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History

An aerial shot of an archaeological dig

Delving into the Iron Age World of Pen Llŷn

Photograph of Nefertiti (Black Power), Awol Erizku, 2018 © The Artist, Courtesy Ben Brown Fine Arts

Of Mythic Worlds: Museum Late curated by Harold Offeh

10 - 19 Nov 2022

A Lightbulb Idea: Lewis Latimer's Scientific Breakthroughs (Exhibition)

12 - 19 Nov 2022

A Lightbulb Idea: Lewis Latimer's Scientific Breakthroughs (Activities)

10 - 19 Nov 2022

Tales of the City

An image of a page from the Lindisfarne Gospels

The Language of the Lindisfarne Gospels

Gannin’ Alang the Wall

Photograph of a pile of Lego bricks

10 - 19 Nov 2022

Rebuilding Hadrian’s Wall with LEGO

From You To Me

Photograph of someone in a kitchen using a Kenwood chef

11 - 18 Nov 2022

Putting on a Show with the Kenwood Chef

Collage of black and white photographs of Welsh women

Breakthrough Welsh Women (Dove Workshop)

An underground cave with a torchlight from above into the cave

What Lies Beneath - Launch Event [FULLY BOOKED]

A digitally created image showing red, green, blue and white lines against a black and pink background

11 - 19 Nov 2022

Ganzflicker: Art, Science, and Psychedelic Experience

Photograph of the facade of Kenwood House

The Heritage Research Kitchen

An old site of the West End of Hadrian's Wall in Newcastle

Walking the West End Wall [FULLY BOOKED]

Photo reel showing multiple images of the inside of the empty Browns of Chester shop

More Than a Shop: How the Browns Family Shaped Modern Chester

3D historical map of Exeter

Mapping our Exeter

An original illustration for Charles Dickens’s David Copperfield (1849-50), which illustrates David Copperfield’s friend helping him to learn shorthand by dictating speeches aloud. One man in standing up with three people sat down listening.

Decoding Dickens: Shorthand Secrets [CANCELLED]

Cryptic Crypts

Wollaton Hall with a green lawn in front

12 - 19 Nov 2022

What Lies Beneath - The Real Caves Beneath Batman's Gaff [FULLY BOOKED]

A digital illustration of a a white man with long white hair wearing a tunic style top and green tartan trousers, sitting in a large stone chair

Tales and Treasures of Ossian

Three dried Rose's laid over an open book with a page of text and a page with an image of a painting

Exploring Changing Attitudes to Ageing [CANCELLED]

Picture of tile murals with a picture of Caroline Philips

A Monstrous Regiment of Women

A vintage black and photograph showing an old van with the words 'Progressive Furnishing Co. - Llandudno & Old Colwyn.'

Uncovering Llandudno's Jewish Environment

A photography of a plaque reading 'Coventry City 1987 FA Cup Winners'

Reporting Coventry City’s FA Cup Win

A view from above of a graveyard, in front of a wall with trees and bushes

Breaking the Gravestone Code

Image of Lindisfarne Gospels, Saint Luke the Evangelist

Write at the Gallery: Poetry Inspired by the Gospels

A Taste of the Past

Image of a fountain pen with stardust coming out of the nib

Storied Times: Poems Reimagining Local Myth and Legend

The altar of All Saints Church, Northampton

The History of Northampton in Emotional Objects

A section of the Bayeux Tapestry, with two people stood facing and pointing at each other, with two people to the left and one other to the right. Three dogs and two ducks are at the bottom of the image.

The Bayeux Tapestry: The Full Yarn

Ukrainians Past and Present in the English Media

Old woodcut print image of three witches and a black cat

How to Protect Yourself from Witchcraft

A range of medicine pills scattered against a purple and pink background

'Medicine' by Post and Press: Victorian Women Blackmailed

Penicillin syringe used during Second World War during early use of antibiotics, brass c.1944

Doing Death

Two women standing in front of a stone wall looking at the camera

The Ancestors - London Premiere

Black and white photograph of a theatre stage with actors gathered together on it

Secrets of the London Yiddish Stage

Photograph of two people talking by a table of historical documents

History Day 2022

A woman, man and child taking part in an archaeological dig

Exploring the Iron Age World of Pen Llŷn [CANCELLED]

Photography of colourful pigments in small glass bottles with cork tops. A long pheasant's feather is in the foreground, 3 mussel shells filled with pigment and a small black bowl with a wooden spoon.

The Science of Medieval Manuscript Illumination [FULLY BOOKED]

Two old books open showing their pages, 'The secular song & hymn book' and 'Freethough Readings and Secular Songs'

Secular Celebration: Then and Now

Collage of black and white photographs of Welsh women

Breakthrough Welsh Women Celebration

Queer, There and Everywhere: LGBTQ+ Lives and the Census [FULLY BOOKED]

Photograph of people talking and sitting around a table with piles of fabrics and sewing materials. In the middle of the scene is a person using a sewing machine.

An Archive of Stitches

Black and white image of health professionals sat on grass with babies sat on chairs

Collecting Health Histories

Image of Benjamin Franklin's face superimposed over some script handwriting

Benjamin Franklin’s Scientific Adventures in the English Lakes

Photo of a mosaic of a suffragette with the words 'Human Rights Defenders from Scotland'

Quinepedia: A Celebration of Women in North-East Scotland