Events

Trails are available from the reception desk in the museum. 

Free activity, donations welcomed.  

Head down to the Castle and see the galleries sparkling with themed trees and twinkling lights. Spot colourful birds, see the Christmas Post and discover the fruits and spices traditionally used at Christmas.  

Suitable for families with children aged 5 years old and over. Please note, children under 12 years old must always have an adult with them. 

Trails are available from the reception desk in the museum. 

Free activity, donations welcomed.  

Head down to the Castle and see the galleries sparkling with themed trees and twinkling lights. Spot colourful birds, see the Christmas Post and discover the fruits and spices traditionally used at Christmas.  

Suitable for families with children aged 5 years old and over. Please note, children under 12 years old must always have an adult with them. 

Free activity, donations welcomed. No need to book, just drop-in!

Help us get ready for Christmas! Join us in our Makers’ Space and have a go at crafting snowflakes, angels and festive lanterns to decorate the Castle and to take home.  

Suitable for families with children aged 6 years old and over. Please note, children must always have an adult with them in the room.  

For any queries, please email museum.services@haringey.gov.uk

Free, all welcome. Booking required. Doors open 12 noon for a 12.15pm start.

Step back into Christmas’ past for a special edition of Munch & Listen, with guest speakers from History on the Move!

Many of the Christmas traditions we know and love today – trees, cards, crackers, and gift giving – were established by the Victorians. The High Roads of today, bustling with eager shoppers racing to tick off their long lists of Christmas shopping, might seem a world away from the 19th century. But we’ve more in common than you think!

Join us this festive season for a Dickensian evening of chilling tales and tour of Bruce Castle by candlelight.

Tickets are £15 and will include your choice of twilight tipple: either a glass of wine or a warming hot chocolate.

Each tour will run for an hour, with time afterwards to enjoy your refreshment. There are two tours to choose from: 6.30pm or 8.30pm

These tours are strictly for adults 18 and over only.

How to book:

Join us this festive season for a Dickensian evening of chilling tales and tour of Bruce Castle by candlelight.

Tickets are £15 and will include your choice of twilight tipple: either a glass of wine or a warming hot chocolate.

Each tour will run for an hour, with time afterwards to enjoy your refreshment. There are two tours to choose from: 6.30pm or 8.30pm

These tours are strictly for adults 18 and over only.

How to book:

Trails are available from the reception desk in the museum. 

Free activity, donations welcomed.  

Head down to the Castle and see the galleries sparkling with themed trees and twinkling lights. Spot colourful birds, see the Christmas Post and discover the fruits and spices traditionally used at Christmas.  

Suitable for families with children aged 5 years old and over. Please note, children under 12 years old must always have an adult with them. 

Free, all welcome. No need to book, just drop-in!

Materials provided.

Celebrate the 50th anniversary of The Sex Discrimination Act and Equal Pay Act coming into effect in 1975, by designing your own badge!

Trails are available from the reception desk in the museum. 

Free activity, donations welcomed.  

Head down to the Castle and see the galleries sparkling with themed trees and twinkling lights. Spot colourful birds, see the Christmas Post and discover the fruits and spices traditionally used at Christmas.  

Suitable for families with children aged 5 years old and over. Please note, children under 12 years old must always have an adult with them. 

Free, all welcome. Refreshments provided.

Join us at Bruce Castle for morning tea and the opportunity to look at our collections and share stories.

December's session is: Christmas Special!

Expect pictures of past Christmas celebrations, old Christmas cards from our postal history collections, plus of course lots of mince pies and other sweet treats!

During the session you will be able to chat over morning tea in a welcoming environment, handle some of our museum and archive collections and share your own stories.

Trails are available from the reception desk in the museum. 

Free activity, donations welcomed.  

Head down to the Castle and see the galleries sparkling with themed trees and twinkling lights. Spot colourful birds, see the Christmas Post and discover the fruits and spices traditionally used at Christmas.  

Suitable for families with children aged 5 years old and over. Please note, children under 12 years old must always have an adult with them. 

Trails are available from the reception desk in the museum. 

Free activity, donations welcomed.  

Head down to the Castle and see the galleries sparkling with themed trees and twinkling lights. Spot colourful birds, see the Christmas Post and discover the fruits and spices traditionally used at Christmas.  

Suitable for families with children aged 5 years old and over. Please note, children under 12 years old must always have an adult with them. 

Free, all welcome. Refreshments included.

Let’s celebrate! This year Bruce Castle Museum will be 120 years old, and what a roller coaster ride of survival it has been! Closed during two World Wars, used as a municipal health clinic during the twenties and thirties – and all the time teetering on the brink of full-time closure, maybe even demolition, as its very old fabric needed constant, urgent repairs. Now the recent MEND grant has given us a much-restored building we can look forward to many more years with Bruce Castle open to the public.