Upcoming Events
July 2026
Friends of Erasmus Darwin House Summer Concert
Please support the Friends of Erasmus Darwin House by joining them for a Summer Concert given by Mosaic Mosaic, a unique Chamber group of six voices, was founded in 2007. Their repertoire includes classic and popular music, blending ancient and modern, sacred and secular. Songs from the shows, with both silly and serious songs make a programme to suit all tastes. Light refreshments and a glass of wine will be served. The event will be held at Martin Heath Hall,…
Find out more »August 2026
Monthly Cellar Tour
Learn more about part of the house that is not normally open to the public on this fascinating cellar tour. Please note there are steps into the cellar and the floor is uneven. Adults £5. Children 12 years and over £2.
Find out more »Free Children’s Craft Activities
Looking for a fun, hands-on activity for your little artist? Bring them along to our creative craft session where they will make their very own garden themed crafts to take home. While visiting the museum take advantage of the Dr Erasmouse trail. Find the clues and win a knitted mouse! All children free. Adults £5
Find out more »September 2026
Queen Jind Kaur of Punjab and Six Princesses
Lichfield Cathedral houses a war memorial to the soldiers who defeated Punjab's Sikh Empire in the 1840s. But on the losing side of the Anglo-Sikh Wars stood a woman: Maharani (Queen) Jind Kaur - Queen Regent, separated from her only child, imprisoned, and exiled - leaving her ten-year-old son, Maharaja Duleep Singh, to surrender the Koh-i-Noor diamond to the Queen of England - and the Sikh Kingdom of Punjab with it. If Queen Jind Kaur of Punjab was defeated, then…
Find out more »10 week history course – THE SUPERNATURAL MIDDLE AGES by Charlotte Ball
If you are intrigued by the stranger side of medieval history, this ten-week lecture course might be for you! The Middle Ages were a dark age, filled with superstition and wild beliefs in supernatural things…weren’t they? In this exploratory and fun course, we can expect to meet readers of omens and practitioners of magic; saints and heretics; miracles and monsters. But we will also dive into what people at the time actually believed about the nature of their world, and…
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