Heritage & Culture

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The Vikings are coming!

The Vikings are coming!

Hundreds of Viking re-enactors from all over the UK are set to descend on Flag Fen again this year...

Where’s Ratzi?

It would seem that a Crime has been Committed, Ratzi has been stolen!!

Janina Ramirez: Raider of the Lost Past

Janina Ramirez

Back in Peterborough after her visit to examine Longthorpe Tower several years ago, Janina brings her new book, Femina,...

Illuminating Longthorpe

Longthorpe Tower interiors

One of Peterborough’s great historic treasures is Longthorpe Tower. Richard Gunn talks to art historian and TV presenter Dr...

‘Levelling Up’

Rainsborough

Today there is much made by politicians of a ‘Levelling-Up Agenda’, where funding should be targeted towards parts of...

Join the Friends

spinning jenny

Would you like to be a member of the Friends of Peterborough Museum & Art Gallery? We are relaunching...

Peterborough Museum into 2023

New Town Youth 1985

It’s all going on... Peterborough Museum & Art Gallery presents a look ahead to its New Year exhibitions, events...

In Queen Katharine’s Shoes…

Queen Katharine's shoes

Each year, the Katharine of Aragon Festival commemorates 29 January 1536, when Henry VIII’s first wife was buried at...

Christmas at Peterborough Museum

Christmas will be here before you know it, and Peterborough Museum has it all wrapped up for you this...

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