The Museum of Richmond regularly holds events linked to exhibitions, local history topics, guest speakers and fundraising events.
To find out more about upcoming events visit our What’s On Page
February Curator’s Tour
Saturday 15 February, 2pm
Join our Curator to discover some of the stories from Richmond’s past told through the objects in the Museum’s collection.
Curator’s Tours are free. Please meet at the Museum’s front desk.
Easter Holiday Family Workshop Activity Packs
Unfortunately, we have had to cancel our Easter holiday workshops due to the closure of the Museum amid concerns over COVID-19. Refunds will be issued for all places booked prior to the closure in its place please find our:
Archaeology at Work – Bronze Age Murder Mystery
FREE Family Workshop Activity Pack!
Explore the story of Thomas Newby Reeve’s ancestor, an archaeologist who started work at Stonehenge. Have a go at being an archaeologist, identify mystery objects from the grave and solve a murder mystery!
CLICK HERE for Bronze Age Murder Mystery Activity Pack
CLICK HERE for Enrolment Form
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Free Family Workshop Activity Pack!
Victorian Richmond – Rag rugs
FREE Family Workshop Activity Pack!
Investigate what happened to Richmond’s poor and the history of the Workhouse on Queen’s Road. Make some workhouse gruel and your own rag rug. Learn about different Victorian toys and games and make your own to play with!
CLICK HERE for Victorian Richmond Activity Pack
CLICK HERE for Enrolment Form
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The Richmond Vicars
Monday 23 September
Doors open at 7pm, talk starts at 7:30pm
St Mary Magdalene Church, Paradise Road, Richmond
Please note seating is not reserved
Tickets: £5 per person, £4 for Friends
Tickets available to book online by clicking here
Also available from the Museum (Old Town Hall, Richmond) and The Open Book (King Street, Richmond.)
Two vicars ejected for their political views, another who inspired Gulliver’s Travels, and a pair of performing poodles, Mouton and Don. In this talk Derek Robinson will share many of the fascinating stories discovered during his recent research on the vicars of Richmond from past centuries.
September Curator’s Tour
Saturday 28 September, 2pm
Discover more about some of the Museum of Richmond’s objects as the Curator shares her favourite stories from the collection.
Curator’s Tours are free. Please meet at the Museum’s front desk.
April Curator’s Tour
As our Curator cannot run her scheduled tour at the Museum due to the COVID-19 closure, she has created an online audio tour to share some stories from the collection instead!
Click here to access the online tour; you can select the numbers on the map or on the list to the left of the screen to open up each object, then click the play button to hear our Curator talk about it.
VE Day Celebrations
To celebrate 75 years since VE Day, the Museum of Richmond has created a some of fun, interactive videos and a special audio tour for you to access at home!
Try your hand at making a paper party hat for your VE Day celebration.
Fancy a World War Two snack? Follow along as we try a recipe from our collection.
Explore some of the VE Day content from our collection in our Curator’s Tour.
Curator’s Halloween Tour
Saturday 12 October, 2pm
Join our Curator as we explore the strange, spooky and downright sinister stories in the Museum of Richmond’s collection!
Curator’s Tours are free. Please meet at the Museum’s front desk.
Creative Mindfulness – October 2019
Saturday 19 October 2019
Creative Mindfulness – Drawing workshop for adults
Be inspired by the Museum’s collections and take some time to be mindful, observe and draw, leaving the workshop with your own original pieces to treasure.
Each workshop is led by a local artist and will have a different theme, exploring a different element of the Borough’s history.
This month’s theme was the Ghosts of Richmond Palace, where we looked at the royal deaths which happened at the Palace, as well as tales of magic and murder from Richmond and the Museum’s collection.
173 years of railways to Richmond and beyond…
Thursday 24th October 2019
A talk by Grahame Boyes and Paul Velluet
In this fascinating talk, we discovered the story of Richmond’s rail links with Central London and the design and development of the two Stations that served them
FREE Tour of St Mary Magdalene and the exhibition – Wednesday 6 November
Wednesday 6 November, 2pm
Join the Museum Team for a fascinating tour of Richmond’s history through the story of St Mary Magdalene’s Church, exploring both the Church and the exhibition at the Museum.
Tours are FREE and there is no need to book—just head to St. Mary Magdalene’s on the following dates:
Wednesday 6 November, 2pm
Tuesday 12 November, 2pm
Wednesday 20 November, 2pm
Wednesday 27 November, 2pm