Schools/clubs/talks

GROUP VISITS

We are delighted to welcome pre-booked visits from clubs and groups of all ages (maximum number 30). To plan your visit, please contact us well in advance.

SCHOOLS

We love welcoming school groups to the Heritage Centre, and at all Key Stages we can help bring a topic alive by giving it a local slant: Romans, Tudors, Victorians, World War 2, Transport, Floods – we have knowledge and resources relating to all of these. Give us notice of what topics you are covering, tell us what you need and we will do everything we can do to help.

HOMEWORK ABOUT MAIDENHEAD?

Need help with a project? We have free local leaflets with maps and photographs and lots of local information. We have loads of reference books for you to use and space for you to work. Saturday is the best day to visit.

TALKS TO CLUBS AND GROUPS
Our team of experienced and enthusiastic speakers are in great demand and advance booking is essential.

Choose your talk from one of these topics:

  • The River Thames: from Cotswolds to the sea
  • The River Thames: from Henley to Windsor
  • Victorian Millionaires and their Riverside Mansions
  • Grandma Flew Spitfires! The amazing story of Air Transport Auxiliary
  • White Waltham Airfield
  • Maidenhead and the Movies including Hammer Horror, "Carry on Nurse" and Gerry Mr Thunderbirds Anderson
  • God Save the Queen! Royal connections of Maidenhead and district
  • The history of Ray Lodge
  • Are you married? Or do you live in Maidenhead? Centuries of gossip and scandal!
  • Doctor at the Dean: the life and times of a 1920s village doctor
  • The history of Maidenhead's hospitals
  • The Kennet and Avon canal; the water road to Bath
  • Slow boat to Manchester: voyage through the canals of England
  • Flying high: a pilot's eye view includes aerial photographs, local, UK, Europe and further afield

Talks are usually illustrated by slides (powerpoint) and last about 45 minutes. Some talks can be adapted for a shorter or longer period; we can be flexible, so please ask.

To discuss your requirements, please contact the Maidenhead Heritage Centre on 01628 780555 or email: info@maidenheadheritage.org.uk

 

 

 

 
WHAT'S ON

Next Event  28 February 2012 at: 11:00 
MORNING LECTURE "LONG LIVE THE QUEEN" Celebrating the Queen's Diamond Jubilee and Maidenhead's many connections with monarchy. 28th February 11am at WRVS York Centre, York Road, Maidenhead. Tickets £4 
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NEWS

The Museum will reopen after building works on Friday March 2nd 2012, with our Diamond Jubilee exhibition GOD SAVE THE QUEEN! For photos of the official royal opening of the Grandma Flew Spitfires! Exhibition and Archive last October, follow the Read more link to our news item. There you will find a picture gallery of the event.
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