Events Calendar
Northampton Museum and Art Gallery
Bombs, Bankruptcy & Bigamy – Mary Maxwell Channell’s Experiment In Rural Industrialisation
Northampton Museum and Art Gallery Crispin Street, Northampton, United KingdomBombs, bankruptcy and bigamy, Mary Maxwell Channell’s experiment in rural industrialisation a talk by Dr Katherine Kirk, University of Northampton & Helen Close, Women’s historian and Heritage Manager for the Women’s Engineering Society During the Second World War, the quiet rural village of Flore became a hive of secretive activity. Katherine and Helen tell the untold story of one woman ... Read More
Fifteen at Northampton Museum and Art Gallery
Northampton Museum and Art Gallery Crispin Street, Northampton, United KingdomAn exciting and eclectic exhibition of the work of 15 prominent Northamptonshire artists. Covering a range of media from painting and printmaking to glass textiles and collage, there is certainly something for everyone. Open Tuesday-Saturday 10am-5pm and Sunday 12-5pm.
Talk Trainers
Northampton Museum and Art Gallery Crispin Street, Northampton, United KingdomJoin us in a collaboration with the University of Northampton for an afternoon exploring and celebrating the training shoe. Fully immerse yourself in trainer culture by meeting and hearing from trainer designers, collectors, manufacturers and customisers, including designer Bobby Nangla talking about his partnership with Converse, local artist and digital footwear illustrator Amar Shah and Goodsoles founder Liam Wood about ... Read More
Mini Museum Explorers
Northampton Museum and Art Gallery Crispin Street, Northampton, United KingdomEnjoy hands-on fun sessions for the under-fives. Explore the museum with stories, music and art and craft activities, whilst making new friends and creating memories in an engaging and family-friendly environment. With a different theme and activities each week. These sessions are for pre-school children (2-5 years) and their parent and carers. Booking essential as places are limited.
Museum Mornings for the Over 60s
Northampton Museum and Art Gallery Crispin Street, Northampton, United KingdomWinter’s Tales: Traditional stories and music for the season Speaker: Richard York Stories for the season, as might be told round a fireside, some of good cheer, some darker, with music played on unusual and beautiful instruments. £3 per talk, £24 whole series ticket Price includes tea/coffee and biscuits Booking recommended. Buy tickets at the museum or at www.nmag.eventbrite.co.uk.
Half Term at Northampton Museum
Northampton Museum and Art Gallery Crispin Street, Northampton, United KingdomPaint A Trainer Money Box. As part of our exhibition 'Trainers: A Global Obsession', take inspiration from this iconic footwear and create your own painted trainer model to take away with you. All materials supplied. Your finished trainer can be used as a money box too! £4 per child. Booking essential as places are limited. Book at the museum or ... Read More
Half Term at Northampton Museum
Northampton Museum and Art Gallery Crispin Street, Northampton, United KingdomPaint A Trainer Money Box. As part of our exhibition 'Trainers: A Global Obsession', take inspiration from this iconic footwear and create your own painted trainer model to take away with you. All materials supplied. Your finished trainer can be used as a money box too! £4 per child. Booking essential as places are limited. Book at the museum or ... Read More
An Introduction to Portrait Painting in Oils
Northampton Museum and Art Gallery Crispin Street, Northampton, United KingdomA one-day workshop based on a step-by-step process to create a portrait from a photographic reference. The process will cover: Using oil paints The typical proportions of the face Measuring and mapping out key features from the photograph The use of line, tone, and value to create the portrait Cordell is an experienced painter who will also provide supporting handouts ... Read More
Northampton Heritage Fair at Northampton Museum & Art Gallery.
