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Founded in 2009, Hungate Medieval Art is a charity promoting Norfolk's colourful medieval history th

Hungate Medieval Art is a charity and as such relies upon donations & volunteers to run. All our exhibitions are free to attend, and are held in Hungate, which is the former St Peter Hungate Church, on Princes St, Norwich. The church has a special significance, having been the first parish church in the UK to reopen for secular use, after being declared redundant. It became a stand-alone space for the display of church art in 1936. Back then it was called 'St Peter Hungate Museum of Church Art.'

Controversial in its day, we continue to honour our premise of providing something new and exciting in a space filled with history. Our exhibition and events programs are available on our page and website. Opening Times - From end March to end October (In normal years that is - please check the web for exact dates!)
Saturday: 10am - 4pm
Sunday: 1pm - 4pm

09/10/2026

A very rare opportunity with some old friends of Hungate. Could you be the next generation of stained glass conservation?

20/09/2026

Lovely to be busy for the last afternoon of Heritage Open Days! Getting ready to introduce some of our parishioners, including the very distinguished Matthew Goss. And huge thanks to our friends at the Britons Arms for bailing this solo volunteer out with delicious coffee and cake!

12/09/2026

Open today: 'Our Splendid Inheritance: Norwich's Medieval Parish Churches' 10-4 Saturdays, 1-4 Sundays until November 1st.

08/09/2026

On the Subject of Old Churches: a reading and writing workshop at St Peter Hungate, home of Hungate Medieval Art. For anyone who wants to spend some time exploring old buildings in words. Led by reader/writer/historian Dr Clare Haynes.

25th September 2026 from 10am-3.30pm.

Tickets: £30 including a reading pack and refreshments (bring your own lunch).5 places at £15 available for those on means-tested benefits.

Book now at:
https://hungate.org.uk/whats-on

01/09/2026

30/08/2026

From Norwich Historic Churches - Hungate Medieval Art on Princes Street will be open on the 12th of September for the Norfolk churches trust Ride and Stride.

In addition, they will be holding a talk ‘Some Everyday Stories of Hungate People’ on the 19th of September 12-12:30pm and on the 20th of September 2-3:30pm.

Norfolk Heritage Open Days
Heritage Open Days
Norfolk Churches Trust

15/08/2026

Two updates from us...
Tomorrow is the last chance to visit the wonderful Thick Seams, by Alida Kuzemczak-Sayer and Freya Gabie, and it's Sunday Sketching in the morning so you can come from 10-4.
AND
We've just scheduled a great new writing Workshop for September! On the Subject of Old Churches, with our own Dr Clare Haynes

We will explore together a selection of readings that includes poems by George Herbert and Philip Larkin, architectural criticism, guidebooks and fiction by M R James and Tracy Chevalier. There will be quiet spells for writing in response to them, and to the building we will be working in – the be...

21/07/2026

Open Now…Thick Seams a beautiful exhibition by Alida Kuzemczak-Sayer and Freya Gabie. Open Saturday (10-4) and Sundays (1-4) at Hungate.

28/06/2026

The Catalpa has flowered!
It has clearly struggled in the last couple of seasons, and we keep despairing of it, but here it is putting on a magnificent show again even with a few dead limbs. If you want to catch it at its height, do remember to pop in in the next couple of weeks.

Address

Princes Street
Norwich
NR31AE

Website

http://www.hungate.org.uk/, http://www.hungate.org.uk/

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