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Activities

Planned Activities

Throughout project there will be a number of heritage-related activities aimed at involving the local community and schools. This area of the website will promote and advertise forthcoming events and opportunities to get involved.

The sections below summarise some of the activities we are currently organising and setting up.

Keep checking the website for information about the activities and how to get involved

  • Free heritage workshop: Learn how to gild with leading interiors conservator - Saturday, 8 October (**Fully Booked**)

    Free heritage workshop: Learn how to gild with leading interiors conservator - Saturday, 8 October (**Fully Booked**)

    (**Fully Booked**) A master craftsman who has worked on historic interiors restoration projects including at Buckingham Palace, the Palace of Westminster ...
  • Try your hand at ancient craft skill at FREE heritage workshop in Wisbech - Saturday, 17 September (**Fully Booked**)

    Try your hand at ancient craft skill at FREE heritage workshop in Wisbech - Saturday, 17 September (**Fully Booked**)

    **Fully Booked** Craft and heritage enthusiasts are being offered the chance to learn an ancient skill with a stained glass master ...
  • Blog: Putting newly-gained knowledge to the test at Medieval Tile and Repairing Georgian and Victorian Brickwork workshops

    Blog: Putting newly-gained knowledge to the test at Medieval Tile and Repairing Georgian and Victorian Brickwork workshops

    On Saturday 23rd July 2022, Karen Slade delivered two Medieval Tile making workshops for the Wisbech High Street Project. Thanks to ...
  • More free heritage workshops taking place in Wisbech this summer

    More free heritage workshops taking place in Wisbech this summer

    Booking has now opened for three more FREE heritage workshops organised through Fenland District Council’s Wisbech High Street Project. Last month, ...
  • Book your place on free heritage workshops taking place in Wisbech

    Book your place on free heritage workshops taking place in Wisbech

    A series of heritage skills training sessions organised through Fenland District Council’s Wisbech High Street Project will be held in ...
  • FREE TALK: Wallpaper Talk - Tuesday, 10 May - 6pm

    FREE TALK: Wallpaper Talk - Tuesday, 10 May - 6pm

    Ever had the joy of renovating an old house? Peeling back generations of different styles of wallpaper, you would have ...
  • FREE TALK: Timber Restoration, Conservation and Techniques - Tuesday, 1 March - 6pm

    FREE TALK: Timber Restoration, Conservation and Techniques - Tuesday, 1 March - 6pm

    A traditional building craft tutor for The Prince’s Foundation will be talking all things timber when he gives a free ...
  • FREE TALK: Repairing Georgian and Victorian Brickwork - Tuesday, 15 February - 6pm

    FREE TALK: Repairing Georgian and Victorian Brickwork - Tuesday, 15 February - 6pm

    Interested in or responsible for the care and maintenance of pre-1920s properties? Join architectural buildings conservator Charlie Slade as he ...
  • FREE TALK: Discover more about medieval tiles and their local connections - Tuesday 25th January - 6pm

    FREE TALK: Discover more about medieval tiles and their local connections - Tuesday 25th January - 6pm

    A medieval tile maker will be demonstrating the traditional craft and talking about tiles with historical connections to Wisbech at ...
  • FREE TALK : Virtual Immersive Environments (VIE) - Friday 17th December - 12.30pm

    FREE TALK : Virtual Immersive Environments (VIE) - Friday 17th December - 12.30pm

    Virtual reality technology and how it can be used to bring historical sites to life is the subject of the ...
  • FREE TALK : Pest Identification, Monitoring and Trapping, Part 1 - Thursday 8th July - 6.30pm - 8.30pm

    FREE TALK : Pest Identification, Monitoring and Trapping, Part 1 - Thursday 8th July - 6.30pm - 8.30pm

    Registration is now open for our free talk on the subject of Pest Management within historic buildings. This will be the ...
  • FREE TALK : Architectural Stone Carving, Conservation and Ethics : Tuesday 8th June, 7pm

    FREE TALK : Architectural Stone Carving, Conservation and Ethics : Tuesday 8th June, 7pm

    Registration is now open for our free talk on the subject of Architectural Stone Carving within the Heritage Sector. This will ...
  • Free Talk : An Introduction to Climate Change Impacts and Implications for Built Heritage Thurs 20th May, 12.30pm

    Free Talk : An Introduction to Climate Change Impacts and Implications for Built Heritage Thurs 20th May, 12.30pm

    Registration is now open for our free talk on the subject of climate change and its impact on built heritage. This ...
  • New Book - "Lost Images of Wisbech" on sale from 19th June 2021

    New Book - "Lost Images of Wisbech" on sale from 19th June 2021

    ‘Lost Images of Wisbech’, which officially launches at Wisbech Museum on Saturday, 19 June, is now on sale for £5 ...
  • Photographic Exhibition of old photos of Wisbech for Heritage Open Days 2020

    Photographic Exhibition of old photos of Wisbech for Heritage Open Days 2020

    Coronavirus isn’t going to stop us participating in Heritage Open Days event this year! Organisers of the national event want ...
  • Wisbech Underground

    Wisbech Underground

    Researching, mapping and providing interpretation on the of cellars and underground spaces around the High Street
  • Updating the Merchants Trail

    Updating the Merchants Trail

    Updating the Merchants Trail- a Heritage tour and mobile App for visitors and residents to learn more about the historic town
  • Annual Gutter Cleaning

    Annual Gutter Cleaning

    Staging a number of community wide property maintenance days focussing on gutter clearance and vegetation removal
  • Understanding Historic Buildings and Interiors - A series of Talks and Workshops

    Understanding Historic Buildings and Interiors - A series of Talks and Workshops

    Offering a series of talks and workshops to help understand and learn more about buildings and their design
  • Free Conservation Workshops "How to Look After Your Old Building"

    Free Conservation Workshops "How to Look After Your Old Building"

    Providing Free Workshops for residents to learn more about the problems encountered when living or working in an old building We ...
  • Museums at Night

    Museums at Night

    Opening up the Fenland Museum and other heritage properties and resources for evening events to engage new audiences and young people
  • Photographic Workshops

    Photographic Workshops

    Delivering a programme of photography workshops and documenting Wisbech town centre in the 2010’s and throughout the project delivery.
  • Answers to "Where in Wisbech?"

    Answers to "Where in Wisbech?"

    Here’s the answers to the “Where In Wisbech?” quiz which featured at the Photography Exhibition. How did you do? Did ...
  • "The Big Dig"

    "The Big Dig"

    Working alongside professional archaeologists from Archaeology Project Services supported by local amateur group FenArch you will have the opportunity to participate in a real archaeological dig in the gardens of the Wisbech and Fenland Museum!
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