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Event: Workshop or activity session County: Warwickshire 1930s Garden PartyBring your family and friends to Upton this Bank Holiday. Relax in the gardens, play games and listen to 1930s music.Upton House and Gardens (National Trust) | nr Banbury | 27 May 2013
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Event: Workshop or activity session County: West Midlands County 1940s Weekend and Evening EventThis includes an evening of 1940s entertainment. The Museum's village will be full of 40s spirit, street performers and musical entertainment. Visitors can join in and dress up or simply experience what it was like to...Black Country Living Museum | Dudley | 20 — 21 July 2013
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Article: Trail 1945-2005 Sixty Years On From World War TwoSixty years ago, bells rang around the world celebrating the end of WW2. Read more about UK commemorations and the museums whose collections mark the conflict.21 March 2005 -
Article: News £4.9 million Coventry Transport Museum Lottery bid boosts 14th century Old Grammar SchoolPlanners at the world's largest British transport collection are on the road to winning £4.9 million from the Heritage Lottery Fund, utilising a forgotten building as part of the proposals.04 April 2012 -
Event: Exhibition (temporary) County: Coventry 999An exhibition of emergency vehicles from through the ages - perfect for a fun family day out. This Spring, Coventry Transport Museum will be alive with the sights and sounds of the ‘blues and twos’, as our exciting...Coventry Transport Museum | 23 March — 16 June 2013 -
Event: Guided tour County: Worcestershire A Bishop and his BooksChristine Penney, the Hurd Librarian, will give an illustrated talk on Bishop Hurd, the Hurd Library and some of the wonderful books it holds. You will then be taken on a private tour of the Castle State Rooms and the...Worcestershire County Museum | Kidderminster | 21 September 2013 -
Event: Guided tour County: Worcestershire A Bishop and his BooksChristine Penney, the Hurd Librarian, will give an illustrated talk on Bishop Hurd, the Hurd Library and some of the wonderful books it holds. You will then be taken on a private tour of the Castle State Rooms and the...Worcestershire County Museum | Kidderminster | 23 May 2013
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Article: Trail A Brotherhood Of Realism And Romance: A Pre-Raphaelite Art TrailDesperate Romantics? Victorian avant-garde? Judge for yourself as we tell you where to find Pre-Raphaelite works of art in the UK's museums, galleries and stately homes. -
Event: Exhibition (temporary) County: West Midlands County A Centenary of Stainless Steel: The Old Hall ConnectionWe celebrate the centenary of the invention of stainless steel with a display of one of its finest products: Old Hall table and teawares. Among the items on show are examples of Robert Welch’s trend-setting designs...Walsall Museum | 9 April — 1 June 2013 -
Article: Preview A Centenary of Stainless Steel: The Old Hall Connection at Walsall MuseumWho knew about the impact stainless steel had in Walsall? A new show reveals a design dream created by a husband and wife unimpressed with their cleaning nearly a century ago.09 April 2013 -
Event: Living history or re-enactment County: Worcestershire A Country FairTraditional Cider making, rural craft demonstrations and stalls, traditional music and dancing, local produce, heavy horses.Worcestershire County Museum | Kidderminster | 6 October 2013 -
Event: Workshop or activity session County: Warwickshire A Day in the Life of a 1930s Millionaire’s HouseholdExplore a Day at Upton as it unfolds from breakfast to dinner time as it would have in the 1930s. Find out about the lifestyle of Lord and Lady Bearsted, their family and servants.Upton House and Gardens (National Trust) | nr Banbury | 4 May — 30 June 2013
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Event: Living history or re-enactment, Storytelling session County: Staffordshire A Day in the Life of an Anglo-SaxonThe majority of items found in the Staffordshire Hoard are military in nature, probably taken from great warriors after defeat in battle. To celebrate the current Dark Age Discovery exhibition we invite you to see what...The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery | Stoke-on-Trent | 25 May 2013 -
Event: Living history or re-enactment County: Worcestershire A Festival of TransportSee History in motion as all types of historic transport wheels it's way to Hartlebury. Includes a craft fair in the Great Hall.Worcestershire County Museum | Kidderminster | 7 July 2013
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Event: Living history or re-enactment County: Warwickshire A Midsummer Night's DreamThe Festival of Players bring William Shakespeare's charming tale of tangled love, befuddled heroes, hopeless rogues, playful fairies and the hope of wedded bliss. The Duke of Athens and the Queen of the Amazons are to...Bosworth Battlefield Heritage Centre & Country Park | Nuneaton | 21 June 2013
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Article: Trail A Rebellion Of Substance And Style: The Arts And Crafts TrailThe Arts and Crafts Movement was a rebellion of substance and style: a strong social and moral purpose marks its continuing relevance.01 November 2004 -
Event: Exhibition (permanent) County: Birmingham A Small HiccupIs it always good to talk? A Small Hiccup is a travelling exhibition, events programme, publication and online commission of new work exploring diseased language curated by George Vasey. Featuring new work by artists:...Grand Union | Birmingham | 24 May — 5 July 2013 -
Event: Workshop or activity session County: Birmingham A victorian washdayStep back in time and experience all that a wash day entails for a Victorian family living in a Back to Back. Watch our volunteers working hard in the brew house to get the families washing cleaned by hand in just one...Birmingham Back to Backs (National Trust) | 14 July 2013
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Event: Workshop or activity session County: Birmingham A victorian washdayStep back in time and experience all that a wash day entails for a Victorian family living in a Back to Back. Step back in time and experience all that a wash day entails for a Victorian family living in a Back to Back. ...Birmingham Back to Backs (National Trust) | 23 June 2013
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Event: Workshop or activity session County: Birmingham A victorian washdayStep back in time and experience all that a wash day entails for a Victorian family living in a Back to Back. Step back in time and experience all that a wash day entails for a Victorian family living in a Back to Back. ...Birmingham Back to Backs (National Trust) | 22 June 2013
