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This event is part of the Brecks Outdoor Festival

Charlie Burrell’s Museum Trail

Can you find the answers hidden round the museum to win a small prize in this family-friendly quiz?

August 16, 202510am-3pm drop-in
Charles Burrell Museum, Minstergate, Thetford IP24 1BN
Free
Café
Toilets
Accessible
Family Friendly
Pushchair Friendly
Car Park

On Saturday the 16th of August only, as a Brecks Outdoor Festival Special, the Charles Burrell Museum are running a special children’s quiz scavenger hunt trail!

Learn all about the special engines at the Museum, their different characters and purposes and how important they once were for the town of Thetford. See how many answers you can find hidden around the Museum, and there may even be a small prize for the person who gets the most answers!

Where: Charles Burrell Museum, Minstergate, Thetford IP24 1BN

When: Saturday 16th August

Time: Running throughout the Museum’s opening hours of 10am-3pm

Cost: Free of charge, as is Museum admission, though donations are very welcome.

Booking: No need to book, just drop-in and collect your quiz sheet from the front desk!

Facilities: There are toilets and a café on site.

Transport: Thetford Train Station is a 20 minute walk away and Thetford Bus Station is just outside!

Parking: Free parking on site.

Accessibility: All the Museum’s engines are on the ground floor so are wheelchair accessible. There is a mezzanine floor only reachable by stairs. The main café is upstairs, but there is café-seating downstairs and staff are happy to take orders there and bring them down to you as required.

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