Special Events
One-off events, festivals and heritage days.
LGBT+ History Month 2026
Explore the FREE events and exhibitions at Bruce Castle Museum & Archive this February to mark LGBT+ History Month.
Events
Hidden Pride: Guided Tour Through Tottenham's 400 years of LGBTQ+ Heritage
- Sunday 22 February, 11am to 1pm
Free, all welcome. Booking required.
Let our guide Deborah Hedgecock, Curator of Bruce Castle Museum, lead you on a guided walking tour from Tottenham Green to Bruce Castle Museum & Archive. Walking along and near Tottenham High Road, explore buildings and places that uncover hidden histories and reveal fascinating new research and inspiring stories of Haringey's LGBTQ+ heritage from the past four centuries.
Booking is essential. Please book your place via Eventbrite.
Meet: 10.45am for 11am start, outside Tottenham Town Hall, Town Hall Approach N15 4RY.
Please wear sensible footwear and dress for the weather.
Organised by Bruce Castle Museum & Archive, with Haringey Culture Team. For any enquiries, please email museum.services@haringey.gov.uk
Badge-Making Workshop!
- Saturday 28 February, 10.30am
Free, all welcome. Booking essential. All materials provided.
Celebrating the 40th anniversary of the founding of Haringey Lesbian and Gay Unit (LAGU).
Head over to Bruce Castle Museum & Archive to make your own badge and learn about our radical queer heritage using material from Haringey’s LGBTQ+ archives.
2026 marks 40 years since the founding of the groundbreaking Haringey Lesbian and Gay Unit in 1986, and this workshop will provide the opportunity to explore archival material related to this important part of our local history.
All attendees will take home their finished creations at the end of the session.
Please book your free ticket for this workshop via Eventbrite.
Any queries, please email museum.services@haringey.gov.uk
Exhibitions
Taking Pride in Haringey (Permanent Display)
- Wednesdays to Sundays, 1pm to 5pm
Discover the long, proud and radical LGBTQIA+ history of Haringey.
Located in the Hart Gallery: named after Marmaduke Hart, butler at Bruce Castle in the early 18th century. In 1730 Hart was tried and convicted for homosexuality at Hicks Hall in Clerkenwell.