Elizabethan House

The Elizabethan House in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk County, England, is a unique museum that allows the visitors to get a feel for what family life was like between the Tudor and Victorian eras.  Fans of British television will enjoy discovering what a kitchen and scullery maid’s days were about in the ‘upstairs, downstairs’ hands-on format and families have the opportunity to try on Tudor costumes, experiencing the feel of the starched ruffled collars so prevalent in the time.  The toy room has plenty of activities for the children and the Conspiracy Room gives guests a chance to discuss the ‘conspiracy’ around Charles I’s death.
There is a very unusual exhibit there called the Haddiscoe Hoard that was acquired in December of 2005.  This collection of over 300 silver coins range from Edward VI in 1550 to Charles I in 1646.  It is part of a display that chronicles the life of citizens in Great Yarmouth during the English Civil War which was from 1642 through 1649.  This collection is that largest hoard from that period that was ever found in the county.  Visitors will find the collection in the ‘Conspiracy Room’, appropriate considering Oliver Cromwell was part of the Parliamentarians during the time and visited the house often, possibly even with co-conspirators to plot the death of Charles I.
Craft lessons are available at the museum and visitors can lean how to make carved clay tiles, window cards, toys from the Victorian era, and stationary to use to mail letters to friends in a Penny Post celebration.  There is also a class in which visitors can make a mini diorama of a Victorian home and the kitchen has some very tasty treats available.