The search has stepped up to find a new Norwich home for a museum that will close at a Norfolk estate next year. 

The John Jarrold Printing Museum was founded in 1982 by Peter Jarrold, then chairman of the Norwich Printing Company.

A huge collection of presses and equipment, type and books were assembled.

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By the time it closed at Whitefriars in the city in 2019, to make way for a housing development, it was the second-largest printing collection in the country.

At this time, it became an independent charitable trust and was renamed the Norwich Printing Museum with the John Jarrold Heritage Collection.

The John Jarrold Printing Museum in its former Norwich homeThe John Jarrold Printing Museum in its former Norwich home (Image: ARCHANT EASTERN DAILY PRESS (01603) 772434)

Since 2021, a temporary small museum, staffed by volunteers, has been based at the Blickling Estate, near Aylsham. 

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This museum will remain there only until October 2025.

Paul W. Nash, chair of the trustees, said: "We are immensely grateful to the National Trust for hosting our working museum at Blickling, but this was only ever a temporary solution.

"By October 2025 we want to have found a new home, ideally in Norwich, in which to show off all our collections and expand our programme of teaching and demonstrations."

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