Engaging local communities and visitors in the rich heritage of the Brecks Fen Edge & Rivers Landscape through a series of exhibitions.
Delivery Lead Organisation: BFER delivery team working with Ancient House Museum
View a 360 tour of the Viking exhibition at Ancient House Museum.
View a 360 tour of the Made by the River exhibition at Ancient House Museum.
To engage local communities and visitors in the rich heritage of the Brecks Fen Edge & Rivers Landscape through a series of exhibitions that bring to life little know aspects of the area’s history
To celebrate the little-known aspects of the Brecks heritage, including the story of the Vikings in the Brecks
To unlock the vaults and make archives available to communities by supporting local museums to exhibit fragile artefacts.
To deliver a series of 5 local mobile exhibitions celebrating the Fen Edge and River corridors, working in partnership with museums in the project area
During the period of East Anglia’s Viking contact from the 9th to 11th centuries, Thetford prospered. Straddling the Thet and Little Ouse rivers, the town became one of the largest settlements in the country, later acquiring the soubriquet ‘Ancient Capital of East Anglia’.
This project successfully delivered a series of exhibitions and activities that unlocked the historical archives in Norfolk and Suffolk, to celebrate lost stories from the history of the Brecks Fen Edge & Rivers LP area.
By working in partnership with Museums in the Scheme area as well as Norfolk and Suffolk Counties’ Records Centres, Historic Environment Services and Archaeological Services, it engaged with local interest groups such as the Teenage history Club in Thetford, the Hockwold History Group and The Breckland Society. The project delved into the little-known story of how Vikings came to the Brecks using the main rivers, to bring new awareness of this and other stories to local communities.
