The Plymouth History Festival returns for 2022
This year sees the return of the Plymouth History Festival, between the dates of 7 May and 27 May, as we showcase and share the wonderful community heritage work being undertaken in the city.
The overarching themes for this year’s event centre around the National Marine Park project and how Plymouth’ s enduring connection with the water has come to shape the identities of the people, and communities, who have called this place home through history.
The National Marine Park project’s aim, is to improve the physical and social infrastructure of the city as a place intrinsically bound to Plymouth Sound, through engagement with its residents. Consequently, events throughout the month will consider and explore how this has happened in the past, how it happens today and what more we can do as we look to the future.
Saturday 7 May 2022
The Box: Local History Bonanza Day, 10am-4pm Ford Park Cemetery Exhibition: Artists in Residence, 12.30pm to 3.30pm
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Hart of Plymouth: The Vestry, Plymouth Synagogue, 11am and 4pm The Box: Behind The Scenes Tours , 1pm and 2pm
Read moreTuesday 10 May 2022
Tamar Bridge Anchorage Tour: 10am to 11.30am High Street Heritage Action Zone Trundle: 10.30am
Read moreWednesday 11 May 2022
The Box: Bitesize: Figured and Formed, 1pm to 1.45pm Plymouth, Devonport & Stonehouse in the 19th Century Talk: 7.30pm to 8.30pm
Read moreThursday 12 May 2022
Bridging the Tamar Centre: Guided Tour, 2pm to 3pm Elizabethan House Tour: 3.30pm to 4.30pm
Read moreSaturday 14 May 2022
Mount Wise and Falklands 40: Walks with History, from 11am The Box: Dress Code: Queering the Mannequin, 2pm to 3pm
Read moreSunday 15 May 2022
Hart of Plymouth: The Vestry, Plymouth Synagogue, 11am and 4pm In Search of Pudding Lane: Walks with History, from 3pm
Read moreMonday 16 May 2022
Beating of the Bounds of Devonport (1): Walks with History, from 11am Beating of the Bounds of Devonport (2): Walks with History, from 3pm
Read moreTuesday 17 May 2022
Tamar Bridge Visitor Centre: Guided Tour, 2pm to 3pm University of Plymouth: Lower Tamar Crossings talk, 7pm to 8.30pm
Read moreWednesday 18 May 2022
The Box: Bitesize: The Future of the Past, 1pm to 1.45pm The Box: Where Am I? talk, 3pm to 4.30pm
Read moreThursday 19 May 2022
Ford Park Cemetery Exhibition: Artists in Residence, 10.30am to 3.30pm Tamar Bridge Visitor Centre: Guided Tour, 11am to 12pm
Read moreFriday 20 May 2022
The Box: Clean Our Patch Heritage Litter Pick, from 11am Old Plymouth Society Talk: The Royal Albert Bridge, from 7.30pm
Read moreSaturday 21 May 2022
University of Plymouth: Our Ocean City, Stories and Sounds of the Sea, 9.45am to 4pm Leadworks: Renaissance Dance Company Workshop, 4pm to 4.30pm
Read moreSunday 22 May 2022
The Box: Behind The Scenes Tours, 1pm and 2pm Murder & Misadventure in Victorian Plymouth: Ford Park Cemetery, 7pm to 8.30pm
Read moreMonday 23 May 2022
The Millfields: Walks with History, from 10am Ford Park Cemetery Exhibition: Murder, Mystery, Mayhem, 12.30pm to 3.30pm
Read moreTuesday 24 May 2022
The Box: Sources for Local History Workshop, 10am to 12.30pm Tamar Bridge Visitor Centre: Guided Tour, 2pm to 3pm
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The Levinsky Gallery: Bitesize: Rachel Whiteread, 1pm to 1.45pm Devon Family History Society: Online Talk, 7.30pm to 9pm
Read moreThursday 26 May 2022
Ernesettle Community Curation Event: 10am to 3pm Elizabethan House Tour: 3.30pm to 4.30pm
Read moreFriday 27 May 2022
Rainbow Connections Trail: Guided Walk, 11am to 12.30pm The Box: Identity Parade, 7.30pm to 10pm
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