Past Events
September 2024
Cellar Tour 2024
Learn more about part of the house that is not normally open to the public on this fascinating cellar tour. Please be aware that there are steps down to the cellar and the cellar floor is very uneven. Minimum age 12 years.
Find out more »Heritage Open Day
To celebrate Heritage Open Days the museum will be free to enter today. Booking not required.
Find out more »The Warrior Princess – Lecture By Sundeep Braich.
Little did Dr Erasmus Darwin know that around the time of his 1797 publication advocating for the education of women there was an emerging Maharaja on the other side of the world in Punjab, India, whose granddaughter would become key to the UK's suffragette movement for the advancement of women. This talk will be about Ranjit Singh's granddaughter Princess Sophia Duleep Singh, who was also Queen Victoria's goddaughter. Inspired by her grandfather's warrior spirit, Princess Sophia Duleep Singh fought to help women…
Find out more »October 2024
Afternoon Craft Workshop
Learn how to create two unique pictures to take home. All equipment will be provided to make a Ribbon Picture and Needle Punch Picture. Crafting happiness and memories. Join us for a friendly and relaxing afternoon. Tea and coffee included.
Find out more »HG Well’s The Red Room by Ellie Ball
The chilling words of HG Wells are brought to life in this one-woman storytelling show. Could you spend the night in the infamous haunted chamber of Lorraine Castle? Armed with a single torch, our sceptical narrator attempts to do just that. Ignoring the warnings of its three eerie custodians, she soon learns for herself why the room has such a dark reputation... and the grim fates which befell previous occupants. Gripping and often darkly funny, this brand new and original…
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