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we hope all who are celebrating are looking forward to the Easter weekend! if you’re planning on visiting us, we’ll be closed on both bank holidays but open as usual on saturday! 🐰🐣🌞
Newly on display and exclusive to our followers is this Kashmiri copper samovar. Dating from the early 20th century, it was used for making and serving tea or hot drinks and forms part of our ongoing virtual exhibition tours whilst we are closed to the public.
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Later this month we'll be heading to @heritageopenday for the second in a series of five special training days aimed at getting younger audiences into heritage sites. Learn more by following #ProjectNewWave
#Heritage #Norwich #CityofStories
Coming Soon: 4 week drawing course - https://t.co/SXxgMHD3Jd Artists Anna Brass and Paul Fenner are returning to The South Asia Collection! For more info or to book email: drawingsouthasia@outlook.com #Norwich #Norfolk #cityofstories
This week @LightNorwich will illuminate the city centre...much like this 20th century oil lamp. It’s decorative back and crescent moon holes would have looked splendid once lit.
#cityofstories #Norwich #Norfolk #Museum #Collection #LoveLightNorwich
Tomorrow marks Guru Nanak Gurpurab, a celebration of the birth of the first Sikh Guru, Guru Nanak. One of the most sacred dates in Sikhism, it is celebrated with hymns and early morning processions called Prabhat Pheris. #GuruNanak
#GuruNanakJayanti #Museum #Norwich #Norfolk
This weekend’s #Diwali celebrations in India would have made use of oil lamps like this one. This bronze oil lamp, or diya, is in the form of a bird and would have hung in a #Hindu temple. #norfolkhour #Norwich #cityofstories #museum #bronze #bird
It's #AutumnEquinox today! To mark the start of #autumn we've selected this 20th Century Tika Box in the form of a leaf with mirrorwork from the Collection. #Museum #museumarchive #AutumnIsComing #Norwich #norfolkhour #collections #India #SouthAsia
This weekend sees the Hindu festival of Krishna Janmashtami, the annual Hindu festival that celebrates the birth of Krishna. This metalwork figure from the collection depicts baby Krishna stealing butter.
#Norwich #NorfolkMuseum #Krishna #Hindu
Later this month we’ll unveil Journey: 1979 a brand-new display celebrating 40 years of The South Asia Collection. Learn about the collection’s origins through never-before-seen photographs and journal extracts from creators Philip and Jeannie Millward.
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