Not just old stuff in glass cases: the work of Peterborough
Museum (Stuart Orme)
Peterborough Museum has a massive collection
of some 227,000 objects, all of which have their own stories to
tell. Hear about some of these fascinating objects, about the work
that goes on at the museum, and what you might find behind the
scenes. You'll never look at the place the same way again! Duration
- 60 minutes (Illustrated).
The Dark History of Peterborough Museum (Stuart Orme)
Today Peterborough Museum is situated in a
nice Georgian building tucked down the end of Priestgate... but
what's the history of that building? You'll be surprised to learn
it involves the speaker's namesakes, as well as tales of murder,
incest and medicine! A fascinating and entertaining story. Duration
- 60 minutes (Illustrated).
An introduction to historic costume (Stuart Orme)
Medieval peasants all wore brown, the Puritans
all wore black and everyone was only 4 feet tall in the past...
these and other great myths will all be exploded as part of this
talk. This talk is less about fashion in the past, but more about
the development of clothing and what surviving or accurate
reproduction clothing can tell us about our ancestors and the way
they lived. Duration: 60 minutes (Illustrated).
Life at Norman Cross: the world's first POW camp (Stuart Orme,
Ben Robinson, Brian Jones)
On the outskirts of Peterborough was the
Norman Cross Depot was the world's first purpose-built prisoner of
war camp. Built in 1797, the camp was the 'home' of many thousands
of Napoleonic prisoners of war. This illustrated talk tells
the story of the camp, its inmates and the politics of the whole
affair, as well as revealing the remarkable story of many of the
beautiful items made by the prisoners which are now displayed at
the Museum. Duration: 90 minutes (Illustrated).
Many of Peterborough’s most popular cultural and sporting
facilities are part of Vivacity, an independent,
not-for-profit organisation with charitable status.
Find out more about
the trust on the Vivacity website.