Events

house of frisson upcycled ceramics
Saturday 14 February 2026, 10.30am to 1.00pm

Free workshop for LGBT+ History Month! Upcycling ceramics with House of Frisson. Booking essential.

Participants must bring their own ceramic plate/bowl/dish to upcycle. All other materials provided.

Join artist Luciano Rocha for a hands‑on upcycling session inspired by his exhibition House of Frisson: Elevating the Misfit. Participants are invited to bring their own ceramic plate to transform using collage, colour, and imagery drawn from Bruce Castle Museum’s LGBTQ+ archive and Luciano’s distinctive visual language.

campaign badges protesting section 28
Saturday 28 February 2026, 10.30am to 12.30pm

Celebrating the 40th anniversary of the founding of Haringey Lesbian and Gay Unit (LAGU).

Free, all welcome! Materials provided. Booking essential

Head over to Bruce Castle Museum & Archive to make your own badge and learn about our radical queer heritage using material from Haringey’s LGBTQ+ archives.

2026 marks 40 years since the founding of the groundbreaking Haringey Lesbian and Gay Unit in 1986, and this workshop will provide the opportunity to explore archival material related to this important part of our local history.

person giving gallery talk
Friday 6 March 2026, 2.30pm to 3.30pm

Free, all welcome. Booking recommended.

As 'The National Woman's MP', explore Joyce Butler's fight to ensure 'housewives' campaigns and voices were considered of national interest.

womens history map of Hornsey
Sunday 8 March 2026, 2.00pm to 3.30pm

Free, all welcome. Booking essential.

Meet: At 1.45pm for 2pm start outside The Everyman Cinema, Fortis Green Rd, Muswell Hill, London N10 3HS

upcycling
Sunday 8 March 2026, 2.00pm to 4.00pm

Free, fun, relaxing and creative upcycling workshop for +15 years to adults only.

Booking essential.

Materials and refreshments provided.

person in archive search room
Friday 13 March 2026, 2.30pm to 3.30pm

Free, all welcome. Booking recommended.

Hear and see letters written from women to Joyce Butler, campaigning to introduce legislation against sex discrimination in women's lives.

Wood Green MP Joyce Butler's campaign to introduce legislation against sex discrimination in education and employment attracted widespread public interest. The letters she received from women across the country provide an exciting window into women's working and family lives during a period of transformational upheaval.

collage of archive material along with portrait of academic
Thursday 19 March 2026, 7.30pm to 9.00pm

Free, all welcome. Booking essential.

This Women's History Month, come along to Bruce Castle Museum and Archive for an evening talk by Dr. Natalie Thomlinson (University of Reading) and panel discussion with the former organisers of the Haringey Women's Employment Project - Carmelita Kadeena-Whyte, Ursula Murray, and Joan Neary.

closeup of blue and white artwork
Sunday 29 March 2026, 2.30pm to 3.30pm

Free, all welcome. Booking recommended.

Join Tottenham artist Mary Yacoob for a gallery talk about her artworks in the current exhibition ‘Getting the Measure of William Bedwell: Maths, Measurement and the Arabic World’.

Photo of artist
Sunday 12 April 2026, 1.30pm to 4.00pm

Free, all welcome. Drop-in, but pre-booking also available.

Come and meet visual wordsmith Lucia Morciano - bring ideas of women who inspire and walk away with a poetry keepsake by Lucia!

MEET THE ARTIST and walk away with a poetry keepsake!

Join us for an intimate, one-of-a-kind afternoon with award-winning poet Lucia Morciano. Experience the joy of words at this unique poetry event, where a talented poet becomes your personal wordsmith.