Kick starting the 2017 Plymouth History Festival, this day is packed with talks and presentations about heritage. It includes the Restoration, the Victorian era and an update about the Plymouth History Centre project.
Local Studies Day is organised by Plymouth City Council’s Arts and Heritage Service, in partnership with the Library Service, Plymouth University, Peninsula Arts and the Old Plymouth Society.
09:00 - 16:30. Tickets £12, booking via www.plymhearts.org/whats-on/local-studies-day-2017/
The 2016 Plymouth History Festival has now been confirmed, with a packed programme of 100 different events.
This is the fourth year that the month-long celebration of Plymouth’s history has taken place and details are now live at www.plymhistoryfest.wordpress.com .
The festival, co-ordinated by the Council’s Arts and Heritage service, will run from Saturday 7 May to Sunday 5...
Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery, the Elizabethan House and the Merchant’s House are all set for a fun half term filled with creative family activities and music.
Local folk band Tobacco Road will perform some of their favourite folk songs as visitors soak up the historic atmosphere in the Elizabethan House (2.30pm to 3.30pm on Tuesday 28 May) and the Merchant’s House (10.30am to...
If you have any old or historic documents you’d like an expert opinion on or would like to find out more about the history of Plymouth then head to the ‘Archives from the Attic’ event on Saturday 25 May.
The free annual event, which will this year tie in with the city’s first ever History Festival , brings together experts from Plymouth City Council’s record office, the Friends of...
There’s no time to ‘chill out’ for primary school children busy rehearsing for this year’s Lord Mayor’s Day celebrations on Saturday 18 May.
More than 250 pupils have been working with Stiltskin Arts and Theatre Company to stage a spectacular ‘Cattedown Man’ themed children’s parade and are putting the finishing touches to a giant wooden caveman, as well as colourful costumes, masks...
Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery is holding two special events this weekend as part of the city’s first ever History Festival.
The first event, on Friday 17 May, is called ‘Tudors at Twilight’ and will also mark the international Museums at Night celebrations that take place in May each year throughout the UK and Europe.
The free event will run from 6pm until 9pm. There...
There are just three weeks to go until the start of Plymouth’s first-ever History Festival which features a massive selection of over 100 events.
The festival will run from 1 to 31 May and aims to highlight Plymouth's unique heritage and encourage local residents and visitors to experience the city’s historic environment and buildings.
