Norwich Castle Museum launched a new Dungeons Tour in January 2026, adding to its attractions following last autumn's major reopening. The tour is part of a broader push to deepen the castle's educational offer for visiting groups.

The museum also created 'Storming the Castle', a programme combining Key Stage 3 maths and history, designed to make the most of the castle's dramatic setting as a teaching backdrop. The initiative sits alongside the existing Kick the Dust youth heritage programme, which continues to support young people across the county.

The educational push has contributed to a record 52,000 school and learning visits across all ten Norfolk Museums Service sites in 2025/26 — the highest total the service has ever recorded. Officers told the committee that Norwich Castle was the primary driver of that figure.

Elsewhere in Norwich, the Museum of Norwich held 'Christmas Crafter-Noons' events through November before Strangers Hall closed temporarily in January 2026 for its annual deep clean.

The committee also heard that curators had acquired a painting by Alfred Munnings — 'Tombland Fair' — adding to the Norwich collections. Munnings, who grew up in Norfolk, is one of the most celebrated British painters of the twentieth century.

Looking ahead, a cross-discipline exhibition exploring the relationship between art and nature is being developed by the castle's curator of climate change alongside the Eastern Area Museums curator. It is expected to open in the Norwich Castle galleries in 2027.