to where it meets North Street where the Museum is located. Parking Unfortunately, we have no onsite parking but…
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Information for disabled visitors At True’s Yard Fisherfolk Museum, we can currently only provide partially access our public areas, but efforts are being made to improve that. Getting here By car If you are driving and using a sat nav to find your way here, you should use the postcode PE301LT (St Ann’s Street). On…
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ACCESS POLICY Mission Statement The founding philosophy of the North End Trust is to educate and inform the public about the once thriving fishing community of the North End of King’s Lynn and its culture and history. Our current mission is also to provide training and educational opportunities, as well as research facilities, to a…
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VE Day blogpost by Museum Assistant, Lexy Today marks the 76th anniversary of VE Day. VE Day stands for Victory in Europe. This is the day in which Great Britain and The United Sates rejoiced in victory due to the defeat of the Nazis in World War II. 1 million Nazi soldiers tried to allude…
Read MoreGovernment’s Culture Recovery Fund
The North End Trust to receive £15,600 from second round of the Government’s Culture Recovery Fund The North End Trust among more than 2,700 recipients to benefit from the latest round of awards from the £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund This award will help the Museum to be able to continue serving the community it…
Read MoreChristmas Closure
True’s Yard will be closed from 20th December 2020-4th January 2021. We want to thank all our supporters for helping us get through this difficult year and we look forward to seeing you all again when we reopen on Tuesday 5th January at 10am
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