Please check with the organiser that an event listed below is going ahead, especially if travelling any distance.
A talk about Egyptomania and the influence on western arts following the opening up of Egypt by Napoleon and by the discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb.
Olney Archaeological Society
Take a specialist tour with Dr Anthony Wallersteiner, current headmaster of Stowe House and learn about the history of the school.
Stowe House
Join the Canal & River Trust and Living Archive MK for a fun, relaxing open day for all the family at the Grade II Listed Pump House.
Canal & River Trust and Living Archive MK
Colin Rowe explains the development and history of luxurious trains from the days of George Pullman to the current Venice Simplon Orient Express.
Hanslope & District Historical Society
Enjoy a display of Victorian costume, discover old military snaps, learn about liquorish making, join Queen Victoria for a sumptuous high tea, and more.
Milton Keynes Museum
A paper making machine powered by a reciprocating steam engine originally built in 1895 remains in the mill.
MKHA
In this lecture we explore what is known about Shakespeare’s life in the turbulent and often dangerous world of Elizabethan and Jacobean England,
The Arts Society North Bucks
Hedley Malloch will detail how, in 1915, the Germans shot 11 British soldiers who had been lost during the retreat to the Marne, and one Frenchman.
Western Front Association Milton Keynes Branch
Magnus John has published a novel, Breaks in the Circuit, set in the aftermath of the abolition of slavery, a process which took over 40 years.
Grafton Regis Historians
Wendy Page will be presenting an illustrated talk covering some of the earliest clues that we have to life in Cosgrove and Furtho.
Cosgrove and Furtho History Talks
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