Northampton Museum and Art Gallery Crispin Street, Northampton, United KingdomA wide variety of exhibits, displays and demonstrations covering many different local subjects. Love Northampton .then come and see a little of what we have to offer. Now in its 20th year, the Northampton Heritage Fair aims to be bigger and better than ever! Join us at the recently opened and totally revamped Northampton Museum & Art Gallery where there ... Read More
Victorian County Gaol Tour
Northampton Museum and Art Gallery Crispin Street, Northampton, United KingdomHave you ever wondered what the museum buildings were used for previously? Come and join an expert tour guide to unlock the clues and discover Northampton’s Victorian County Gaol constructed in 1846. Using evidence that survives to understand how it operated, including the sites of the exercise yard, treadmill and the places of execution. This tour is accessible for those ... Read More
The Story of the Irchester Bowls Study Day
Northampton Museum and Art Gallery Crispin Street, Northampton, United KingdomThe Irchester bowls were found in 1874 by the antiquarian the Rev. Baker. This remains an important and significant discovery of beautifully crafted bowls and strainers. They were buried in the late 300s making them over 1,500 years old. The hoard is of regional and national significance and has been re-evaluated by Dr James Gerrard and Marco Romeo-Pitone of Newcastle ... Read More
The Excavations at Angel Street and St John’s Street
Northampton Museum and Art Gallery Crispin Street, Northampton, United KingdomMark Holmes from Museum of London Archaeology (MOLA) will be speaking about the large-scale excavations on Angel Street and St John’s Street in 2014, uncovering a site which has been continuously occupied since the early 1100s. Highlights include the discovery of a workshop where bone and antler chess pieces were carved in the 12th century, and extensive evidence for later ... Read More
Mini Museum Explorers
Northampton Museum and Art Gallery Crispin Street, Northampton, United KingdomJoin us at Northampton Museum for our new hands-on fun sessions for under-fives. Explore the museum with stories, music and arts and craft activities, whilst making new friends and creating memories in an exciting and family-friendly environment. With a different museum or seasonal theme and activities each week, sessions run 10 - 11.30 am during term times. Booking essential as ... Read More
Notable Northamptonians: Alexander Ellis Anderson
Northampton Museum and Art Gallery Crispin Street, Northampton, United KingdomSpeaker: Robert Kendall, Trustee and Chair of the Friends of 78 Derngate. Alexander Ellis Anderson practised architecture in Northampton from 1893 to 1928 and left a legacy of arts and craft houses in the Abington district as well as substantial buildings such as the Taylor Memorial Hall and the Barratt boot and shoe factory in Kingsthorpe. £5 per talk or ... Read More
Mini Museum Explorers
Northampton Museum and Art Gallery Crispin Street, Northampton, United KingdomJoin us at Northampton Museum for our new hands-on fun sessions for under-fives. Explore the museum with stories, music and arts and craft activities, whilst making new friends and creating memories in an exciting and family-friendly environment. With a different museum or seasonal theme and activities each week, sessions run 10 - 11.30 am during term times. Booking essential as ... Read More
Mini Museum Explorers
Northampton Museum and Art Gallery Crispin Street, Northampton, United KingdomJoin us at Northampton Museum for our new hands-on fun sessions for under-fives. Explore the museum with stories, music and arts and craft activities, whilst making new friends and creating memories in an exciting and family-friendly environment. With a different museum or seasonal theme and activities each week, sessions run 10 - 11.30 am during term times. Booking essential as ... Read More
Mini Museum Explorers
Northampton Museum and Art Gallery Crispin Street, Northampton, United KingdomJoin us at Northampton Museum for our new hands-on fun sessions for under-fives. Explore the museum with stories, music and arts and craft activities, whilst making new friends and creating memories in an exciting and family-friendly environment. With a different museum or seasonal theme and activities each week, sessions run 10 - 11.30 am during term times. Booking essential as ... Read More
Mini Museum Explorers
