Description:

One of the City's most famous landmarks, Norwich Castle was built by the Normans as a Royal Palace 900 years ago. Used as a prison from the 14th century, the Castle became a museum in 1894.

Now the County's principal museum, the Castle is packed with treasures to inspire and intrigue visitors of all ages. Its outstanding collections of fine art, archaeology and natural history are of national importance and include the best collections anywhere of paintings by the Norwich School of Artists and the world's largest collection of ceramic teapots.

Within the Keep you can explore the garderobes (4-berth toilets), walk around the original fighting gallery and descend a 900-year-old spiral staircase. Video, computer animation and a giant model showing life at the time of the Normans. Also a special display depicting life at the castle when it was a prison.