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Summer Events in 2026

Talks in 2026

Talks will take place in the Hinckley Great Meeting Chapel, Baines Lane, and commence at 7.30pm. The venue is disabled friendly, and there is free car parking adjacent to the museum in Lower Bond Street and in Druid Street.
Admission is £1 per event with a 2026 Friends of Hinckley & District Museum membership card. Non-members are welcome with admission £5 per event at the door. Click here to download talks poster.

• March 19th, Hugh Beavin with "Stoke Golding in the Hungry Forties"
• April 16th, Paul Gardner (HDDP) and Greg Drozdz with "Tip toe through the tombstones of Sparrows Garden"
• May 21st, Tony Yorke with "Female spies of the English Civil War"
• June 18th, Eddie Smallwood with "The tale of two Kates – Catherine of Aragon and Katherine Parr"
• September 17th, Paul Griffiths with "The irrepressible Wilson Chapman: a glimpse of Hinckley at the turn of the 20th Century"
• October 15th, Hugh Beavin with "Ada Lovelace, bride of science"
• November 19th, Sandy Leong with "The Great Tea Robbery: the amazing tale of 19th century industrial espionage to bring the best tea to Britain"

Displays in 2026

Displays are included in the cost of admission to the museum

• Notable Hinckley Personalities in the English Civil War 1642-1651
• The Miracles of Merevale Avenue: 85th anniversary of the Merevale Avenue bombing of 16/17th May 1941
• The Rotary Club of Hinckley 1926 – 2026 a century of service
• Suffolk Pointe Co. Ltd. (Earl Shilton) - the process of making ballet shoes
• Excavations at Aston Flamville Manor House by Hinckley Archaeological Society