Northampton Museum and Art Gallery Crispin Street, Northampton, United KingdomJoin us at Northampton Museum for our new hands-on fun sessions for under-fives. Explore the museum with stories, music and arts and craft activities, whilst making new friends and creating memories in an exciting and family-friendly environment. With a different museum or seasonal theme and activities each week, sessions run 10 - 11.30 am during term times. Booking essential as ... Read More
Mini Museum Explorers
Northampton Museum and Art Gallery Crispin Street, Northampton, United KingdomJoin us at Northampton Museum for our new hands-on fun sessions for under-fives. Explore the museum with stories, music and arts and craft activities, whilst making new friends and creating memories in an exciting and family-friendly environment. With a different museum or seasonal theme and activities each week, sessions run 10 - 11.30 am during term times. Booking essential as ... Read More
Inside The Floating World: An introduction to Japanese Art
Northampton Museum and Art Gallery Crispin Street, Northampton, United KingdomJapanese art covers a wide range of art styles and media, including ancient pottery, sculpture, ink painting and calligraphy on silk and paper. Its common denominator is an exquisite sense and sensibility of art and design that is unique in the world. Developed largely in isolation from the outside world, Japanese art became hugely influential on Western European artists during ... Read More
Inside The Floating World: An introduction to Japanese Art
Northampton Museum and Art Gallery Crispin Street, Northampton, United KingdomJapanese art covers a wide range of art styles and media, including ancient pottery, sculpture, ink painting and calligraphy on silk and paper. Its common denominator is an exquisite sense and sensibility of art and design that is unique in the world. Developed largely in isolation from the outside world, Japanese art became hugely influential on Western European artists during ... Read More
Notable Northamptonians: Alfred Cockerill
Northampton Museum and Art Gallery Crispin Street, Northampton, United KingdomAlfred Cockerill Speaker: Izabela Frydrych, Museum Research Volunteer Alfred Cockerill was a leading philanthropist and benefactor to the town. He arrived in Northampton in 1857, penniless, but went on to make a fortune from farming and market gardening. He used his wealth to promote structural, social and sporting initiatives in Northampton. The talk will cover his life and legacy. £5 ... Read More
Inside The Floating World: An introduction to Japanese Art
Northampton Museum and Art Gallery Crispin Street, Northampton, United KingdomJapanese art covers a wide range of art styles and media, including ancient pottery, sculpture, ink painting and calligraphy on silk and paper. Its common denominator is an exquisite sense and sensibility of art and design that is unique in the world. Developed largely in isolation from the outside world, Japanese art became hugely influential on Western European artists during ... Read More
Inside The Floating World: An introduction to Japanese Art
Northampton Museum and Art Gallery Crispin Street, Northampton, United KingdomJapanese art covers a wide range of art styles and media, including ancient pottery, sculpture, ink painting and calligraphy on silk and paper. Its common denominator is an exquisite sense and sensibility of art and design that is unique in the world. Developed largely in isolation from the outside world, Japanese art became hugely influential on Western European artists during ... Read More
Inside The Floating World: An introduction to Japanese Art
Northampton Museum and Art Gallery Crispin Street, Northampton, United KingdomJapanese art covers a wide range of art styles and media, including ancient pottery, sculpture, ink painting and calligraphy on silk and paper. Its common denominator is an exquisite sense and sensibility of art and design that is unique in the world. Developed largely in isolation from the outside world, Japanese art became hugely influential on Western European artists during ... Read More
Easter Trail
Northampton Museum and Art Gallery Crispin Street, Northampton, United KingdomJoin us for a special Easter trail around Abington Park Museum with a chocolate egg as a prize for every child. Suitable for families. Children must be accompanied. Drop in no booking required. £2.
Pom Pom Animals Craft Workshop
Northampton Museum and Art Gallery Crispin Street, Northampton, United KingdomJoin us for a fun workshop to create your own woolly pom pom animal. Choose from Easter chicks, bouncing bunnies or silly sheep … or maybe create your own strange new creature! All materials supplied. Suitable for families. Children must be accompanied. Booking essential.
