When was the last time you did something just for you? Learnt something new? Created something new? At the River & Rowing Museum, we’re offering you the opportunity to have some ‘me time’, to relax, take stock and be inspired by the charming surroundings of the Museum. Our stunning location and light, spacious galleries encourage a sense of wellbeing and calm. But we’re also expanding our Adult Events Programme with creative workshops, fascinating historical lectures and talks. Learn something new, expand your horizons and meet people in your local community who share your interests.
Adult Event Listings: Lectures
The Rise and Fall of Pleasure boating on the Thames
Thurs 24 Oct
7– 8pm
The Victorian period is often described as the ‘golden age of the Thames’. This talk covers more than 150 years of pleasure boating and shows why some common perceptions about the river’s history are misleading. With Dr Simon Wenham, historian and tutor at Oxford University’s Department for Continuing Education.
£7
Booking essential call 01491 415600 or click here.
Children and War: Experiences of the Second World War in Oxfordshire
Mon 4 Nov
11.30am – 12.30pm
£7
Booking Essential – call 01491 415600 or click here.
Adult Event Listings: Creative Workshop
Mixed media painting workshop
Sun 20 Oct
10.30am – 3.30pm
£45
Booking essential call 01491 415600 or click here.