Events

Free, all welcome. Refreshments included.

1950s brought Rock and Roll to these shores, and shocked our parents and teachers. Elvis and Little Richard gave us a new and exciting sound that made us want to move and dance. The sixties took us on to soul and skiffle, Bob Dylan, with his guitar and folk, and the new pop groups, the Beatles and Rolling Stones. Seventies, and the flamboyant Glam Rock, with Queen, Abba and Bowie. Punk, hip hop and rap all followed, musical genres growing from previous generations and ever more inventive.

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.

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.

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.

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!

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. 

Join us at Bruce Castle for morning tea and the opportunity to look at our collections and share stories. March's theme is music, so we'll be sharing objects and images from the collection that tell the exciting history of Haringey's music scene.

You’ll be able to chat and enjoy refreshments in a safe and welcoming environment.

You will also have exclusive access to the Museum's ground floor gallery spaces. 

Free, all welcome. Refreshments included.

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, all welcome. Refreshments included.

Modern gadgets can be a bit of a challenge for some of us, for all their usefulness. Those we used in the past were often so much more simple and trustworthy. The telephone, firmly fixed to the wall so it was never lost and never ran out of charge like those all-singing, all-dancing mobiles.

Discover more about the extraordinary historic area in and around Bruce Castle as we team up with other heritage buildings for this special event.

See full programme here.

The history of our local communities can be read in our buildings, the different styles of architecture and the stories they tell. Some may still be with us, others vanished with changing fashions. The handsome Wood Green Empire and the Tottenham Palace are evidence of past entertainment pleasures – music hall, theatre, bingo and cinema. The 1930s Muswell Hill Odeon, on the other hand, with its beautiful Art Deco architecture, still survives.

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

Join your guide Oona Kelly – local historian and Friend of Bruce Castle – as she leads you around the sites of South Tottenham. Listen to stories of how new communities shaped the locality and influenced the world beyond.

The walk will take 2 hours.

Meet: at 10.15am for 10.30am start outside South Tottenham National Rail Station

Ends: Stamford Hill

Dress for the weather and wear appropriate shoes for walking.

Come along on a walk with curator Deborah Hedgecock on International Museums Day as she explores around the Bruce Castle Museum area – from Church Lane and Prospect Place to Birkbeck Road and Bruce Castle Road. Drawing on the collections and stories from the archives and collections at Bruce Castle, you can discover more about the lives of those who resided or worked here, and who tested and pushed boundaries to achieve the remarkable and the unexpected.

Meet: Under the clocktower at Bruce Castle at 10.15am for 10.30am start

Ends: Warmington House, Tottenham High Road

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.

Sunday 26 May, 10.30am

Take a walk with Carol Hebbs of Tottenham Heritage Walks as she guides you up Tottenham High Road recalling the sights and sounds of music from our youth. Across the generations, the High Road has seen music venues that were the place to be and hear your favourite stars of the day. Which record shop did you frequent and flick through the vinyl? What stories do you have? Share, listen and explore the musical parade along the High Road through the ages.

Free

Dress for the weather and wear appropriate shoes for walking.

Head down to Bruce Castle Courtyard for an afternoon of outdoor play. Try giant chess, have a go at hopscotch, play a game of dominoes or get busy building with blocks. 

Suitable for families with children aged 3 to 8 years old.

Please note: all activities are weather dependent.  

Head down to Bruce Castle Courtyard for an afternoon of outdoor play. Try giant chess, have a go at hopscotch, play a game of dominoes or get busy building with blocks. 

Suitable for families with children aged 3 to 8 years old.

Please note: all activities are weather dependent.