ali | February 23, 2010
We are very excited to announce that Erasmus Darwin House has been shortlisted for the Best of the West Awards this year. These awards highlight and give recognition to innovative new Museum projects. All will be revealed on February 26th 2010-watch this space!
ali | February 11, 2010
In 1770 Thomas Day came to Lichfield and became a friend of Darwin’s and a fellow member of the Lunar Society. During his time across the pool at Stowe House he attempted to create himself the perfect wife by training two orphan girls, Sabrina and Lucretia. The talk, entitled The interesting Mrs B – Sabrina Sindey [...]
ali | February 11, 2010
Bring the kids to Darwin House this Easter for our new Easter Egg Hunt activity. Between 11am and 5pm on 3rd, 4th & 5th April a number of Erasmus’s eggs will be hidden around the museum. If you can help find them all you could win a chocolate egg to take home.
Refreshments available. Egg hunt [...]
ali | February 11, 2010
Make Mothers Day a special one this year with a trip to Erasmus Darwin House! Entry for mum is free (other visitors are charged the usual admission) and while you’re here you can make her a card and plant a herb to take home. Refreshments will also be available during the afternoon. Take this opportunity [...]
ali | February 11, 2010
Once again Darwin House will be holding two fun open days in aid of National Science & Engineering Week. Join us on 13th March for Fun Physics & Cool Chemistry and 20th March for Brilliant Biology. In addition to the science activities on 13th March there will also be two ‘Building Automata’ workshops at 12noon [...]
ali | February 3, 2010
On the following days the Erasmus Darwin House is pleased to announce that normal admission charges are waivered. We would, however, ask for a donation from each visitor to contribute towards the upkeep of the House.
21ST FEBRUARY, 12TH MARCH, 13TH APRIL, 19TH MAY, 10TH JUNE, 16TH JULY, 17TH AUGUST, 8TH SEPTEMBER, 10TH OCTOBER, 18TH NOVEMBER, 17TH [...]
ali | September 24, 2009
The grand opening of the newly refurbished museum happened on Saturday 4th July and the event was truly exciting! During the day we welcomed over 500 visitors to the museum and all seemed to enjoy the new exhibitions. The atmosphere in the House was amazing and it was so great to see so many people [...]
ali | September 17, 2009
Erasmus Darwin House is currently trying to improve it’s education services and require the help of people interested in this area. After the recent refurbishment we feel we have a much brighter museum which can provide a better offer to schools and wider learning. However, Darwin House is mainly run by volunteers and we are always [...]
admin | April 8, 2009
We had a great party on Saturday for the museums 10th birthday – take a look at the photos in the gallery to see what fun we got up to! Needless to say, all the cake disappeared very quickly and was enjoyed by all! Thanks to everyone who turned up to share it with us.
admin | April 2, 2009
Sunday 5th April is the 10th anniversary of the museum’s opening way back in 1999. On Saturday we’ll be celebrating this momentous occasion with a party and cake! Everyone is welcome to join us for a slice and the museum will be free to enter on this special day only, so take advantage!
During the last [...]