East of London Family History Society

LONDON EVENTS

Family History HelpDesk Day, Valence House, Dagenham

Saturday 31st July 2010

10am - 12.30pm and 1.30pm - 4pm

If you are beginning your family history, or have hit a brick wall in your research, members of the Barking and Dagenham branch of The East of London Family History Society will be on hand with help and advice.

Archives and Local Studies Centre, Valence House, Becontree Avenue, Dagenham, RM83HT.

Keats House, Hampstead: Keats in Hampstead

Saturday 24 and 31 July at 3pm and 6pm and on Sunday 25 July, 1 August at 3pm

Back by popular demand, James Veitch’s dramatic exploration of the love affair between Keats and Fanny Brawne.

Entry fee £8 / £6 concessions (includes admission to the house).

Details of access available here

Museum of London Docklands: Here come the Girl Guides: 100 years of guiding in London

26th June to 31st October 2010 Free entry

From Baden-Powell to Brown Owl, celebrate 100 years of guiding at Museum of London Docklands this summer.

Learn about London's historic role in the largest voluntary organisation for girls and young women in the UK and explore the history and changing identity of the organisation through the experiences of Guides past and present.

The exhibition focuses on the guiding movement in London since the Girl Guides Association was created in 1910.
Developed in partnership with Girlguiding London and South East England, the exhibition forms part of the year long centenary celebrations happening throughout the UK.
Link to web site

Museum of London: New Galleries of Modern London

Daily 10am - 6pm Free entry

A dress worn by Ann Fanshawe in 1752, made from Spitalfields silk, will leave museum goers wondering how she managed to walk through doors, let alone sit down.

The Lord Mayor's Stage Coach, an Alexander McQueen pashima and an art deco Selfridges lift represent modern London in a new museum gallery opening on May 28.

The £20 million project at the Museum of London, viewed in a sneak preview, is split into three sections, highlighting 300 years of the city's history as well as the continuously-changing present.

East Londoners will be drawn to several pieces in the gallery, tying the history of the East End into London culture.

There is also a crucifixion painting by notorious East End gangster Ronnie Kray. It was painted in 1972 when the criminal from Bethnal Green was in Parkhurst Prison on the Isle of Wight.

These pieces are woven into the exhibition of more than 7,000 objects and many interactive stations to show the London of today and that of 300 years ago.

Link to web site

British Library: Magnificent Maps Exhibition

to 19th September 2010 Free entry

brit-mus-maps

Link to web site

John Keat's House, Hampstead: Garden Explorer

to 31st August 2010 Free entry

Borrow one of our explorer packs to learn more about plants and mini-beasts in the Keats House garden. Drop-in activity, ages 6–10 and their families.

This family activity held at Keats House from Sunday 1 May to 31 August at 1 to 5 pm is free but booking an explorer pack on 020 7332 3868 is advisable.

Link to web site

Guildhall Art Gallery Exhibition: Empire Mail: George V and the GPO

to 25th July 2010 Free when purchasing an admission ticket to the Gallery

This major exhibition looks at the passions of King George V, the ‘philatelist king', and the extraordinary period of design and innovation in the General Post Office during his reign.

Empire Mail showcases items from The British Postal Museum & Archive illustrating: developments in the transport of mail by road, rail and air; the rise of graphic design; the 1924 Empire Exhibition; and the First World War.

Alongside this are exquisite rarities from the Royal Philatelic collection.

Link to web site