Exhibition 'Victorian Weekend, Milton Keynes Museum' in Milton Keynes Museum
Join us for a jam-packed programme of brilliant entertainment which is likely to include:
» Enjoy favourite songs from the glorious age of Music Hall starring Rachel Duffield as the one and only Marie Lloyd
» Watch out for the Ragged Victorians, straight from the pages of Oliver Twist, re-enacting the other side of Victorian lowlife around the site all weekend
» Be transported to Charles Dickens’ time as Andy Jennings transforms into the master storyteller, and reads from his best-known works
» Be amazed by the Palace of Curiosities: a Victorian fairground show full of fun and fascination, including the mysterious Marcus Island Mermaid
» Step up for army drills and parades with the crimson-jacketed Diehards – soldiers of the Victorian Military Society
» Enter a world of Snake oil and shenanigans – stories of Victorian medicine, dentistry and quackery from the inimitable Neil Storey
» Take tea with HM Queen Victoria. You won’t forget our sumptuous afternoon tea or the lessons in royal etiquette that precede it. Spaces very limited;
» Discover the secrets hidden in old military snaps with ‘Who Do You Think You Are? expert’ Graham Bandy – bring your own family snaps along
» Wonder at the gorgeous display of Victorian fashion from historical costumier Izabela Pitcher
» Take home a souvenir from our Victorian traders, including fossils (fashionable at the time), clothing and jewellery
»Test your skill at the coconut shy, skittles and hoopla
» Let local bands set your foot tapping with some favourite tune
Why not come in costume yourself and experience an age or exploration, discovery, learning and progress?
