Events

Free, booking recommended.

This month’s Curator’s Pick for LGBT+ History Month is with special guest and award-winning figurative artist Sadie Lee, as she takes a look back at one of her early paintings in oils - ‘An Eligible Spinster’.

Known for her challenging paintings that focus on a range of subjects, including the representation of women in art, sexuality, gender and the ageing body, Sadie will be guiding us through the symbolism and meanings of this self-portrait.

Free, all welcome. Booking required.

Following on from the success of the ‘GRIP’ exhibition, come and join the conversation with Code 1 Community and explore the history and cultural legacy of the Windrush ‘Barrel Babies’.

Special guests Livingston Gilchrist and his mother Daphne Gilchrist share their story.

7.00pm-7.30pm: Refreshments / Music

7.30pm-9.00pm: Talk and discussion with spoken word

Free, no booking required.

Led by Sarah Drummond, writer and director of forthcoming film ‘Don’t Say Gay’.

Section 28, the legislation implemented in 1988 which banned local authorities from ‘the promotion of homosexuality’ impacted a whole generation of LGBTQIA+ people from the 1980s to the present day. Haringey led the way as the centre of protests against the government and the Act, from the local activists to the Council’s Lesbian and Gay Unit.

Free, all welcome. Booking recommended. 

Join sculptor Al Johnson as she discusses the inspiration for and making of ‘Land of Laundries’, which will be on display in Bruce Castle Museum’s Compton Gallery for Women’s History Month.

Two Atkinson descendants - Ron Atkinson and Andy Thomas - will talk about these two immensely talented men who lived and worked in Church Road, Tottenham, at the turn of the 20th Century.

Ron will provide further fascinating insights into the life and work of the world-renowned luthier, William Senior, while Andy will look, in detail, at William Junior's young life and his immense contribution to local history through the medium of his many magnificent images of Edwardian Tottenham.

Doors open at 12pm for a 12.15pm start.

Free, booking recommended.

Join Annabel Gee for a special edition of Curator’s Pick to mark Local and Community History Month.

Using objects, images and stories from the Museum & Archive collections, this talk will explore moments of radical change and reform through Haringey’s long and significant postal heritage. From Bruce Castle resident Rowland Hill’s invention of the Penny Post, to recent strikes by the Communication Workers Union, much of what shapes Haringey today can be told through the lens of its postal history.

Free, all welcome. Booking required.

Location: Orange Cafe, N8 0PR

Discover more about Turnpike Lane and South Asian Heritage with Deborah Hedgecock (Curator of Bruce Castle Museum). 

Come along and hear this brief introduction with Deborah about how Turnpike Lane has developed over time. 

(There is a guided walk later in the morning - please book this separately if you wish to attend that as well).

Come to Bruce Castle Museum & Archive on Saturday 23 November and enjoy a FREE day full of talks by renowned writers and illustrators, who all share a love for Tottenham Hotspur Football Club. Hear stories of their favourite club and the people and players who have shaped its history - all written in their well-researched and beautifully illustrated books.

A great chance to purchase signed copies of books about your favourite football legends, either for yourself or a loved-one for Christmas.

Join Tottenham Trees for a walk, a talk, a discussion, a quiz and poetry about Trees.

Free, all welcome. Booking required.

Free, all welcome. No booking required.

Join Deborah Hedgecock - curator at Bruce Castle Museum and co-author of 'Haringey at War' - to learn about local life on the home front during WW2.

80 years on from VE Day, this talk will capture stories from wartime Haringey: including codebreakers, pioneering women, innovative wartime nurseries, and other tales of resilience amongst everyday people from across the borough.

For any queries, please email us at museum.services@haringey.gov.uk