Introduction to the Museum drop-in
Join Bill Griffiths, director of the Museum, in the atrium of the new galleries to learn more about the Museum’s plans and how you can get involved.
Milton Keynes Museum
Speaker meetings
‘He Didn’t Talk About It’ – Analysing Veterans’ Silence
Julian Walker discusses why many soldiers were unwilling or unable to talk about their experience.>br />
Western Front Association (Milton Keynes Branch)
The exciting years of Scottish art from the Glasgow boys to the Scottish colourists
This Study Day led by Julia Marwood will introduce many of the most important characters and their exciting and innovative works of art.
Arts Society North Bucks
The Secrets and Scandals of Canons Ashby
Laura Malpass will take a light-hearted romp through 1,000 years of the history of Canons Ashby, told through the lives of the people who lived there.
Wolverton & District Archaeological and Historical Society
Modernist Architecture in Amersham
Alison Bailey looks at the impact of what we now know as modernism. Amersham has several buildings in this style. High & Over is the best known.
Buckinghamshire Gardens Trust
Kathleen Booth
Kathleen Booth was a British computer scientist and mathematician who wrote the first assembly language. Speaker: Roger Johnson.
National Museum of Computing
Highlights of the Vatican Museums. frescoes and Sistine Chapel
Rome tourist guide Stuart Harvey takes you on a virtual stroll through the corridors and rooms, ending our journey in the Sistine Chapel.
Arts Society North Bucks
The Battle of Edgcote
Edgcote was the first major battle fought in the second campaign of the Wars of the Roses. Graham Evans, from the Battlefields Society.
Towcester & District Local History Society
The making of Gone with the Wind
A Zoom lecture by Dr Colin Shindler., author of books on British and American cultural history, with an emphasis on the impact of sport and film.
Olney Archaeological Society
Pictures in the Parlour
Kevin Varty’s magic lantern will illustrate how audiences were entertained back in the day. £4.00 for non-members.
Milton Keynes National Trust Association