It’s that fantastic time of year when England’s largest festival of history and culture is coming to Newark and Sherwood! It’s a great chance to discover hidden places and try out new experiences right on your doorstep, and the best bit, they all are completely FREE to enjoy!

Giving you a glimpse of some of the fantastic events, come along and discover our hidden Tudor Courtyard on Saturday 7 September, 10am until 4pm where you can meet a cavalry soldier and his horse and find out what it was like to be the fastest soldier on the battlefield. You can learn how to use a pike to defend your cavalry and enjoy cavalry-themed creative activities for the whole family throughout the day too!

You can also enjoy the rare opportunity to look behind the scenes at the museum’s reserve collection. Join curator Kevin Winter to explore thousands of years of Newark’s history through the 90,000 objects held at the Newark Resource Centre on Wednesday 11 September, 6.30pm to 8.30pm.

If theatre is more of an interest to you, a pop-up exhibition telling the story of the Palace Theatre’s history will be available from Tuesday 10 to Saturday 14 September. Learn how it went from a 1920’s cinema built by a female entrepreneur to the beloved cultural hub it has become today.

Take a look through the Heritage Open Days booklet 2024 (PDF File, 7,169kb) to find out more!