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Admission is free for all events, unless specified.
Visiting groups including schools may book to visit at other times.
It is advisable to book an appointment as we may not otherwise be able to accommodate your visit.
Drop-in Sundays 2pm to 4pm in 2012 - from Sunday 22 January.
All children under eight must be accompanied by an adult, and no adult admitted without an accompanying child.
For summer activities see below, and also the flyer in the attached files section, towards the bottom of this page.
Holocaust Memorial Day: public commemorative event
Sunday 22 January 2012
2pm-4pm
All welcome.
Reminiscence Café at the Castle
Monthly chat and reminiscence over old photos and objects. Different topics to inspire.
Drop by on Tuesdays between 2-4pm.
With tea and biscuits
Saturday 4 February 1pm-4pm
and
Sunday 5 February 2pm-4pm
As we enter the Year of the Dragon, the Ming-Ai Institute (website - external link) based in Bounds Green, celebrate the end of their Heritage Lottery Funded Project.
Saturday 18 February
11am-5pm
Want to find out more about Haringey’s history but just don’t know where to start? Well, this is the Fair for you. Stalls with experts on hand to help.
Admission free
Our vintage fair for mothering Sunday
18 March 2012
11am-4.30pm
You really liked the first one, so we are doing it again
Admission: £1.50
Stall-holders, £25 per table: please email museum.services@haringey.gov.uk for full details and a booking form
Come and treat your mum or yourself; lovely gifts from stalls selling vintage and vintage-inspired clothing, books, accessories and collectables.
Enjoy tea and cake with your mum. Take her to be pampered at our beauty stall!
Portraits of people behind Haringey by Brendon O'Hanlon
From 1 February-29 April 2012
For further information about the artist, click on the link in the external links section below
Location: First Floor Coleraine gallery
From 25 January-18 March 2012
A touring exhibition from the Horniman Museum (website - external link)
Location: ground floor near Old Kitchen
From 1 February
A small exhibition of amulets and lucky charms. These were created by local young people, inspired by the stories and history of Tottenham High Road from the Romans to today.
Read their messages for Tottenham on the wall of hope and add your own.
Part of the Stories of the World projects for the Cultural Olympiad. Supported by Renaissance.
Until March 2012
Built between 1967 and 1971, 'The Farm' is home to 4,000 people. This exhibition curated by Odin Biddulph charts the achievements of the community and the changes following the disturbances 26 years ago. For further information about this project click on the link to The Broadwater Farm Project in the external links section below.
Location: First Floor Compton gallery
5 October-29 January
An arresting photo documentary combating the media's negative representation of African and Caribbean youth, featuring the faces and views of young black people who are not in violent / negative gangs. Photographs by Elaine Bandele.
Location: First Floor Compton gallery
Until March 2012
We celebrate a 100 years of sporting excellence, achievement and ambition in Haringey.
Exhibition includes original items from the 1948 Olympic Games in the borough and more recent sporting trials and triumphs, as we look forward to the 2012 Olympic Games. Supported by the Haringey 2012 Fund.
Location Old Kitchen
Wednesday 25 January
With recently rediscovered digitised film we take a look at Hornsey and Muswell Hill in the 1950s.
Doors open 7pm for refreshments. Talk begins 7.30pm. Free admission.
Supported by The Friends of Bruce Castle (registered charity).
Please note, there are no evening talks in December.
Wednesday 29 February
Paulo Viscardi, Curator at the Horniman Museum, and Ross MacFarlane. Research Officer at the Wellcome Library (website - external link) on a voyage of discovery, across oceans, through time and into the realm of the merman.
Doors open 7pm for refreshments. Talk begins 7.30pm. Free admission.
Supported by The Friends of Bruce Castle (registered charity).
Please note, there are no evening talks in December.
Tom Foakes, curator at the Museum of the Order of St John in Clerkenwell presents a history of the Knights Hospitallers, including a connection with Tottenham.
Wednesday 28 March
Doors open 7pm for refreshments. Talk begins 7.30pm. Free admission.
Supported by The Friends of Bruce Castle (registered charity).
Please note, there are no evening talks in December.
The Road to Redemption (website - external link)
Monday 30 January
A look at the tradition of brewing beer in Haringey and the state of play today. A sample or two maybe provided for discerning palates.
Doors open at 12noon for refreshments. Free admission. Bring your lunch. Talks begin at 12.15pm.
Supported by The Friends of Bruce Castle (registered charity).
Please note, there are no lunchtime talks in either August or December.
by Peter Brown, Christine Protz and Deborah Hedgecock.
Monday 27 February
Find out how 200 years ago, in 1812, Joseph Lancaster’s school system came to be established in Tottenham.
Doors open at 12noon for refreshments. Free admission. Bring your lunch. Talks begin at 12.15pm.
Supported by The Friends of Bruce Castle (registered charity).
Monday 26 March
With recently rediscovered and digitised film, we take a look at Hornsey and Muswell Hill in the 1950s.
Doors open at 12noon for refreshments. Free admission. Bring your lunch. Talks begin at 12.15pm.
Supported by The Friends of Bruce Castle (registered charity).
Untold London
Untold London is a valuable resource for exploring London's hidden histories of our diverse communities. Click onto the link in the external links section below to discover more about exhibitions, events and collections including material from Bruce Castle Museum.
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