Museum of Timekeeping

Upton, Nottinghamshire – As the clocks leap forward to welcome the brighter days of spring, the Museum of Timekeeping in Upton, Nottinghamshire, invites enthusiasts and the curious alike to its annual Spring Forward Show on Sunday, 31st March 2024. This unique event promises an engaging day out for families, collectors, and anyone fascinated by the […]

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Rare opportunity to visit traditional Romany wagons and carts

The Gordon Boswell Romany Museum is the largest collection of Romany wagons and carts in the UK.  It is a fascinating insight into the Romany way of life, often shrouded in mystery for many, this museum wants to invite visitors to learn more about the Romany way of life.  Romany people first came to the […]

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Dr. Livingstone, I presume?

In this issue of Community Update, we are delighted to award David Livingstone Birthplace our Commitment to Excellence Award. David Livingstone is widely regarded as one of the world’s best-known explorers, with passionate missionary and fierce abolitionist ideologies.  David was born in Blantyre, South Lanarkshire, in 1813, during the height of the Industrial Revolution, and […]

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Yorkshire Air Museum – History and Education in one place

The Yorkshire Air Museum & Allied Air Forces Memorial is an aviation museum in Elvington, York on the site of the former RAF Elvington airfield, a Second World War RAF Bomber Command station. The museum was founded, and first opened to the public in the mid-1980s. The 20-acre site includes two aircraft hangars, the original RAF Elvington control tower, memorial gardens, a café built in the […]

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