Painting the landscape with Lee Burrows
Northampton Museum and Art Gallery Crispin Street, Northampton, United KingdomJoin us for this day-long workshop where you will use oil or acrylic paint to create your own landscape painting, led by Northamptonshire artist and art tutor Lee Burrows. The workshop will cover laying down the basic foundations, the structure of the painting, applying colour, working from thin paint then adding thicker paint, texture and highlights. Lee will give advice ... Read More
Notable Northamptonians: Joan Wake
Northampton Museum and Art Gallery Crispin Street, Northampton, United KingdomJoan Wake Speaker: Neil Lyon, local historian ‘The Best Burglar in the Country’, the story of Joan Wake and the Northamptonshire Record Society. This talk tells of how Joan single-handedly saved Delapré Abbey from demolition in the 1950s and devoted her life to saving our county's historic documents. £5 per talk or £15 for the series of four talks Talk ... Read More
Another Look Back at Northamptonshire
Northampton Museum and Art Gallery Crispin Street, Northampton, United KingdomNorthamptonshire Film Archive Trust returns to present archive film including footage of the Northampton Victory Parade in 1945; Merry Comrades, the weekly fundraising column in the Mercury & Herald; actor, Wilfred Pickles at a Grammar School fete in 1954 and ‘The Skull’, a comedy made by Northampton Cine Club. The first two films were originally shown at Northampton Museum & ... Read More
Northampton Museum – Beginners Lace Making Workshop
Northampton Museum and Art Gallery Crispin Street, Northampton, United KingdomBeginner’s Lacemaking Workshop Saturday 26 February 9.30am-4pm Learn both a new craft and about the history of lacemaking with Sarah-Jane Leatherland – an experienced lace maker from Northampton. Tea and coffee will be provided. Please bring a packed lunch or lunch is available to purchase from the museum café. Book a ticket for the beginner’s lacemaking workshop A starter kit ... Read More
Half-Term Activity: Runic Trail
Northampton Museum and Art Gallery Crispin Street, Northampton, United KingdomTake a journey through Northampton Museum & Art Gallery – can you find the Vikings and decipher their runic message to win a share of their treasure hoard? £2. Suitable for families. Drop in, no booking required.
Half-Term Activity: Runic Trail
Northampton Museum and Art Gallery Crispin Street, Northampton, United KingdomTake a journey through Northampton Museum & Art Gallery – can you find the Vikings and decipher their runic message to win a share of their treasure hoard? £2. Suitable for families. Drop in, no booking required.
An Introduction to Portrait Painting in Oils
Northampton Museum and Art Gallery Crispin Street, Northampton, United KingdomA one-day workshop based on a step-by-step process to create a portrait from a photographic reference. The process will cover: • Using oil paints • The typical proportions of the face • Measuring and mapping out key features from the photograph • The use of line, tone, and value to create the portrait Cordell is an experienced painter who will ... Read More
Half-Term Activity: Runic Trail
Northampton Museum and Art Gallery Crispin Street, Northampton, United KingdomTake a journey through Northampton Museum & Art Gallery – can you find the Vikings and decipher their runic message to win a share of their treasure hoard? £2. Suitable for families. Drop in, no booking required.
Build a Bird Feeder
Northampton Museum and Art Gallery Crispin Street, Northampton, United KingdomAttract more birds into your garden or outdoor space by making your own bird feeder using recycled materials. All materials and starter packs of bird food will be supplied. For children aged 5 and over. Children must be accompanied. £3.50
Lacemaking Demonstrations
Northampton Museum and Art Gallery Crispin Street, Northampton, United KingdomVisit our history galleries and learn how lace was made in our town and county. Watch the demonstrations given by Sarah-Jane Leatherland, Lacemaking Tutor from Northampton, and her students. As well as demonstrating how this lace was made, you can listen to the history of the Northamptonshire Lacemakers and even have a go yourself! Suitable for all the family. Free ... Read More
Build a Bird Feeder
Northampton Museum and Art Gallery Crispin Street, Northampton, United KingdomAttract more birds into your garden or outdoor space by making your own bird feeder using recycled materials. All materials and starter packs of bird food will be supplied. For children aged 5 and over. Children must be accompanied. £3.50
Build a Bird Feeder
Northampton Museum and Art Gallery Crispin Street, Northampton, United KingdomAttract more birds into your garden or outdoor space by making your own bird feeder using recycled materials. All materials and starter packs of bird food will be supplied. For children aged 5 and over. Children must be accompanied. £3.50
Half-Term Activity: Runic Trail
Northampton Museum and Art Gallery Crispin Street, Northampton, United KingdomTake a journey through Northampton Museum & Art Gallery – can you find the Vikings and decipher their runic message to win a share of their treasure hoard? £2. Suitable for families. Drop in, no booking required.
