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The Heritage Centre puts on a range of events and activities, from talks and lectures to a Saturday Club for children. Please phone to book a session or ask for further details.
The Greenwich Heritage Centre runs a free educational service for schools based on the National Curriculum.
We also offer illustrated talks and handling sessions on a variety of topics, including:
- Romans
- Tudors
- Victorians
- World War II
- Local study
- Egyptian jewellery workshops
Workshop & talk on fans with a military theme.
Saturday 8 May from 2pm to 4pm :
A fan making workshop, in association
with the Fan Museum. £5 including
materials and refreshments.
Saturday 19 June at 2pm :
‘Fans At War And Peace’ : a talk
by Mary Kitson of the Fan Museum on
military fans away from the battlefield.
£3 including refreshments.
Please contact the Heritage Centre to reserve places.
Saturday mornings: 10.30am to 12noon
Art and craft activities for five- to 12-year-olds.
A fun way to spend a Saturday morning, with a chance to take part in loads of interesting activities.
Children under the age of five must be accompanied by an adult.
Adult Lectures
A regular programme of Saturday lectures explores the history of the London Borough of Greenwich and with topics ranging from parks to palaces, writers to wrong’uns provides something for everyone. Please telephone the Centre to book a place
Adult Workshops
Workshops are taught by a qualified tutor and provide an opportunity to try different crafts. Please telephone the Centre to book a place.
We want to bring our senior citizens together with our young people to talk about what the world was like and how it has changed.
If you want a chance to share memories of what life was like in those early years after the War contact the Greenwich Heritage Centre.
Tel: 020 8854 2452
email: 48club@greenwich.gov.uk
- Brass rubbing – try something different
- Dress up and draw – costume through the ages
- Quizzes and word searches based on the Centre’s two exhibitions
There is no charge for schools in Greenwich. For schools outside the borough there is a current charge of £1 per child.
We can offer practical help and advice on sources for local aspects of the National Curriculum, for example:
- Census Returns from 1841
- Maps from 1700
- Prints, photographs and postcards from c1860
- Street Directories from c1900
- Local Newspapers from 1834
- Ephemera files on a wide variety of topics
We welcome visits from teachers and can arrange one-to-one sessions to help your particular project or INSET sessions for groups.
For more information on, or to arrange for, the free educational service, please call 020 8854 2452 or email info@greenwichheritage.org