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Opening hours are 10am to 5pm Monday to Friday, and 9am to 5pm on Saturday. The telephone number is 01603 774747. For research enquiries, the email is americanlibrary@norfolk.gov.uk. The library's own website, americanlibrary.uk, carries the Roll of Honor, the remote research service, volunteer information and the events calendar.","confidence":0.15,"sentiment":"neutral","sources":1,"verified":false},{"id":"1dad3f12e83dede6","spikyText":"library, not museum, permanent exhibition, computers, research, memorial, American airmen, Norfolk, Suffolk, 1942-1945, American life, culture, The Forum, public space, Norwich","text":"It is worth being clear about what this place is and is not. It is not a museum with display cases and interpretation panels, though the permanent exhibition gives it some of that character. It is a library — you can sit, read, use the computers, attend a talk, or ask for help with a research question. 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