Past Events
March 2023
The Linguistics of Humour by Dr Alice Haines
Humour plays a big part in how we communicate with each other and is an important way in which we form and maintain relationships. In this lecture I will draw on some key ideas in linguistics to explore how the language of comic literature interacts with our knowledge of the world. This in turn enables us to develop relationships with narrators and characters, and to find amusement (or not!) in what they say and how they say it. Alice Haines…
Find out more »Celebrating British Science Week
British Science Week (10 - 19 March 2023) aims to celebrate science, engineering, technology and maths. This year the theme is "Connections". Erasmus Darwin House will be free to enter and we will be offering free STEM based activities aimed at children aged between 7 and 12 years, allowing children to participate in "real science" whilst having fun. Booking is not necessary - just drop in. For more information on British Science Week visit www.britishscienceweek.org. Children can enter the British Science…
Find out more »Mid Season Jigsaw Sale
Come along and grab a bargain at our pre loved charity jigsaw sale. Prices have been reduced to make space for us to accept donated jigsaws ready our November sale. All proceeds are used to support the museum.
Find out more »Mother’s Day Tour and Tea – FULLY BOOKED
Treat someone special to a tour of Erasmus Darwin House and a cream tea to celebrate Mother's Day? The tour of the house will begin at 11am followed by a cream tea in our beautiful pop up tea room, using vintage china and served by costumed staff. Numbers are limited so booking is essential FULLY BOOKED
Find out more »Lunar Lecture – ‘A short, fat little democrat’ and a pioneering doctor, scientist and poet: Thomas Beddoes and the legacy of the Lunar Society by Professor Tim Fulford
Thomas Beddoes was Erasmus Darwin’s self-appointed protege: he, like Darwin welcomed revolutions — whether the French Revolution in politics, the revolution in geology that showed the earth was millions of years old, or the revolution in chemistry that discovered oxygen. In the 1790s, he set up the world’s first scientific research institute — the Pneumatic Institution -- in Bristol. Funded by Darwin and his Lunar Society friends the Wedgwoods, the Watts and James Keir, it aimed to create a revolutionary…
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