Silver Wings Exhibition Tour: Join the Curator

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Silver Wings Free Learning
  • Parking
  • Disabled parking
  • Wheelchair access
  • Toilets
  • Disabled toilets
  • Changing places

The Forum, Millennium Plain, Norwich, NR2 1TF

01603 727 950

Dates/times

Fri 12 Sep
  • 1pm - 1.20pm
Thu 18 Sep
  • 11.30am - 11.50am
Sun 21 Sep
  • 2.30pm - 2.50pm

Step behind the scenes

Join us for a special guided tour led by the Silver Wings exhibition’s Curator, offering a unique behind-the-scenes look at the stories, objects, and people that bring WWII Norfolk to life for audiences.

Led by the curation team and young participants, this bookable 20 minute tour offers extra insight into the stories behind the Silver Wings: The US Army Air Forces in WWII Norfolk exhibition.

Meeting Point: Silver Wings Info Desk inside The Forum

Free, booking essential
Recommended for ages 12+

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    • About Silver Wings

    From jitterbug dancing and donuts to first-hand accounts of service and sacrifice, Silver Wings celebrates the memories that shaped Norfolk during WWII, and the legacy that still echoes today.

    Join us for a free, ten-day exhibition and event series at The Forum, Fri 12-Sun 21 September 2025, presented as part of Norfolk Heritage Open Days.

    Silver Wings: The US Army Air Forces in WWII Norfolk

    An exhibition and event series at The Forum, presented as part of Heritage Open Days.

    Find out more

    Silver Wings is presented by The Forum in partnership with the American Library, Memorial to the 2nd Air Division, 8th Air Force, United States Army Air Forces. 

    Silver Wings is made possible with The National Lottery Heritage Fund, and supported by The Alan Boswell Group Charitable Trust, Anguish's Educational Foundation, The Charles Littlewood Hill Trust, Norwich Freemen's Charity, The Paul Bassham Charitable Trust, The Second Air Division Memorial Trust and Simon Gibson Trust.

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