April 2020
Cancelled – Easter Activities: Create your own Fabergé egg
This event is cancelled, apologies for any inconvenience. Have fun and get crafty and create your own Easter egg to take home. Did you know the famous Fabergé family were Huguenot descendants? They created beautiful and intricate designs which all tell their own story. Create your own beautiful Easter egg in this drop-in workshop. Suitable for all ages. £3 per child or free with a family ticket. No need to book!
Find out more »Cancelled – Easter Activities: Create your own Fabergé egg
This event is cancelled, apologies for any inconvenience. Have fun and get crafty and create your own Easter egg to take home. Did you know the famous Fabergé family were Huguenot descendants? They created beautiful and intricate designs which all tell their own story. Create your own beautiful Easter egg in this drop-in workshop. Suitable for all ages. £3 per child or free with a family ticket. No need to book!
Find out more »Postponed – Museum and French Hospital Tour
This event is postponed until it is safe to do so. If you would like a refund please contact info@huguenotmuseum.org, or we will put you on a priority list for when we are able to start the tours again. Visit the museum and take a behind the scenes tour of The French Hospital, the Huguenot almshouses on Rochester High Street. This is an opportunity to see paintings and objects in The French Hospital that are not on permanent public display.…
Find out more »Postponed – Special exhibition: Phiz The Huguenot who drew Dickens
This exhibition is postponed until it is safe for the museum to open. A display of the drawings and prints by artist Phiz, who worked with Dickens and other authors to bring their stories to life. Hablot Knight Browne, better known as 'Phiz', helped Dickens create some of his most memorable characters, from Sam Weller to David Copperfield, illustrating key novels over 23 years. Phiz was the descendant of Huguenots who anglicised their name to Browne early in the 18th…
Find out more »May 2020
Postponed – Museums at Night
This event is postponed until it is safe to do so. If you would like a refund please contact info@huguenotmuseum.org, or we will put you on a priority list for when we are able to start the talks again. We will open our doors in the evening for a talk as well as the opportunity to taste a selection of South African wines. As part of the national Museums at Night celebration, we will open our doors in the evening.…
Find out more »Postponed – Drypoint Etching with Heather Haythornthwaite
This event is postponed until it is safe to do so. If you would like a refund please contact info@huguenotmuseum.org, or we will put you on a priority list for when we are able to start the workshops again. Hablot Knight Browne better known as Phiz illustrated some of Dickens' most famous work, with expressive pen and ink drawings that were engraved and then printed. In this workshop you will have the chance to consider the importance of these images…
Find out more »Postponed – Julian Woodford: The Boss of Bethnal Green
This event is postponed until it is safe to do so. If you would like a refund please contact info@huguenotmuseum.org, or we will put you on a priority list for when we are able to start the talks again. Discover the breathtakingly appalling life of Huguenot descendant Joseph Merceron (1764-1839). Discover the life of Joseph Merceron, gangster and corrupt magistrate, businessman and local politician, with the author of 'The Boss of Bethnal Green', Julian Woodford. Ruling Spitalfields and Bethnal Green…
Find out more »Cancelled – May Half Term: Family Coat of Arms Workshop
This event is cancelled, apologies for any inconvenience. Create your own Coat of Arms in this fun family workshop. Many Huguenot families ad a Coat of Arms, delve into the world of heraldry and create your own using different materials. Design and decorate with symbols, shapes and colours which have a meaning for you! £3 per child or free with a family ticket. No need to book!
