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October 2023
Enfield Chace: The Making of a Man-Made Landscape by John Leatherdale
The Local History Society organises regular lectures on a variety of topics. Talks are not only about Barnet, but also about wider interests. Talks are held at St John the Baptist Church. (Wood Street, EN5 4BW) Talks begin at 3pm (unless stated otherwise) and are approximately 45 minutes long. Talks are £2 or free to members of Barnet Museum and Local History Society.
Find out more »In the Footsteps of the Famous in High Barnet: a Guided Walk
Royalty, Prime Ministers, Dickens, Trollope, Thackeray, Pepys, Kingsley Amis, John Betjeman, Spike Milligan, J.M.W. Turner, Wesley, Livingstone, and many, many others: they’ve all stayed or lived in High Barnet and Monken Hadley over the past 500 years, and got their feet under the table of history. We'll meet them all in the course of this fun and informative two-hour walk. With Paul Baker, City of London guide. £12, £5 under 12s
Find out more »Mill Green Museum – Windrush at 75
Join us to Celebrate Black History in Welwyn Hatfield. Spend your afternoon learning about the 75th anniversary of Windrush, discovering local Black History and trying delicious Caribbean food. Mama Cynth food stall: A Taste of the Caribbean. A chance to see our temporary exhibition, Windrush@75 which runs from 5-29 October. No Ordinary Book Shop Mobile Museum: Exhibition in the Study Area. And More.... Timings: 12 noon- 5pm. Come along anytime during the afternoon. Last entry at 3pm. Cost: £5.60 per adult, £1.70 per child. Mill tour and activities included.
Find out more »Family History Research Help with LWMFHS
Need help with some research? Want to look up something on a website that you don’t usually subscribe to? Come along to the local family history society's Barnet group meeting and get help and advice. Bring a laptop or tablet if you can and make use of the free WiFi. £2.00, free to LWMFHS members
Find out more »Barnet Physic Well
Barnet Physic Well open to the public. Free entry. The physic well is on the corner of Well Approach and Pepys Crescent. Please be aware that the Physic Well is in a relatively small room underground and is reached by steep stone steps. Barnet’s Physic Well is a mineral water spring which was thought to have therapeutic qualities. It was popular from the later seventeenth century through the eighteenth century, and its visitors included Samuel Pepys, who wrote about the visit in his diary.
Find out more »Halloween in High Barnet: a Ghost Walk
A special guided ghost walk for Halloween. We'll be exploring ghostly goings-on in High Barnet, and Monken Hadley, the second most haunted village in England. It's a fun and informative walk, ideal for all ages. There's some audience participation, so watch out! Please bring a torch/phone, as we'll be going through a churchyard. And you're invited to dress up in costume -- no obligation. With Paul Baker, City of London guide. £12, £5 under 12s
Find out more »November 2023
Barnet Physic Well
Barnet Physic Well open to the public. Free entry. The physic well is on the corner of Well Approach and Pepys Crescent. Please be aware that the Physic Well is in a relatively small room underground and is reached by steep stone steps. Barnet’s Physic Well is a mineral water spring which was thought to have therapeutic qualities. It was popular from the later seventeenth century through the eighteenth century, and its visitors included Samuel Pepys, who wrote about the visit in his diary.
Find out more »The Inspiring Mr Howard
Celebrating Luke Howard, who named clouds and discovered the urban heat island effect, and whose work helped found modern meteorology. Talk by local historian Margaret Burr.
Find out more »March 2024
Barnet Museum Local History Lecture: Terrific Totteridge
Local history expert Paul Baker talks about Terrific Totteridge.
Find out more »April 2024
Barnet Museum Children’s Activities
Join us for some crafting with a Barnet Museum theme.
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