Henry Blogg Museum

This award-winning museum illustrates the history of Cromer lifeboats and Blogg most famous rescues. The exhibition brings the story of the RNLI to life and boasts family-friendly interactive displays.

The Watson class lifeboat HF Bailey, which served under Henry in World War II, is the centrepiece, alongside historic photographs, paintings, models and memorabilia.

The museum is also home to the digital archive of the Lifeboat, more than 150 years of lifeboating history in Cromer, the UK and RoI. The archive and other research material can be viewed by appointment as can any object in store.

The museum runs events for children and adults throughout the year, from exhibitions to storytelling sessions. Contact the museum for more information.

Sepoy

​Dress yourself in Henry Blogg's flat cap or cling onto the mast and pray to be rescued. Our drama workshop explores the feelings of the rescued as well as the rescuers.

Act out the rescue to the sailing barge Sepoy then discover the wreckage, paintings and medal Henry won.

A range of specially created activity suggestions, contemporary sources and original photographs are available to download below. You can also borrow a box of clues to introduce the rescue before you arrive.

These activities have been designed for use with children at Key Stage 2 studying history. 

English Trader

A brand new activity for 2013. The Merchant Navy ship English Trader is being pounded to pieces, while stranded on a sanbank in the North Sea. Will Coxswain Henry Blogg and the Cromer lifeboat crew be able to rescue the sailors in time? How did the English Trader get into such a predicament? Students are challenged to analyse and solve the problems of a rescue at sea during World War II.  View resources.