Events

Photographs and Stories of Holocaust Survivors from Haringey.

With Dr Jan Marsh, Curator, Writer, Researcher

Free event, all welcome

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, 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.

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.

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, 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. 

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.

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.

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