Sunday 23 February 2025, 11.00am to 1.00pm
Free, all welcome. Booking required.
Join curator Deborah Hedgecock for a fascinating LGBTQ+ heritage walk along Green Lanes and Harringay. Keeping with this year’s LGBT+ History Month theme - ‘Activism and Social Change’ - this walk takes in Harringay’s many connections to iconic radical episodes in the nation’s LGBTQ+ heritage. From historic protests, to parties and politics, this tour celebrates the diverse and proud history of our borough. Please do bring along your own stories as well, as we map more about the borough's LGBTQ+ history!
Sunday 23 February 2025, 2.00pm to 4.00pm
Come along to our zine-making workshop and learn how to be a zinester for LGBT+ History Month. Bring your own story or an important LGBTQ+ moment in history and join this collective zine-making workshop with local comic artist and illustrator Wilson So (@morrowdragon). You can document your story in the zine using collage, drawing and writing. No artistic experience required! This session is aimed for adults only.
Please book your free ticket via Ticket Tailor.
Tuesday 25 February 2025, 2.00pm to 4.00pm
Free, all welcome. Refreshments provided.
Saturday 1 March 2025, 10.30am to 12.30pm
Free, all welcome. Booking required.
Discover the history of different women's lives from across the centuries on this guided walk with your tour guide Carol Hebbs (Tottenham Heritage Walks) for this Women's History Month. The walk will take you around Tottenham Cemetery, Prospect Place and All Hallows Church and Graveyard, as well as exploring the monuments inside All Hallows Church.
Meet at 10.15am (for 10.30am start) outside All Hallows Church, Church Lane in Tottenham, N15 7AA.
Sunday 2 March 2025, 2.00pm to 4.00pm
This Women's History Month join artist Siân Dorman at Bruce Castle as she shares her crafting skills and creative ideas at this morning workshop. Using upcycled waste plastics and jewellery clasps, you can be inspired to make a unique, handmade gift – one that is sustainable and in good time for that special woman in your life for Mothering Sunday. This special workshop is for 14+ to adults, and we especially encourage friends and family members from different generations to attend and share this creative experience together.
Sunday 9 March 2025, 11.00am to 1.00pm
Free, all welcome. Booking required.
Discover some amazing women on this entertaining walk with local historian and tour guide Oonagh Gay - from author Gillian Tindall’s connection with Stapleton Hall, to Albertina Sylvester, founder of one of the local Black supplementary schools, and friend of John La Rose and Sarah White, co-founders of New Beacon Books. On the way we will meet peace campaigners, pioneer film producer and pre-school specialist.
Meet at 10.45am (for 11am start) outside Holy Trinity Church, corner of Granville Road/Stapleton Hall Road N4.
Thursday 13 March 2025, 7.00pm to 8.30pm
Free, all welcome. Booking required.
Sunday 16 March 2025, 10.30am to 12.30pm
Free, all welcome. Booking required.
Explore the world of Tottenham women, delving into the world of politics, careers and education and how these women challenged the stereotypes that were set for them. Join Oona Kelly, local historian, on this guided tour for Women's History Month around South Tottenham.
Meet at 10.15am (for 10.30am start) by Seven Sisters tube station exit (near the junction with Broad Lane), outside 214-218 Tottenham High Road, N15 4RP.
Tuesday 25 March 2025, 2.00pm to 4.00pm
Free, all welcome. Refreshments included.
Thursday 27 March 2025, 10.30am to 12.30pm
Join us at Bruce Castle for morning tea and the opportunity to look at our collections and share stories.
March's session is: Grown in Haringey!
With spring on the horizon, we'll be looking at gardens, allotments, farms and more - to celebrate all things 'Grown in Haringey'. During the session you will be able to chat over morning tea in a welcoming environment, handle some of our museum and archive collections and share your own stories.
Tuesday 22 April 2025, 2.00pm to 4.00pm
Free, all welcome. No booking required. Refreshments included.
Sunday 4 May 2025, 11.00am to 4.00pm
Come and explore this special historic area around Bruce Castle, the Park, Church, Pub and Cemetery!
For a full programme, please visit our Special Events Page.
Thursday 22 May 2025, 10.30am to 12.30pm
Join us at Bruce Castle for morning tea and the opportunity to look at our collections and share stories.
May's theme for Dementia Action Week is: VE Day Commemorative Session
2025 marks 80 years since VE Day. We will be commemorating this special occasion through object handling with our museum and archive collections, sharing stories, and, of course, tea and cake.
Thursday 29 May 2025, 1.30pm to 3.30pm
Free, all welcome! No booking required.
Join us at Bruce Castle as we re-launch our family activities after a year of building work! Have a go at giant chess and other games in the Castle Courtyard and get creative making bunting in one of our art workshops.
For any queries, please email museum.services@haringey.gov.uk
Friday 30 May 2025, 1.30pm to 3.30pm
Free, all welcome! No booking required.
Join us at Bruce Castle as we re-launch our family activities after a year of building work! Have a go at giant chess and other games in the Castle Courtyard and get creative making bunting in one of our art workshops.
For any queries, please email museum.services@haringey.gov.uk
Thursday 5 June 2025, 2.30pm to 3.30pm
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
Tuesday 17 June 2025, 2.00pm to 4.00pm
"What do you remember of your childhood family holidays? It may have just been days out or a week away in a caravan or boarding house, but always an adventure.
Thursday 19 June 2025, 6.30pm to 9.00pm
Join us for the launch of our brand new exhibition, Joyce Butler: 'The National Woman's MP' - celebrating the life and work of Joyce Butler, MP for Wood Green 1955-1979.
This exhibition has been curated in partnership with Dr Lyndsey Jenkins, Associate Professor and Tutorial Fellow in History, Mansfield College, University of Oxford as part of an AHRC funded heritage project 'The National Woman’s MP: Joyce Butler, women's rights and women's liberation from the 1950s to the 1970s’.
Saturday 21 June 2025, 1.00pm to 3.00pm
Join us for buns and cheese, fruit punch, cake, tea and coffee on the Museum’s lawn for a Windrush Chat and Tea Party. With games and music, come along, reminisce and meet new friends and old.
Visit Eventbrite for free tickets and full event details.
Organised by Code1 Community with Bruce Castle Museum & Archive.
Saturday 21 June 2025, 1.30pm to 3.30pm
Free, no booking required. Just drop-in! Suitable for ages 7+
Arts and crafts activities for families. Have fun making your own 1950s-style hat from recycled materials with Siân Dorman (PLASTIQUE By Siân).
For any queries, please email museum.services@haringey.gov.uk
