Talks & Lectures in Preston

Why War?

Take a deeper look into the thought provoking painting “Why War?” led by our knowledgeable Harris Volunteer Gary.Award winning painting “Why War?” is packed ful…

The Harris, Preston

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Artist Talk with Liz Dixon: Threads, Journals, and Samplers.

Book your place to listen to Liz explain how an artistic change of direction led her to explore the meditative process of slow stitching and free style embroide…

Fulwood Library, Preston

The Cuerdale Hoard with Harris Volunteer Roisin

The Cuerdale Hoard is one of the largest Viking silver hoards ever found, reported to be much larger than its nearest rival in Britain or Ireland and this talk,…

The Harris, Preston

The Preston Suffragette Movement

Come and join volunteer Pam Young - by looking at photographs, objects, short films and paintings, you will build a picture of the Suffragette Movement in Prest…

The Harris, Preston

Lunchtime Lecture: Preston’s Victorian Red Light District

Step into a hidden world long erased from the map and uncover the stories of the people who lived through poverty and hardship to survive in one of Preston’s mo…

The Harris, Preston

If Walls Could Speak...

Join us this autumn as Samlesbury Hall presents 'If Walls Could Speak...' - an illustrated lecture by Paul Hodgetts, the UK's 'priest hide' expert.Discover what…

Samlesbury Hall, Preston