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  • Compton Organ Open Day – 26th AM

    Grantham Museum St Peter's Hill, Grantham, United Kingdom

    Come and see a piece of Grantham’s musical heritage as it’s being brought back to life! The historic Compton Organ—originally installed in the State Cinema (later the Granada Theatre) in 1937 by the renowned John Compton Organ Company and enjoyed by generations of cinema-goers—is now being carefully installed at Grantham Museum, and you’re invited to […]

  • Compton Organ Open Day – 26th PM

    Grantham Museum St Peter's Hill, Grantham, United Kingdom

    Come and see a piece of Grantham’s musical heritage as it’s being brought back to life! The historic Compton Organ—originally installed in the State Cinema (later the Granada Theatre) in 1937 by the renowned John Compton Organ Company and enjoyed by generations of cinema-goers—is now being carefully installed at Grantham Museum, and you’re invited to […]

  • TALK – Catastrophe: Outbreak of WWI

    Grantham Museum St Peter's Hill, Grantham, United Kingdom

    Join us on Friday 27th March, in the Museum at 2pm, as Lee Steptoe explains that the European powers went to war in 1914 because long-term tensions caused by militarism, alliances, imperial rivalry and nationalism turned the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand into a chain reaction of declarations of war that escalated into a global […]

  • Compton Organ Open Day – 28th AM

    Grantham Museum St Peter's Hill, Grantham, United Kingdom

    Come and see a piece of Grantham’s musical heritage as it’s being brought back to life! The historic Compton Organ—originally installed in the State Cinema (later the Granada Theatre) in 1937 by the renowned John Compton Organ Company and enjoyed by generations of cinema-goers—is now being carefully installed at Grantham Museum, and you’re invited to […]

  • Compton Organ Open Day – 28th PM

    Grantham Museum St Peter's Hill, Grantham, United Kingdom

    Come and see a piece of Grantham’s musical heritage as it’s being brought back to life! The historic Compton Organ—originally installed in the State Cinema (later the Granada Theatre) in 1937 by the renowned John Compton Organ Company and enjoyed by generations of cinema-goers—is now being carefully installed at Grantham Museum, and you’re invited to […]

  • TALK – Finding the Lost Manors of Harlaxton

    Grantham Museum St Peter's Hill, Grantham, United Kingdom

    Join us on Thursday 16th April  in the Museum at 2pm, with Doug Brown as we discover the Lost Manors of Harlaxton. In 2024 Harlaxton History Society decided to take on the challenge of organising a community archaeology project in the village to research it's manorial past. Known now for its extravagant mid 19th Century […]

  • TALK – Slaughter in the Trenches

    Grantham Museum St Peter's Hill, Grantham, United Kingdom

    Join us on Friday 24th April, in the Museum at 2pm, as Lee Steptoe explores the main events of World War I, explaining how new industrialised warfare, trench deadlock, and brutal battles such as the Somme and Verdun created a four-year stalemate that led to the deaths of over 10 million soldiers. This is the […]

  • TALK – The War to End All Wars?

    Grantham Museum St Peter's Hill, Grantham, United Kingdom

    Join us on Friday 29th May, in the Museum at 2pm, as Lee Steptoe examines how, after the devastation of World War I, world leaders attempted to secure lasting peace in the 1920s through the Treaty of Versailles and the creation of the League of Nations, efforts that ultimately struggled to prevent future conflict. This […]

  • TALK – Isaac Newton and Woolsthorpe Manor

    Grantham Museum St Peter's Hill, Grantham, United Kingdom

    Join us on Friday 12th June in the Museum at 2pm, with National Trust volunteer Janice Moulds, as we explore the history of Woolsthorpe Manor, the Lincolnshire birthplace of Sir Isaac Newton, and traces the story of his life. Tickets, include tea and coffee on arrival. Friends of Grantham Museum: £5 | General Admission: £8 […]

  • TALK – The Rise of the Dictators

    Grantham Museum St Peter's Hill, Grantham, United Kingdom

    Join us on Friday 26th June, in the Museum at 2pm, as Lee Steptoe explores how the turmoil and instability at the end of World War I led to the collapse of democracy in Italy, Russia, and Germany, paving the way for the rise of authoritarian leaders and totalitarian regimes. This is the fifth talk […]

  • TALK – The Failure of 1930s Appeasement

    Grantham Museum St Peter's Hill, Grantham, United Kingdom

    Join us on Friday 31st July in the Museum at 2pm, as Lee Steptoe explains why Britain and France made no serious attempt to stop the aggressive expansion of dictators in the 1930s, as fear of another war, economic weakness, and misplaced trust in negotiation allowed their ambitions to go unchecked before the outbreak of […]

  • TALK – Bringing the Compton Home: The Story, Science, and Legacy of a Remarkable Organ

    Grantham Museum St Peter's Hill, Grantham, United Kingdom

    Join us on Friday 14th August in the Museum at 2pm, as Carl Heslop, Trustee of Grantham Museum and the chairman of the East Midlands Organ Museum, takes us for a fascinating journey into the world of the organ and one instrument’s extraordinary return home. When the team at the East Midlands Organ Museum was […]