What's On in June at Fulham Palace


Hidden history, family fun day and A Midsummer Night's Dream in the garden

A Midsummer Night's Dream

 

Tuesday 11 June, 6.30pm - 7.30pm - Round the garden, past the paddock and up to the rafters

Join community archaeologist Alexis Haslam and discover the hidden history uncovered during Fulham Palace's restoration project.

See objects that were excavated from the site over the last two years, as well as hear surprising stories about the exciting finds made inside the house.

Tickets £5.50, booking essential. Book here.

Sunday 16 June, 6.30pm - 8.45pm - A Midsummer Night's Dream

The garden at Fulham Palace is the perfect setting for Shakespeare’s classic story of order and disorder, reality and appearance, and love and marriage.


To honour Duke Theseus’ wedding, a group of rustic artisans, and would-be thespians, rehearse a play. Meanwhile, feuding lovers flee the city and seek solace in an enchanted forest alive with warring fairies and the meddling sprite Puck. As the clash between the fairy king and queen, Oberon and Titania, catches everyone in its cross-fire, confusion abounds and makes asses of them all.
This supernatural comedy of mischievous fairies and confused lovers is an intoxicating tale of clarity found from chaos as tangled love gives way to happily ever afters.

Suitable for all ages
Gates open at 5.30
This event will go ahead in all weather unless it is unsafe to do so
Please wear appropriate clothing
Seating is not provided, you are welcome to bring a low backed chair or rug should you wish

Tickets: Adults £17, Children £11, Under 3's £5. Book tickets here.

Sunday 23 June, 11am - 3pm - Family Fun Day: Designed by Dunstan

Have a go at engraving on a rose engine with the Society of Ornamental Turners. Explore a different side to the Palace with trails, tours and plenty of interactive fun with craftspeople.

Free drop in, suitable for ages 3+. Children must be accompanied by an adult

Fulham Palace also hosts regular walks and tours throughout the month, beginning on Sunday 2 June.

Sunday 2, 9  and 23 June, 12.30pm - 1.30pm;  Wednesday 5 June, 2pm - 3pm, Tuesday 18 June, 2pm - 3pm  - History Tour

On this tour of the house and garden, learn how their passions, wealth and power shaped Fulham Palace. Find out about the mixture of different architectural styles that make up the house, the stories of the Bishops and their families who called the Palace home, and how the 13 acre garden evolved over the centuries to become the beautiful urban oasis it is today.

Thursday 6 and Sunday 16 June, 2pm - 3pm - Garden Walk

Garden Walk

On this tour around Fulham Palace's 13 acre site, hear how successive Bishops of London made their mark on the garden, learn about the unusual specimens grown here today and find out about the exciting projects the gardener team are currently working on to restore this Grade II* listed garden.

Tickets for garden walks and history tours cost £6 per person, accompanied children free. No need to book in advance. Meet at the visitor welcome desk.

Monday 3, 10, 17 and 24 June and Tuesday 4, 11, 18 and 25 June, 9.30am - 10.30am - Palace Explorers late summer term

These fun and creative facilitated sessions are geared specifically to 2-4 year olds and their adults. This term they will be learning about different bishops who lived in the Palace, including their life history and family relationships.

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Booking essential. £5.50 per session. To book your place email education@fulhampalace.org.

Saturday 15 June,  9am - 10.45am, Young Archaeologists’ Club (YAC) foreshore walk

The Young Archaeologists’ Club (YAC) is for budding archaeologists aged 8 to 16.

Each month YAC members investigate different themes, with activities that can range from learning to catalogue artefacts to taking part in a real archaeology dig!


The Thames Discovery Programme will lead the young people on a foreshore walk on the Putney side of the River Thames, looking for artefacts on the shore and learn about finds which have been made in this area. Because of the tide times in June this session start earlier than usual.

Tickets £16.00, booking essential, with young adults attending independently. Book tickets here.

Find out more about the Young Archaeologist's Club here.


May 30, 2019