Exhibitions

Discover the exhibitions on display in Normanby Hall and the Rural Life Museum. New for 2025 What the House Holds.

Current Exhibitions

What the House Holds, Ground Floor of Normanby Hall

1 March 2025 – 4 January 2026

It is 1841 and you are cordially invited to Normanby Hall, where the Sheffield family is in residence. The touchscreens in the ground floor rooms each have a film showing how the room was used. The five films will take you through a day in the life of the family and show you how they lived, worked and socialised in Normanby Hall. View costumes from the films displayed in each of the rooms.

Fashion Plates to Film, Exhibition Gallery, First Floor of Normanby Hall

1 March 2025 – 4 January 2026

Crow's Eye Productions created the films and costumes in the What the House Holds exhibition. In Fashion Plates to Film, discover how the company uses fashion plates as inspiration. Some of the fashion plates used to create the costumes are displayed next to stunning images of the reproductions.

Original Style, Small Costume Gallery, First Floor of Normanby Hall

1 March 2025 – 4 January 2026

This gallery showcases costume from the 1840s. These are examples of the type of original pieces Crow's Eye studies to create their accurate reproductions. The gallery has a film showing how Crow's Eye recreated one of the pieces on display for a video in their Getting Dressed series.

House of Fashion, Large Costume Gallery, First Floor of Normanby Hall

1 March 2025 – 4 January 2026

This exhibition shows costume worn by members of the Sheffield family in the 20th century. Discover the stories behind the costume, who wore them, and how they were acquired by North Lincolnshire Museums.