Cuming Museum Free Events
September story telling weekend
Join us for world wide story telling sessions and story box activities to launch the start of London's cultural olympiad.
- Friday September 26, 1.30pm to 2.30pm. For younger children aged 2 to 6.
Drop in to hear lively stories from around the world!
- Saturday September 27, 10am to 1pm. For children aged 2 to 8.
Hear stories from around the world and we'll help you make up your own!
 Big draw Saturdays - October
Join us every Saturday morning in October and get drawing! Local artists will run sessions drawing on everything big and small at the Cuming Museum. For children aged 7 to 13.
- Saturday October 4, 10.30am to 12noon
- Saturday October 11, 10.30am to 12noon
- Saturday October 18, 10.30am to 12noon
- Saturday October 25, 10.30am to 12noon
There's no need to book. Just turn up on the day. We request that all children are accompanied by a responsible adult.
Adult talks and events
Keep Smiling Through
Find out more about the exhibition with historian Stephen Bourne. Talk and screening of the documentary 'Aunt Esther's Story'. For more information contact Bryn Hyacinth on 020 7525 2332. No booking required.
- Tuesday 14 October, 6.30pm to 8pm.
Meeting Room Pod, Peckham Library, 122 Peckham Hill Street, SE15 5JR
- Wednesday 22 October, 6pm to 7.30pm.
Cuming Museum. Black History Month event.
Researching Caribbean family history
Illustrated talk by Patrick Vernon, Founder of Every Generation
Find out how to research Caribbean family history. The talk will look at the practical issues around using records at libraries and archive centres. It will also explore using oral history, photographic images and recent breakthroughs in DNA technology.
The evening talk will also include an interactive debate on the issues and challenges for the African Caribbean community in tracing their family tree from the impact of slavery and colonisation. A Black History Month event
No booking required.
For more information contact Bryn Hyacinth on 020 7525 2332.
- Friday 10 October 2pm to 4pm
Cuming Museum
- Friday 17 October 6pm to 7.30pm
Cuming Museum
From War to Windrush: walking tour
Join Tony Warner from Black History Walking Tours, as he guides you through the Black History of Southwark. This tour will start at the Imperial War Museum From War to Windrush exhibition, and end at the Cuming Museum Keep Smiling Through: Black Londoners on the Home Front 1939-1945 exhibition.
This tour is free, but you must ring 020 7901 3034 to book your place.
- Saturdays September 13 and 20
Start 11am from the Imperial War Museum
For more information about any of the above events please contact the Cuming Museum.
Contact us
The Cuming Museum
Tel: 020 7525 2332
Fax: 020 7525 2345
cuming.museum@southwark.gov.uk
Old Walworth Town Hall
151 Walworth Road
London
SE17 1RY |