What's on at the Museum
Week beginning Monday 25th August 2008
For opening times please click here
Crime & Punishment12 July to 9 November
Are you brave enough to be tried in a Victorian courtroom or
enter the Medieval torture chamber?
Learn about hideous crimes and fabulously foul punishments and
meet some of our most notorious criminals in this monstrously
murderous exhibition.
Test your detective skills in the forensic lab and see what it
is feels like to be imprisoned in a jail cell.
If you are lucky we might let you out again...
Have a go at our detective's trail around the area; solve the
clues hidden all around Peterborough.
Finish by 28 September and you could win a prize!
Get creative in A Splash of Colour! Enjoy a special selection
of the museum's technicolour collections. Be inspired by the
beautiful patterns of a butterfly's wing, or the lavish colours in
the artworks, fabrics and ceramics.
Drop in during the school holidays for hands-on family fun art
and craft activities
Saturday 23 - Monday 25 August
Meet some of the most notorious villains and greatest heroes
from both fact and fiction. Meet Robin Hood, discover more about
Batman, come face to face with villains as varied as Dick Turpin,
Blackbeard and a Dalek! A free talk will be held at 7.30pm on
Saturday by Stuart Orme on Jack the Ripper (adults only,
pre-booking advised)
Tuesday 26 - Friday 29 August - Summer Holiday Activities
Tuesday 26 August at 2pm - Historic Peterborough for Children
A 'Horrible Histories' style tour for children!
Tuesday 26 August at 7.30pm - Peterborough Ghost Walk
Our famous and popular ghost walk!