Saturday afternoon tea, cake and talks. Join us for a talk on the fascinating history of the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry with author and historian, Philomena Liggins. Your ticket includes a cup tea/coffee and a slice of homemade cake to enjoy with the talk. On the outbreak of the First World War, some members of […]

Enjoy a day of sculpting a highland cow in clay with ceramicist Ros Ingram. Clay and firing of work included in cost of workshop, lunch and refreshments are also included in this workshop. About the tutor – Ros Ingram Born in Stratford upon Avon, Ros received a BA hon’s degree in ceramics from the university […]

Inspired by the county’s museum collections, this year’s theme is ‘Representations of people’. Come and join us for our second annual open art competition exhibition. The call out went out across Oxfordshire, inviting all residents to contribute an artwork. The result is wonderfully eclectic. We have a collection of people but also depictions of states […]

Book now for dinner and a show at the incredible Blenheim Palace. To celebrate Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum's 10th Anniversary, Lucy Fleming and her husband, Simon Williams, will be performing “Posting Letters to the Moon”, their show bringing to life the story of the wartime letters between her parents, Celia Johnson (“Brief Encounter”) and Peter […]

Welcome to not just small beer, a show about women, brewsters and ale. Ale ­­– or small beer – was an important source of nutrition in the medieval world. Like bread, it was seen as being crucial to the social order. It was one of three main sources of grain in the diet at the […]

Enjoy a morning of sculpting a hedgehog in clay with ceramicist Ros Ingram. Clay and firing of work included in cost of workshop. About the tutor – Ros Ingram Born in Stratford upon Avon, Ros received a BA hon’s degree in ceramics from the university of Wolverhampton in 1999. She has exhibited throughout Europe, Dubai […]

2024 marks 110 years since the outbreak of the Great War, while the county military museum also celebrates 10 years since it first opened. This event aims to commemorate this and help families discover more about Oxfordshire’s contribution to events that changed the world and the stories of local people caught up in them. First […]

Come and join the fun at the White House in Bladon for our Fireworks and 80's Party on Saturday 2nd November 2024 from 7.00pm

Tea, cake, talks… and duelling! Dr Milo Thurston joins us from The Linacre School of Defence to discuss (and demonstrate) the arts of fencing and fisticuffs from the 18th century, including Sir William Hope's Method of Fencing from 1707 and pugilism.

  Take on the role of a Special Operations Executive agent as your Horsa Glider lands behind enemy lines. Your mission? Solve puzzles and crack clues to find a missing list of suspected double agents and reveal the identity of the duplicitous spy. This information must be placed into the hands of a senior member […]