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Museum information 2025

2025 season. March 15th-December 6th

Opening days & times. Saturday 10am-3pm plus Sundays in July & August 10am-1pm

Address - The Old Fire Station, Cage Lane, Thetford, IP24 2DS

Telephone - 07470 165795

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Entrance - Free. Dogs welcome (sorry not in the tea room)

Our Jones`s Van will be on show at the Charles Burrell Museum on Tuesdays and Saturday from Easter Sunday until the end of October (subject to availability).The van will be at the museum on some days. It will NOT be on show on May 3rd (van at Weybourne), July 19th (van at Weeting), July 26th (van at Old Buckenham Air Show), September 6th (van at Duxford)

Web shop - Dads Army Museum Thetford

Tour tickets - Dad`s Army Museum event tickets from TicketSource.

 Audio tour - Dad’s Army: A walking tour of the TV series’ filming sites in Thetford, Norfolk | Thetford self-guided audio tour | VoiceMap

 

Statue repair update

I wanted to update you as to the progress of the statue glasses damage/repair.
As you may or may not know he was vandalised last year and his glasses were bent out of shape.
We opened a fundraiser and raised sufficient funds for the replacement and repairs to be carried out. That’s thanks to the generosity of Dads Army fans around the world.
I have been in constant talks with the foundry who are planning to visit Thetford next month to remove the damaged pair and replace them with a new set that have now been made.
There was a delay due to the workload of the foundry - they are incredibly busy and that is testament to the quality of their work.
So on behalf of the museum I would like to thank everyone that donated and made the replacement possible.

Ian Lavender 2024

The museum was saddened to hear the new that Ian Lavender has passed away. A great character and wonderful actor. Our thoughts are with his family. A new Ian Lavender display will be on show from March 16th.