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Tour
Weekday Wonderings: Tour of St Michael’s Church with Andy Skinner
Tuesday 22 September 2026
11am - 12.30pm
Tour
Weekday Wonderings: Guided Tour of Southampton Collections Centre with Dr Maria Newbery
Thursday 24 September 2026
11.30am - 12.30pm
Talk
Roger Fry and the ‘Art Quake of 1910’ – Art Lecture with Dr David Boyd Haycock
Thursday 24 September 2026
5pm - 6pm
Online Talk
Rediscovering First Class and Second Class by Abraham Solomon: Online Talk with Dr Elena Cooper
Wednesday 30 September 2026
7.30pm - 8.30pm
Activity
Home Education Discovering History Sessions: Southampton Through Time (6yrs+)
Thursday 1 October 2026
10.30am - 11.30am
Tour
Guided Tour: Civic Centre Clock Tower
Saturday 3 October 2026
10.15am - 11.15am
11.30am - 12.30pm
Workshop
Coastal Britain in soft pastel and charcoal: with Emma Morrissey
Saturday 3 October 2026
2pm - 5pm
Study Day
Weekday Study Day: The Myth of Sir Bevis and Southampton
Thursday 8 October 2026
10.30am - 2.30pm
Performance
An afternoon with Celia Imrie, in conversation with Fidelis Morgan
Sunday 11th October, 2-3 PM
Tour
Weekday Wonderings: In the Footsteps of the Friars Walking Tour with Andy Skinner
Wednesday 14 October 2026
10.30am - 12.30pm
Tour
Tim’s Gallery Tours: Towards the English School of Painting (pre 19th century art)
Wednesday 14 October 2026
11am - 12pm
Workshop
Autumn Mushrooms: Sunday Watercolours with Viktoriia Bezugla
Sunday 18 October 2026
10.30am - 1pm
Activity
Art for All: Bats on Bags Printing Workshop! (4 yrs+)
Monday 26 October 2026
10.30am - 12noon
12.30pm - 2pm
2.30pm - 4pm
Activity
Southampton Culture Club for Kids – Spooky Autumn!
Monday 26 October 2026 @ 9am - 4pm
Tuesday 27 October 2026 @ 9am - 4pm
Wednesday 28 October 2026 @ 9am - 4pm
Activity
Wizard School (6yrs+)
Monday 26 October 2026
10.30am - 11.30am
12noon - 1pm
1.30pm - 2.30pm
Activity
Art for All: Autumn Watercolour Vignettes (7 yrs+)
Tuesday 27 October 2026
10.30am - 12noon
12.30pm - 2pm
2.30pm - 4pm
Activity
Wizard School (6yrs+)
Tuesday 27 October 2026
10.30am - 11.30am
12noon - 1pm
1.30pm - 2.30pm
Tour
Torchlight Tour with Andy Skinner: Spooky & Scary Southampton
Tuesday 27 October 2026
6.30pm - 8pm
Activity
Art for All: Spooky Portraits! (5yrs+)
Wednesday 28 October 2026
10.30am - 12noon
12.30pm - 2pm
2.30pm - 4pm
Activity
Art for All: Clay Pumpkins (4yrs+)
Thursday 29 October 2026
10.30am - 12noon
12.30pm - 2pm
2.30pm - 4pm
Activity
Hands on History: Frightening Folklore (6yrs+)
Thursday 29 October 2026
10.30am - 11.30am
12noon - 1pm
Activity
Toddler Time: Silly Spiders! (under 4’s and friends)
Thursday 29th October 2026
10.30am - 11.30am
Activity
Art for All: Clay Pumpkins (4yrs+)
Friday 30 October 2026
10.30am - 12noon
12.30pm - 2pm
2.30pm - 4pm
Tour
Weekday Wonderings Walking Tour with Pete Shawyer: Southampton Stonemason’s Vaults Walk
Thursday 5 November 2026
11am - 12.30pm
Tour
Guided Tour: Civic Centre Clock Tower
Saturday 7 November 2026
10.15am - 11.15am
11.30am - 12.30pm
Christmas
Art for All: Christmas Keepsake Ceramic Baubles
Sunday 8 November 2026
11am - 11.30am
12noon - 12.30pm
Talk
Art History’s Funniest Bits – Art Talk with Verity Babbs
Sunday 8 November 2026
2.30pm - 3.30pm
Talk
Weekday Wonderings Talk with Janey Devine: City Centre Survival
Tuesday 10 November 2026
11am - 12.30pm
Tour
Tim’s Gallery Tours: Romanticism and Revolution- 19th Century Art
Wednesday 11 November 2026
11am - 12pm
Event
Art Then! Free Family Fun Day funded by the Arts Society Southampton
Sunday 15 November 2026
11am - 3.30pm
Workshop
Batik for Beginners – Autumn Forms and Colour: with Mary Eynon
Sunday 15 November 2026
