by Jill Robinson | Jul 19, 2023
Nottinghamshire Day – Friday 25th August, 10am. The National Holocaust Centre and Museum is an inspirational and contemplative place. Set in the beautiful countryside of Laxton, the amazing Smith family created a permanent memorial to the victims of the...
by Jill Robinson | Jul 19, 2023
Join us on our open day to celebrate our fantastic community. Nottinghamshire Day – Friday 25th August, 10am. The National Holocaust Centre and Museum is an inspirational and contemplative place. Set in the beautiful countryside of Laxton, the amazing Smith...
by Jill Robinson | Jul 19, 2023
Join us for a family arts and crafts day with Elsa Rickett-Trueman, illustrator of ‘The Animal Train’. Stone Painting * Ladybug Crafts* Mask Making * Colouring Sheets Activities included within your admission ticket Free Entry for Children Under 8 Drop in...
by Jill Robinson | Jul 19, 2023
Join us as Holocaust Survivor Hedi Argent offers her moving testimony. Hedi will be ‘In Conversation’ with our Senior Educator Nicola Stauther as they discuss her book ‘The Day The Music Changed: How I Became A Refugee From Nazi Europe’....
by Jill Robinson | May 22, 2023
Broken Instruments is a story of survival, made possible through the power of music. There is something profound about a beautifully played instrument, especially when you learn that it bears no grudge against those who would have it’s player cruelly treated and...
by Jill Robinson | May 22, 2023
The centre is set among a rich history of mining communities, from which many of their staff still reside. Even a beloved Survivor was placed with a pit deputy and his family after fleeing Germany and arriving on the Kindertransport. Dr David Amos is offering his...
by Jill Robinson | May 22, 2023
Holocaust Survivor Ruth Schweining will be offering her inspiring testimony on Sunday 28th May. Ruth was born in Breslau in 1935. Due to increasing pressure her parents decided to emigrate to Austria hoping to find safety for the family. Kristallnacht changed their...
by Howard Heeley | Jan 16, 2023
On the weekend of 11th/12th February 2023 it will be forty (40) years since Avro Vulcan XM594 landed (actual landing date 07.02.83) on the former wartime runway at Winthorpe Showground to go on display at the museum; the year 2023 it is also the 60th anniversary of...
by Howard Heeley | Jan 16, 2023
This two-day event is being hosted at the museum, to mark fifty years since the museum was officially opened to the public, on 14th April 1973. The original opening ceremony was led by AVM Sir Ralph Cochrane KBE, the former Officer Commanding 5 Group Bomber Command at...
by Howard Heeley | Jan 16, 2023
This annual two day event provides the perfect opportunity for the public to view a diverse range of visiting aircraft cockpits at the air museum, alongside our own diverse aviation displays. Running for more than twenty years this event allows visitors the...
