Erasmus Darwin House Events
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson: The First Woman Doctor.
Erasmus Darwin House Erasmus Darwin House Beacon St , Lichfield, Staffordshire, United KingdomInternational Women’s Day Talk 2026 Elizabeth Garrett Anderson: The First Woman Doctor Join us at Erasmus Darwin House to celebrate the remarkable life and legacy of Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (1836–1917) — the first woman to qualify as a doctor in Britain, and a pioneer who transformed the future of women in medicine. “When I felt rather overcome with my...
Free Children’s Science Day
To celebrate British Science Week we will be holding a free science day for children at Erasmus Darwin House with a selection of "real" science activities available to try. The activities will be suitable for children aged between 7-11 years. Construct a double helix with sweets & try making DNA; try building...
Radical Lichfield
Erasmus Darwin House Erasmus Darwin House Beacon St , Lichfield, Staffordshire, United KingdomA talk by Alun Jones. Lichfield. What comes to mind? The Ladies of the Vale, Georgian elegance, Dr. Johnson and a "loyal and ancient city". We think of tradition, history and an innate quiet conservatism but beneath the polished façade of this Cathedral City lies a deep, enduring and sometime bloody streak of radicalism. Uncover the rebels, the thinkers and...
Hammer and Havoc – Storytelling with Maria Credali. Sold Out!
Erasmus Darwin House Erasmus Darwin House Beacon St , Lichfield, Staffordshire, United KingdomJoin us for an evening of Norse legends, as the Vikings would have heard them – from a traditional Skald, an oral storyteller. Hear of mighty Thor, wielder of Mjölnir, as thunder shakes the heavens. Marvel at the cunning tricks of Loki, the silver-tongued shapeshifter whose mischief forever alters the fate of gods and giants...
Lunar Lecture – Romanticism, Place, Identity and the Picturesque: Erasmus Darwin’s Poetical Oaks by Professor Paul Elliott
Erasmus Darwin House Erasmus Darwin House Beacon St , Lichfield, Staffordshire, United KingdomErasmus Darwin and his literary and philosophical friends were inspired by trees which Darwin believed were essential for economic utility, horticultural improvement, productive estate management and ecological vitality. In his Lichfield botanical garden and other gardens, Darwin strove to unite as his friend and biographer Anna Seward claimed, practical botany with picturesque prospects by creating and...
