Peterborough Museum Society Lecture
Peterborough Museum Society was founded in 1871 as the Peterborough Natural History Society and Field Club. Within a decade it had widened its interests and laid the foundation of a museum and a library. It became the Natural History, Scientific, and Archaeological Society and in 1947 took its modern title of Museum Society. In 1968 the museum, housed in the Priestgate building, was presented to the City of Peterborough.
The society still meets there on alternate Tuesdays during the winter for lectures covering its wide interests: local history and archaeology; conservation and natural history; literature and fine arts. the society is able to promote and publish paper of research and has a comprehensive list of publications.
LECTURE PROGRAMME 2017/2018
3rd October 2017
The Manor House at Hemingford Grey
Diana Boston
17th October 2017
Curating a Contemporary Art Exhibition
Esen Kaya
31st October 2017
1,000 Years of Orton Longueville
John Dewis
14th November 2017
The Roof of Burghley House
Dave Pendry
28th November 2017
Collecting Antique Clocks
Peter Prime
12th December 2017
A Musical Ride
Steve Ambler
9th January 2018
Representing Megaliths: Archaeology in Art
Dr Paul Stamper
23rd January 2018
Royal Mistresses
Roger Powell
6th February 2018
Thomas Cook and the Origins of Popular Tourism
Paul Smith
20th February 2018
A Woman’s lot in the 18th Century
Alison Eskriett
6th March 2018
Siegfried Sassoon: Soldier and War Poet
David Gray
20th March 2018
A Life on a Lincolnshire Salt Marsh
June Barton
3rd April 2018
Horatio Nelson
John Wright