After the Annual General Meeting at Erasmus Darwin House on Friday 5 May Peter Worsley, father of the BBC historian and curator of Historic Royal Palaces Lucy Worsley, launched his new book ‘The Darwin Farms’ the story of the Lincolnshire estates owned by the family of Erasmus and Charles Darwin. Peter read small passages from…
By Eleanor Beestin As the first-ever placement student at Erasmus Darwin House, I’ve had some fantastic experiences over the last 8 months. I am a 2nd year History student from the University of Birmingham, but on Fridays I have been leaving the familiarity of campus and coming over to Lichfield to see first-hand what is…
The Lunar Society of Birmingham is celebrating after being awarded a £10,000 grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) towards a new Midlands heritage trail. The trail “ which will be available in print and on line – will tell the story of the original Lunar Society whose famous members included Matthew Boulton, James Watt,…
Erasmus Darwin House saw nearly 500 visitors come through the doors to explore the life and work of Lunar Society founder Erasmus Darwin over Easter weekend. Our volunteers baked tirelessly for our pop-up Georgian tea room and donned handmade costumes to reflect the period. We held back to back tours of the cellars under the…
By Marion Standing, Garden Volunteer April has brought new life to the herb gardens as well as the volunteer gardeners and we have been busy clearing away debris left by winter weather, moving out some unwanted plants and making plans for the new season. In the Culinary garden, there are shoots appearing from the Peony…
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