Massive glass panels, which will provide spectacular views of Norwich Castle, have been installed as part of £15m revamp of the city’s 900-year-old Norman landmark.   

The installation will mean visitors to the museum will get clear views of the keep’s East façade and Bigod Tower, from inside the museum, for the first time in 50 years. 

Eastern Daily Press: A glass panel being lifted into place at Norwich CastleA glass panel being lifted into place at Norwich Castle (Image: Eye Film)

The panels were lifted into place on Sunday, as part of the Royal Palace Reborn project, which aims to restore the castle's keep to how it looked in its 12th century heyday. 

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The project, mainly funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, is one of the largest of its kind currently under way in the UK. 

Eastern Daily Press: How the glass atrium at Norwich Castle will look once complete (Image: Norfolk County Council)How the glass atrium at Norwich Castle will look once complete (Image: Norfolk County Council) (Image: Norfolk County Council)

New shops, a café/restaurant and an educational space will also be created in the open space below the glass atrium. 

Work on the museum started in August 2020 and is due to be completed next year. 

Eastern Daily Press: The glass panels were lifted in by craneThe glass panels were lifted in by crane (Image: Eye Film)

It has seen the keep's floors returned to their original 1121 levels when King Henry I visited the castle, and a new medieval gallery will be installed, featuring objects on long-term loan from the British Museum.