Old Lawnmower Festival
The Old Lawnmower Club will be returning to the Museum when hundreds of mowers are expected. Also, the Museum’s own fine collection will be open.
Milton Keynes Museum
Month: April 2026
Beowulf Film Premiere
Discover the Saxon world on screen with the premiere of Beowulf, a 5th Century tale of heroes and monsters by Rod Hughes.
Discover Bucks Museum
Olney Outer Circle Guided History Walk
Join the Museum’s knowledgeable guide for a picturesque tour of the edge of town historical sites from pre-historic and Roman to the present..
Cowper & Newton Museum
Milton Keynes History Day
Members’ stands with ‘family friendly’ children’s activities. Morning and afternoon speaker programme on historical subjects.
Become a Bletchley Park Codebreaker
Join the ranks of the Bletchley Park codebreakers in this interactive session and get to grips with the basics of cryptology.
Bletchley Park
Focus on Funding workshop for MKHA members
MKHA are holding a free interactive workshop for members to discuss the challenges and opportunities of securing future funding.
Saturday, 25th April 2026
Behind the Barbed Wire Fence – Canada’s Internment Programme
A long-hidden secret: In October 1914, some 5,500 men, women and children were rounded up and interned in 24 POW camps across Canada.
Western Front Association Milton Keynes Branch
Vanbrugh’s Garden Legacy at Stowe
Richard Wheeler explores Sir John Vanbrugh’s influence on the early development of Stowe’s landscape gardens and the legacy of his ideas.
Stowe House
Later Anglo-Saxon Illuminated Manuscripts – 850 to 1050
This lecture explores the revival of learning by King Alfred the Great and his heirs which revived the literary and artistic aspirations of England.
Arts Society North Bucks
Windmill Street – The street that never was!
Have you ever wondered where the grid road names in Milton Keynes came from, or why some people refer to grid roads as the H5 or V8?
Cosgrove History Group