Events
Graves Park Projects – Evening Lecture series Oct.23-Apr.24
Monday, 16th October 2023, 6:30 pm to 8:45 pm - Monday, 29th April 2024
Lees Hall Golf Club, Hemsworth Road, Sheffield
We are organising a series of indoor talks across a range of heritage and wildlife topics over the autumn & winter as part of the ongoing NLHF Finding Lost Norton...
Disability History Month
Thursday, 16th November 2023 - Saturday, 16th December 2023
Various venues nationwide and online
UK Disability History Month (UKDHM) is an annual event creating a platform to focus on the history of our struggle for equality and human rights
Wartime Christmas at the National Emergency Services Museum
Saturday, 9th December 2023, 10:00 am to 4:00 pm - Sunday, 10th December 2023
National Emergency Services Museum
Turn the clock back 80 years and step into a fabulous forties festive wonderland! Join a whole host of costumed characters, living history interpreters and even Father Christmas for a...
Santa Day Wortley Top Forge
Sunday, 10th December 2023, 10:00 am to 4:00 pm
Wortley Top Forge
The Wortley Top Forge site will be open with Christmas-themed attractions in addition to its usual displays
Woodland Archaeology Survey 1
Sunday, 10th December 2023, 10:00 am to 1:00 pm
Graves Park, Sheffield
During December we will be continuing our ongoing archaeological surveys of Graves Park’s woodlands
Talk on “RAF Finningley in the Cold War”
Monday, 11th December 2023, 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Kelham Island Museum
This talk is given by Roger Thomas, and is entitled “RAF Finningley in the Cold War”
Woodland Archaeology Survey 2
Monday, 11th December 2023, 10:00 am to 1:00 pm
Graves Park, Sheffield
During December we will be continuing our ongoing archaeological surveys of Graves Park’s woodlands
Hunter Archaeological Society talk by Bob Johnston ‘Land for the Landless: a Historical Archaeology of Squatters and Encroachers’.
Tuesday, 12th December 2023, 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm
Showroom Cinema, Room 5
All welcome. A small donation is appreciated.
Talk: The Sheffield Blitz in six key objects
Friday, 15th December 2023, 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm
National Emergency Services Museum
On 12 December 1940 the Blitz came to Sheffield
Hunter Archaeological Society talk by Katherine Fennelly – ‘An Archaeology of Lunacy’
Tuesday, 9th January 2024, 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm
Showroom Cinema, Room 5
The talk is preceded by the Hunter Archaeological Society AGM at 7pm
Hunter Archaeological Society talk by Christine Evans ‘History and Renovation of Keppel’s Column’
Tuesday, 9th January 2024, 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm
Showroom Cinema, Room 5
Find out more about this iconic structure on the edge of the Wentworth Estate in Rotherham and why it commemorates Admiral Keppel
Hunter Archaeological Society talk by Umberto Albarella – ‘Animals as Power Symbols in the British Middle Ages’
Tuesday, 9th January 2024, 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm
Showroom Cinema, Room 5
Umberto makes a return visit to the Hunter to continue his story of the human relationship to animals, from his research into animal bones from archaeological sites
Hunter Archaeological Society talk by Lauren McIntyre – ‘The All Saints Anchoress’
Tuesday, 9th January 2024, 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm
Showroom Cinema, Room 5
“Birds of Wadsley & Loxley Common” by John Robinson. Rivelin Valley Conservation Group Open Meeting
Thursday, 11th January 2024, 7:30 pm
Stephen Hill Methodist Church, 547 Manchester Road
The Rivelin Valley Conservation Group welcomes you to our first Open Meeting of 2024
Talk on “Brass Foundry Industry of Rotherham & Barnsley”
Monday, 15th January 2024, 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm
Kelham Island Museum
This talk is part of the South Yorkshire Industrial History Society’s Winter programme
Derbyshire Archaeology Day
Saturday, 20th January 2024, 9:45 am to 4:15 pm
Winding Wheel Theatre
Derbyshire Archaeology Day Our popular Archaeology Day is returning to the Winding Wheel Theatre this year
JUHS bi-monthly meeting
Tuesday, 23rd January 2024, 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm
Online
JUHS bi-monthly meetings are open to all, whatever their interest in heritage.
“Professor Turner’s Glass Legacy” with Professor John Parker for The Victorian Society
Tuesday, 6th February 2024, 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm
Showroom 5 in The Showroom Cinema
Glass Technology worldwide owes a significant debt to Prof W
Talk on “The History of Bolsterstone Glass”
Monday, 12th February 2024, 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm
Kelham Island Museum
This talk is part of the South Yorkshire Industrial Society’s Winter Programme
‘Sheffield Workhouse; From Pauper Palace to Regional General Hospital’ by Mary Garside for The Victorian Society
Tuesday, 5th March 2024, 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm
Showroom 5 in The Showroom Cinema
We look at how the workhouse was built in the late 1800s to accommodate those who were unable or ‘unwilling’ to work and how the buildings changed over time to...
Lecture on “The Beauty of Steel Project”
Tuesday, 26th March 2024, 5:30 pm to 9:00 pm
Crowne Plaza Royal Victoria Hotel, Sheffield
A lecture on “The Beauty of Steel Project”, given by Viktor Macha
JUHS bi-monthly meeting
Tuesday, 26th March 2024, 10:30 am to 12:30 pm
Venue TBC
JUHS bi-monthly meetings are open to all, whatever their interest in heritage.
Hunter Archaeological Society talk by Haida Lang – ‘ Remote Spectral Imaging of Paintings within Buddhist temples in Mogao Caves, NW China’ (to be confirmed)
Tuesday, 9th April 2024, 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm
Showroom Cinema, Room 5
Trouble in the Woods: The new ‘Locust Years’ & the destruction of ancient woodland heritage in the UK Day 1
Thursday, 25th April 2024, 9:30 am to 5:00 pm
Lees Hall Golf Club, Hemsworth Road, Sheffield
The first of a two-day event, Day 1 is a celebration of the remarkable and unique heritage of ancient woodlands
Trouble in the Woods: The new ‘Locust Years’ & the destruction of ancient woodland heritage in the UK Day 2
Friday, 26th April 2024, 9:30 am to 5:00 pm
Coal Aston Village Hall & Moss Valley Woodlands
This is the second of a two-day event (both days bookable separately) which will focus on the threats to the irreplaceable heritage of ancient woodland and ecology posed by current...
Hunter Archaeological Society talk by Tim Cockrell and Colin Merrony – ‘Discovering a Henge at Sheldon near Bakewell’
Tuesday, 30th April 2024, 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm
Showroom Cinema, Room 5
Tim and Colin will outline the amazing discovery of this new henge and describe the excavations which took place in June 2023
JUHS bi-monthly meeting
Tuesday, 28th May 2024, 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm
Venue TBC
JUHS bi-monthly meetings are open to all, whatever their interest in heritage.
JUHS bi-monthly meeting
Tuesday, 23rd July 2024, 10:30 am to 12:30 pm
Venue TBC
JUHS bi-monthly meetings are open to all, whatever their interest in heritage.
JUHS bi-monthly meeting
Tuesday, 24th September 2024, 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm
Venue TBC
JUHS bi-monthly meetings are open to all, whatever their interest in heritage.
JUHS bi-monthly meeting
Tuesday, 26th November 2024, 10:30 am to 12:30 pm
Venue TBC
JUHS bi-monthly meetings are open to all, whatever their interest in heritage.