1940s Weekend
Miss Lola Lamour, forces favourite, will be singing. Displays from Home Guard, Free French, K2 Trust, GIs, RAF and the NAAFI. Flybys will take place.
Milton Keynes Museum
Saturday, 31st August and Sunday, 1st September 2019
MKHA member events
Glass, Faience and Pottery at Amarna
Amarna is the contemporary name of the capital city of the pharaoh Akhenaten and his wife Nefertiti,.and is famous for dazzling decorative and fine arts.
Olney Archaeological Society
Tuesday, 3rd September 2019
The Enumerator Strikes Back
This talk by Dave Annal will turn the spotlight onto the men and women who created the UK’s census returns since they first went to work on the census in 1841.
Buckinghamshire Family History Society (Northern Group)
Wednesday, 4th September 2019
Medieval Surgery
Steve and Eve Bacon explain the theory of the four humours that underpins medieval medicine and demonstrates the skill of the surgeon.
Bletchley Archaeological & Historical Society
Thursday, 5th September 2019
Past, Present, Future: Codes and Ciphers
Learn how a selection of codes and ciphers work, from those used in ancient fields of battle to the basis of many of today’s secure communications systems.
Bletchley Park
Sunday, 25th August 2019
Evening Rooftop Tour
Enjoy the chance to climb the noble cantilevered stone staircase to admire the magnificent view from the roof and look over the world-famous Gardens.
Stowe House
Friday, 30th August 2019
Buckingham 1369
A free exhibition exploring the lives of the archers who left Buckingham in 1369 with their longbows to support King Edward III in the war against France.
Buckingham Old Gaol
Until Saturday, 31st August 2019
Grafton Regis – 1,000 years in 100 minutes!
Experience the dramatic history of Grafton Regis brought to life on a leisurely walk through the village. Meet, in authentic costume, some inhabitants.
Grafton Regis Historians
Saturday, 14th September 2019
Bradwell Windmill Open Days
Bradwell Windmill is open to the public in 2019 on selected days – opening times are from 1.30 to 4.30 pm.
Sunday, 25th August 2019
Anglo-Saxon and Viking Day
Join us at Bradwell Abbey as part of the Festival of Archaeology and meet real-life characters from the Anglo-Saxon and Viking past.
Milton Keynes City Discovery Centre