Thursday 1 February 2024, 2.30pm to 3.30pm
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.
Thursday 1 February 2024, 7.00pm to 9.00pm
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
Saturday 3 February 2024, 10.30am to 12.30pm
Free, booking required.
400 years of LGBTQ+ Heritage in Tottenham.
Let our guide Carol Hebbs of Tottenham Heritage Walks lead you on a guided walking tour through 400 years of hidden histories starting from Bruce Castle Museum & Archive in the north through to Tottenham Green. Walking along and near Tottenham High Road, explore with Carol buildings and places that uncover overlooked voices and reveal fascinating new research from Bruce Castle Museum & Archive and inspiring stories of Haringey's LGBTQ+ heritage from the past four centuries.
Thursday 15 February 2024, 7.30pm to 9.00pm
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.
Saturday 17 February 2024, 10.30am to 12.30pm
Welcome to Saturday Beginners Draw!
Join artist-tutor Susan Bryan for the opportunity to explore technique, line and space. Reconnect with your innate creativity in the historic, Grade I listed backdrop of Bruce Castle.
All art materials included within the ticket price.
Tickets are £15, pay on the day or book via Eventbrite.
For queries, please contact Susan on 07535 676276.
Saturday 24 February 2024, 1.15pm to 4.00pm
Free, suitable for ages 16+.
This workshop is sold out.
Join House of Frisson for a fun afternoon of paper collage on ceramic vases at Bruce Castle Museum, celebrating LGBTQ+ History Month in Haringey.
Sunday 25 February 2024, 2.30pm to 3.30pm
Special violin recital - accompanies our exhibition ‘The Two Williams: Violin Maker and Photographer’
Welcome in the Chinese Lunar New Year at Bruce Castle with a live violin recital of Chinese and Taiwanese works from Constance Hsieh and her pupil Jacqueline. Including a beautiful adaptation of “The Butterfly Lovers”, this recital will blend traditional and contemporary Chinese and Taiwanese music, all in the historic backdrop of Bruce Castle’s Coleraine Gallery.
Brought to Haringey with Ming Ai (London) Institute, Bounds Green and Bruce Castle Museum & Archive.
Saturday 2 March 2024, 10.30am to 12.30pm
Welcome to Saturday Beginners Draw!
Join artist-tutor Susan Bryan for the opportunity to explore technique, line and space. Reconnect with your innate creativity in the historic, Grade I listed backdrop of Bruce Castle.
All art materials included within the ticket price.
Tickets are £15, pay on the day or book via Eventbrite.
For queries, please contact Susan on 07535 676276.
Sunday 3 March 2024, 1.30pm to 3.30pm
Free, no booking required. Just drop-in!
Come hear and join Las Witchas Collective as they explore through song and drums the memories our mothers and grandmothers have left in us.
Help them with their music and be inspired and get crafty, making a colourful card to give to the special women in our lives. All in time for Mothering Sunday.
Families are welcome to come along, bring their own memories and use their imagination to create little works of art on card.
This free workshop will be lots of fun and spiced up with Afro Latin music by Las Witchas!
Saturday 9 March 2024, 11.00am to 1.00pm
Free, all welcome. Booking essential.
Meet: Outside The Everyman Cinema, Fortis Green Rd, Muswell Hill, London N10 3HS
From suffragettes to the feminist punk band The Slits, Muswell Hill has some remarkable women to discover. First settled as part of a medieval shrine to Mary, mother of Jesus, more secular inhabitants include an influential 20th century designer Peggy Angus and pioneering Egyptologist Myrtle Broome. Just join your guide Oonagh Gay on this 90-minute circular tour and learn more on this free walk about women from Muswell Hill.
Thursday 21 March 2024, 2.30pm to 3.30pm
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.
Thursday 16 May 2024, 10.30am to 12.30pm
Special Local History Activity for Dementia Action Week
Not only is it Dementia Action Week from 13-19 May, but this month also marks Local and Community History Month!
To celebrate these two occasions, we've put together a hands on activity exploring the diverse and exciting history of the borough of Haringey, all inspired by the collections at Bruce Castle Museum & Archive.
You’ll be able to chat and enjoy refreshments in a safe and welcoming environment.
For any queries, please email us at museum.services@haringey.gov.uk
Thursday 20 June 2024, 10.30am to 12.30pm
Meet: Outside Costa Coffee, 261 Tottenham High Road, N15 4RR
Sunday 30 June 2024, 2.00pm to 3.30pm
Beautiful flowers, plants and bold colours inspired the exquisite fabric designs and artwork of internationally-renowned Althea McNish. She also loved creating her own special garden at 142 West Green Road in Tottenham.
Why not join local artist Siân Dorman and get hands on and creative just like Althea and make your own floral designs and flowers – out of recycled plastic! No previous art experience necessary – just a love for being creative and trying something new!
Saturday 20 July 2024, 10.00am to 2.00pm
Location: All Good Bookshop, 35 Turnpike Lane, N8 0EP
Free, all welcome. No booking required!
Help us make community-designed decorations for South Asian Heritage Month in Turnpike Lane!
Throughout South Asia, trucks, buses and rickshaws are decorated with metal sheets, embossed with iconic South Asian designs and painted in bright colours. Truck art has come to tell the story of the trucker, their lovers and hometowns.
Saturday 27 July 2024, 10.30am to 12.00pm
Free, all welcome. Booking required.
Location: Orange Cafe, N8 0PR
Through the medium of printmaking, for South Asian Heritage Month you are invited to explore with printmaker Sunbul Akhtar (@nightpress) what your identity means to you through your living/working space in Haringey. The prints you produce will be used by Sunbul to decorate a storytelling chair. The chair will be used for future storytelling events in the community.
In the workshop you will:
Saturday 27 July 2024, 2.00pm to 3.30pm
Free, all welcome. Booking required.
Location: Orange Cafe, N8 0PR
Through the medium of printmaking, for South Asian Heritage Month you are invited to explore with printmaker Sunbul Akhtar (@nightpress) what your identity means to you through your living/working space in Haringey. The prints you produce will be used by Sunbul to decorate a storytelling chair. The chair will be used for future storytelling events in the community.
In the workshop you will:
Sunday 28 July 2024, 10.30am to 11.00am
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).
Sunday 28 July 2024, 11.15am to 12.45pm
Free, all welcome. Booking required.
Location: Starting from Orange Cafe, N8 0PR
Discover more about Turnpike Lane and South Asian Heritage with Deborah Hedgecock (Curator of Bruce Castle Museum). This will be a guided walk with Deborah in and around Turnpike Lane, looking at places, personal stories and events as we explore our local South Asian Heritage and community history.
Saturday 21 September 2024, 1.00pm to 5.00pm
Join us at Bruce Castle Museum and Archive to celebrate this year's Open House Festival!
On Saturday you can enjoy curator-led guided tours of Bruce Castle and the Tudor Tower, 'meet the architect' to learn about the ongoing East Wing restoration project, visit All Hallows Church and the Priory Gardens, plus take part in the Age Well Festival in Bruce Castle Park.
