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| Saturday, 31st October |
| In November 1633, a little boy telling tall tales about witches in his local community in Lancashire sparked a witch hunt so shocking that no lesser body than the Privy Council decided to investigate. |
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| Alec Tritton tells us about resurrection men - they supplied fresh corpses in the 19th century to Anatomical Schools. |
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| Haunting ghost stories, live music, and food and drinks available from the Painted Hall Café and the Old Brewery. |
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| London- City of the Dead. City of Horror. Ghosts and horror in this Halloween Virtual Tour |
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| Sunday, 1st November |
| Monthly open day at the museum to London's first international airport - in Croydon. |
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| Better than half price entry to the Painted Hall on the first Sunday of the month. |
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| A monthly opening of the Victorian museum of industrial testing equipment. |
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| Monday, 2nd November |
| Professor Pittock will ask what kind of man was Charles, what were his ideas and day to day life like, what might have happened if he had won in 1745, and what even in defeat his legacy changed for Britain and its Empire. |
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| Join Irving Finkel and Andrew Robinson as they show us how we unlocked the secrets of cuneiform and hieroglyphics, and how many ancient writings remain mysterious today. |
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| Tuesday, 3rd November |
| A virtual 'On Location' event that will explore the progress made in the docks over the past few years. |
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| A virtual 'On Location' event that will explore the progress made in the docks over the past few years. |
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| A panel discussion hosted by Professor Alice Roberts, followed by the announcement of the winner of the 2020 Royal Society Insight Investment Science Book Prize. |
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| Wednesday, 4th November |
| In this illustrated talk, Pete Smith traces the development of a movement that revolutionized the nineteenth-century art scene and scandalized conventional Victorian society. |
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| Father and son, William and Robert Cecil, not only dominated politics for much of Elizabeth I and James I reign but dominated architectural fashion. |
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| This talk will explore the life and work of two of the most influential surgeons of early nineteenth-century Britain. |
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| Thursday, 5th November |
| The role of natural ecosystems and biodiversity in agriculture and food security. |
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| Friday, 6th November |
| In this illustrated talk, Mark Dunton takes you through the year 1970, fifty years on, a year which saw the election of Edward Heath’s Conservative Government, a bizarre episode involving Bobby Moore, and a dramatic aircraft hijacking. |
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| Late-night opening of the museum along with the Derek Jarman exhibition and a floodlit church. |
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| Saturday, 7th November |
| Each session will showcase an extensive range of whiskies to try - all of which are included in the ticket price. |
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| There's a pop-up thingymajig which seems to be a pyramid box filled with plants and mirrors that you can sit inside. |
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