Heritage Open Days

Heritage Open Days

13 Sept 2025 - 14 Sept 2025

Peterborough Museum & Art Gallery

To celebrate England's largest festival of history, we're offering a weekend of free experiences at Peterborough Musuem & Art Gallery.

Heritage Open Days

What's On

Museum garden open
Daily 1pm-3pm

Drop in to see the Museum's small garden and some of the team involved in looking after this hidden gem.

Taster tours: Priestgate Vaults
Daily 9.30am, 10am, 10.30am, 11am, 11.30am

Venture down into the Muesum's cellars for this taster tour meeting ghosts from the buidling's past.

Sign up at reception on the day. Spaces for each tour are limited to 15.

Taster tours: History of the Museum building
Saturday only, 2pm, 3pm, 4pm

Discover the history of the building which now houses Peterborough Musuem & Art Gallery and see some of the evidence of its past.

Sign up at reception on the day. Spaces for each tour are limited to 15.

Meet the Archaeologist
Sunday only

Archaeology plays an important role in the planning process, to record and preserve the historic environment ahead of development. But what happens to all of the new knowledge and excavated finds? Drop in and chat with the Museums' archaeologist and learn about our role as Peterborough's archaeological repository.

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