2pm - 4.30pm
Workshop
Linocut Day: Greetings Cards with Katherine Anteney
Saturday 21 November 2026
10am - 4.30pm
Course
Objects with a Story: Watercolour Still Life with Viktoriia Bezugla
Monday 23 November 2026
10.30am - 1pm
Talk
Weekday Wonderings Talk with Mark Chirnside: Titanic Myths in Popular History
Friday 27 November 2026
11am - 12.30pm
Talk
Highlights: Selected Artworks from Southampton’s Fine Art Collection – with Dr Ali Eales
Sunday 29 November 2026
2.30pm - 3.30pm
Course
Objects with a Story: Watercolour Still Life with Viktoriia Bezugla
Monday 30 November 2026
10.30am - 1pm
Talk
Weekday Wonderings Talk with Andy Skinner: The Story of St Mary’s Workhouse
Thursday 3 December 2026
11am - 12.30pm
Tour
Guided Tour: Civic Centre Clock Tower
Saturday 5 December 2026
10.15am - 11.15am
11.30am - 12.30pm
Workshop
Poinsettias: Sunday Watercolours with Viktoriia Bezugla
Sunday 6 December 2026
10.30am - 1pm
Course
Objects with a Story: Watercolour Still Life with Viktoriia Bezugla
Monday 7 December 2026
10.30am - 1pm
Activity
Home Education Discovering History Sessions: Prehistory (6yrs+)
Thursday 10 December 2026
10.30am - 11.30am
Christmas
Visit Father Christmas at Tudor House & Garden
Saturday 12 December 2026
Various Times Throughout the Day | Other Dates Available
Workshop
Winter Lanterns: Sunday Watercolours with Viktoriia Bezugla
Sunday 13 December 2026
10.30am - 1pm
Christmas
Visit Father Christmas at Tudor House & Garden
Sunday 13 December 2026
Various Times Throughout the Day | Other Dates Available
Christmas
Visit Father Christmas at Tudor House & Garden
Saturday 19 December 2026
Various Times Throughout the Day | Other Dates Available
Workshop
Christmas Table Decorations for all ages with Victoria Goss
Sunday 20 December 2026
10.30am - 12.30pm
1pm - 3pm
Christmas
Visit Father Christmas at Tudor House & Garden
Sunday 20 December 2026
Various Times Throughout the Day | Other Dates Available
Activity
Southampton Culture Club for Kids: Wonderful Winter
Monday 21 December 2026 @ 9am - 4pm
Tuesday 22 December 2026 @ 9am - 4pm
Wednesday 23 December 2026 @ 9am - 4pm
Activity
Art for All: Gonks, Gonks and More Gonks (4yrs+)
Monday 21 December 2026
10am - 11am
11.30am - 12.30pm
1pm - 2pm
2.30pm - 3.30pm
Christmas
Visit Father Christmas at Tudor House & Garden
Monday 21st December 2026
Various Times Throughout the Day | Other Dates Available
Activity
Art for All: Gonks, Gonks and More Gonks (4yrs+)
Tuesday 22 December 2026
10am - 11am
11.30am - 12.30pm
1pm - 2pm
2.30pm - 3.30pm
Christmas
Visit Father Christmas at Tudor House & Garden
Tuesday 22nd December 2026
Various Times Throughout the Day | Other Dates Available
Activity
Art for All: Clay Christmas Trees and more (5yrs+)
Wednesday 23 December 2026
10.30am - 12noon
12.30pm - 2pm
2.30pm - 4pm
Tour
Guided Tour: Civic Centre Clock Tower
Saturday 2 January 2027
10.15am - 11.15am
11.30am - 12.30pm
Tour
Tim’s Gallery Tours: Post Modernism and Beyond – 1960- Present Day
Wednesday 13 January 2027
11am - 12pm
Talk
Weekday Wonderings Talk with Dr Cheryl Butler: ‘Incontinent of Her Body’: Women, Society & Morality in Tudor Southampton
Thursday 4 February 2027
11am - 12.30pm
Activity
Home Education Discovering History Sessions: Romans (6yrs+)
Thursday 25 February 2027
10.30am - 11.30am
Performance
Weekday Wonderings History Performance with Jane Glennie: ‘Victims of Fashion’
Monday 8 March 2027
11am - 12.30pm
Things to see at Tudor House
Explore the enchanting Tudor House and Garden, where each room reveals more about the incredible stories of its owners and how the house was used throughout history.
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