Find out more »June 2020
Cancelled – Film Night: Delicatessen
This event is cancelled. If you would like a refund please contact info@huguenotmuseum.org. Join us for a 1991 French, post-apocalyptic, black comedy film directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro. Crazily inventive, visually extravagant, hilariously funny tale set in a post-apocalyptic burnt-out city where an ex-circus performer arrives looking for work and ends up becoming the next potential dish of the day of the resourceful local butcher. £7 Adult, £ 4.50 concession Refreshments and an opportunity to view the galleries…
Find out more »Postponed – Museum and French Hospital Tour
This event is postponed until it is safe to do so. If you would like a refund please contact info@huguenotmuseum.org, or we will put you on a priority list for when we are able to start the tours again. Visit the museum and take a behind the scenes tour of The French Hospital, the Huguenot almshouses on Rochester High Street. This is an opportunity to see paintings and objects in The French Hospital that are not on permanent public display.…
Find out more »September 2020
Heritage Open Day 10.00am Time Slot
This Heritage Open Day visit us for free! Explore the galleries and discover the incredible story of the Huguenots, French Protestants who fled to England to escape persecution from the 1500s into the 1700s. In the Museum you can also discover the story of The French Hospital, alms houses on Rochester High Street. Please note The French Hospital will not be open for Heritage Open Day this year. Did you know that 1 in 6 English people may be descended…
Find out more »Heritage Open Day 10.30am Time Slot
This Heritage Open Day visit us for free! Explore the galleries and discover the incredible story of the Huguenots, French Protestants who fled to England to escape persecution from the 1500s into the 1700s. In the Museum you can also discover the story of The French Hospital, alms houses on Rochester High Street. Please note The French Hospital will not be open for Heritage Open Day this year. Did you know that 1 in 6 English people may be descended…
Find out more »Heritage Open Day 11.00am Time Slot
This Heritage Open Day visit us for free! Explore the galleries and discover the incredible story of the Huguenots, French Protestants who fled to England to escape persecution from the 1500s into the 1700s. In the Museum you can also discover the story of The French Hospital, alms houses on Rochester High Street. Please note The French Hospital will not be open for Heritage Open Day this year. Did you know that 1 in 6 English people may be descended…
Find out more »Heritage Open Day 11.30am Time Slot
This Heritage Open Day visit us for free! Explore the galleries and discover the incredible story of the Huguenots, French Protestants who fled to England to escape persecution from the 1500s into the 1700s. In the Museum you can also discover the story of The French Hospital, alms houses on Rochester High Street. Please note The French Hospital will not be open for Heritage Open Day this year. Did you know that 1 in 6 English people may be descended…
Find out more »Heritage Open Day 12.00pm Time Slot
This Heritage Open Day visit us for free! Explore the galleries and discover the incredible story of the Huguenots, French Protestants who fled to England to escape persecution from the 1500s into the 1700s. In the Museum you can also discover the story of The French Hospital, alms houses on Rochester High Street. Please note The French Hospital will not be open for Heritage Open Day this year. Did you know that 1 in 6 English people may be descended…
Find out more »Heritage Open Day 12.30pm Time Slot
This Heritage Open Day visit us for free! Explore the galleries and discover the incredible story of the Huguenots, French Protestants who fled to England to escape persecution from the 1500s into the 1700s. In the Museum you can also discover the story of The French Hospital, alms houses on Rochester High Street. Please note The French Hospital will not be open for Heritage Open Day this year. Did you know that 1 in 6 English people may be descended…
Find out more »Heritage Open Day 1.00pm Time Slot
This Heritage Open Day visit us for free! Explore the galleries and discover the incredible story of the Huguenots, French Protestants who fled to England to escape persecution from the 1500s into the 1700s. In the Museum you can also discover the story of The French Hospital, alms houses on Rochester High Street. Please note The French Hospital will not be open for Heritage Open Day this year. Did you know that 1 in 6 English people may be descended…
Find out more »Heritage Open Day 1.30pm Time Slot
This Heritage Open Day visit us for free! Explore the galleries and discover the incredible story of the Huguenots, French Protestants who fled to England to escape persecution from the 1500s into the 1700s. In the Museum you can also discover the story of The French Hospital, alms houses on Rochester High Street. Please note The French Hospital will not be open for Heritage Open Day this year. Did you know that 1 in 6 English people may be descended…
Find out more »Heritage Open Day 2.00pm Time Slot
This Heritage Open Day visit us for free! Explore the galleries and discover the incredible story of the Huguenots, French Protestants who fled to England to escape persecution from the 1500s into the 1700s. In the Museum you can also discover the story of The French Hospital, alms houses on Rochester High Street. Please note The French Hospital will not be open for Heritage Open Day this year. Did you know that 1 in 6 English people may be descended…
Find out more »January 2021
Author’s Talk with Kate Mosse
Listen to bestselling author Kate Mosse discuss her latest book The City of Tears in the week of publication! This is a live event which will include an opportunity to ask Kate questions. The event will be on Zoom and you will be sent a link and joining instructions. The City of Tears is the second instalment of Kate's thrilling historical fiction series which started with The Burning Chambers. Minou Joubert and her family are in Paris for a Royal…
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