Since February 2023, project volunteers have been researching some of the incredible women who served in Clerk, Special Duties roles within the Dowding System and have curated a temporary exhibition which is now on display in the Museum. This project has been made possible thanks to National Lottery players.
Event fully booked Join us on Saturday 8 July from 13.00—15.30 (doors open 12:30) when we will be joined by speakers celebrating different aspects of the Dowding System. Speakers will include Gp Capt (Ret'd) Tim Willbond OBE, Historian Dr Sarah-Louise Miller and Independent Researcher Sharon Ward. As part of our National Lottery Heritage Funded project, … Continue reading Dowding System Day – Fully booked
We are delighted to be taking part in this year's Bushey Festival! Join us for a special Museum tour, Bentley Priory: From Where The Battle of Britain Was Won This tour is available at 11.00am on Saturday 01st July and Wednesday 05th July 2023. The tours will start promptly at these times, so please arrive 15 minutes … Continue reading Bushey Festival Tours 2023
We are delighted to be taking part in this year's Bushey Festival! Join us for a special Museum tour, Bentley Priory: From Where The Battle of Britain Was Won This tour is available at 11.00am on Saturday 01st July and Wednesday 05th July 2023. The tours will start promptly at these times, so please arrive 15 minutes … Continue reading Bushey Festival Tours 2023
Join us for our Friday morning talk, where historian Mark Amies will be talking about the important early aviation history taking place locally, which forms the basis of his book 'Flying up the Edgware Road'. Flying up the Edgware Road tells the story of how an area of what is now north-west London became a … Continue reading Friday Morning Talks: Flying up the Edgware Road -With Mark Amies
Treat a loved one this Father’s Day with a special Ploughman’s Lunch in the Museum’s café. £15 per adult with gift for fathers / £20 with Museum admission £10 per child / £13 with Museum admission. Pre-booking required by Wednesday 14 June
Join us for our Friday morning talk about the Commonwealth War Graves Commission archives, with Chris Leach. The presentation will begin by introducing why the CWGC was founded with particular focus on the contents of their archives during the conception of the commission. It will then explore the contents of their archives today and how … Continue reading Friday Morning Talks: Research and Records using the CWGC Archives – With Chris Leach
Join storyteller-illustrator, Isabel Benavides, to help create a stop-frame animation inspired by the important work of women in the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force, known as WAAFs, at Bentley Priory during the Second World War. Through extracts from diaries and the museum’s galleries and collections, help build a moving picture of the work they undertook. This … Continue reading May Half-Term: Stop-frame Animation Workshops
Join storyteller-illustrator, Isabel Benavides, to help create a stop-frame animation inspired by the important work of women in the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force, known as WAAFs, at Bentley Priory during the Second World War. Through extracts from diaries and the museum’s galleries and collections, help build a moving picture of the work they undertook. This … Continue reading May Half-Term: Stop-frame Animation Workshops
Join storyteller-illustrator, Isabel Benavides, to help create a stop-frame animation inspired by the important work of women in the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force, known as WAAFs, at Bentley Priory during the Second World War. Through extracts from diaries and the museum’s galleries and collections, help build a moving picture of the work they undertook. This … Continue reading May Half-Term: Stop-frame Animation Workshops
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