What's on August 2008
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!
26 July to 21 September
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 2 August at 2pm - Historic Peterborough Walk
Sunday 3 August at 2pm - What's in a Name Walk
Monday 4 - Friday 8 August - Summer Holiday Activities
Tuesday 5 August at 2pm - Historic Peterborough for Children
A 'Horrible Histories' style tour for children!
Tuesday 5 August at 7.30pm - Peterborough Ghost Walk
Our famous and popular ghost walk!
Wednesday 6 August at 7.30pm - Stone Me Walk
Thursday 7 August at 7.30pm - Inns & Taverns of Peterborough Walk
Meet the Police
Saturday 9 August
Find out what the police do, with displays on modern policing
and police methods. Demonstrations, giveaways and much more. Event
in association with the British Transport Police and Cambridgeshire
Constabulary.
Saturday 9 August at 2pm - Historic Peterborough
Walk
Sunday 10 August at 2pm - Monarchy, Monks & Martyrs Walk
Monday 11 - Friday 15 August - Summer Holiday
Activities
Tuesday 12 August at 2pm - Historic Peterborough for Children
A 'Horrible Histories' style tour for children!
Tuesday 12 August at 7.30pm - Peterborough Ghost Walk
Our famous and popular ghost walk!
Wednesday 13 August at 7.30pm - What's in a Name Walk
Soke Military Society
Evening Lecture, Wednesday 13 August at 7.30pm.
RAF Sutton Bridge in peace and war.
Evening Lecture
- Burke & Hare and the Bodysnatchers -
Thursday 14th August at 7.30pm
Bodysnatchers or 'Resurrection Men' stole corpses to sell for
medical experimentation. Discover the true story behind the
infamous 'Burke and Hare', how body-snatching became the beginnings
of organised crime in London, and what happened when the
body-snatchers came to Peterborough...
Saturday 16 August at 2pm - Historic Peterborough Walk
Sunday 17 August at 2pm - Inns & Taverns of Peterborough Walk
Monday 18 - Friday 22 August - Summer Holiday
Activities
Tuesday 19 August at 2pm - Historic Peterborough for Children
A 'Horrible Histories' style tour for children!
Tuesday 19 August at 7.30pm - Peterborough Ghost Walk
Our famous and popular ghost walk!
Wednesday 20 August at 7.30pm - Monarchy, Monks & Martyrs Walk
Thursday 21 August at 7.30pm - Peterborough Crime & Punishment Walk
Discover the city's sinister side with our criminally good
walk!
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)
Saturday 23 August at 2pm - Historic Peterborough Walk
Sunday 24 August at 2pm - Stone Me Walk
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!