Half-Term Activity: Runic Trail
Northampton Museum and Art Gallery Crispin Street, Northampton, United KingdomTake a journey through Northampton Museum & Art Gallery – can you find the Vikings and decipher their runic message to win a share of their treasure hoard? £2. Suitable for families. Drop in, no booking required.
Half-Term Activity: Runic Trail
Northampton Museum and Art Gallery Crispin Street, Northampton, United KingdomTake a journey through Northampton Museum & Art Gallery – can you find the Vikings and decipher their runic message to win a share of their treasure hoard? £2. Suitable for families. Drop in, no booking required.
Half-Term Activity: Runic Trail
Northampton Museum and Art Gallery Crispin Street, Northampton, United KingdomTake a journey through Northampton Museum & Art Gallery – can you find the Vikings and decipher their runic message to win a share of their treasure hoard? £2. Suitable for families. Drop in, no booking required.
Northampton Museum – Mornings for the over 60’s
Northampton Museum and Art Gallery Crispin Street, Northampton, United KingdomThe Camera Does Lie Thursday 16 December Speaker: Tony Brewer A fun lecture in which Tony Brewer will show images and the audience decides if the picture is real or false. Speakers are correct at the time of going to press, but may be amended due to unforeseen changes in availability or subject expertise. £3 per lecture (plus Eventbrite booking ... Read More
Northampton Museum – Christmas Crafts Workshop
Northampton Museum and Art Gallery Crispin Street, Northampton, United KingdomCelebrate the festive season by making a Christmas wreath, card or a pudding decoration in our new studio space. Drop in – no bookings required. £3 per child. Suitable for children aged three to eight. Children must be accompanied by an adult at all time
Northampton Museum – Knit and Natter
Northampton Museum and Art Gallery Crispin Street, Northampton, United KingdomEvery Friday 12.30 to 1.30pm FREE Looking for a way to unwind after a busy week? Come along to our Knit & Natter sessions, every Friday lunchtime, led by experienced knitters Debra Cox and Louise Hannam-Jones. Bring your own knitting and have a bite to eat in the new museum café. Drop in – no bookings required but please purchase ... Read More
We are Northampton Exhibition
Northampton Museum and Art Gallery Crispin Street, Northampton, United KingdomWe Are Northampton celebrates the town’s rich heritage and gives visitors from near and far an opportunity to explore Northampton’s character through a sense of identity and place. Displays and interactives explore places of special significance and highlight the unique characteristics of the borough’s different neighbourhoods. Notable residents both past and present, iconic buildings, events, activities, groups and clubs will ... Read More
Dino-mite Crafts
Northampton Museum and Art Gallery Crispin Street, Northampton, United KingdomHave a roarsome time at the dinosaur craft workshop in our new studio space. Make a mini dinosaur, dinosaur tail, mask or a pair of dinosaur feet to stomp around the town. Drop in – no bookings required. A socially distanced queueing system will be in place. Children must be accompanied by an adult at all times. This workshop is ... Read More
We Are Northampton Exhibition
Northampton Museum and Art Gallery Crispin Street, Northampton, United KingdomWe Are Northampton celebrates the town’s rich heritage and gives visitors from near and far an opportunity to explore Northampton’s character through a sense of identity and place. Displays and interactives explore places of special significance and highlight the unique characteristics of the borough’s different neighbourhoods. Notable residents both past and present, iconic buildings, events, activities, groups and clubs will ... Read More
Two online talks with Northamptonshire historian Mike Ingram
Northampton Museum and Art Gallery Crispin Street, Northampton, United KingdomTwo exciting online talks with acclaimed Northamptonshire historian MIke Ingram for you to enjoy from the comfort of your own home. About this Event Join us for Northampton Museum & Art Gallery’s first online events during the Coronavirus pandemic. We can’t wait to welcome you to the new museum when work has finished and we’re ready to open the doors ... Read More