What's On in August at Fulham Palace
Get crafty, become a Bishop for A Day or make a date with Frankenstein
Wednesday 14, 21 and 28 August, 1pm - 3m - Craft at the Palace
Get crafty at free weekly drop in sessions taking place every Wednesday in August.
Each week children will be making a different masterpiece, from mosaics to squirrel puppets.
No booking required. Suitable for ages 3+. Children must be accompanied by an adult
These sessions take place in Bishop Terrick's Room.
Sunday 25 August, 11am - 3pm - Family Fun Day: Bishop for a Day
Learn about the Bishops of London who called Fulham Palace their home, create a mitre and meet the top 12 Bishops.
Suitable for ages 3+. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Free drop in event.
Thursday 29 August, 7pm - 10pm - Frankenstein
Illyria’s brand-new musical brings Mary Shelley’s gripping tale to life.
This production features a fully orchestrated musical score, a cast of professional actor singers, spectacular stage effects and puppetry. Not to mention flashes of the wickedly dark humour for which Illyria is justly celebrated.
Suitable for all ages. Gates open at 6pm.
This event will go ahead in all weather unless it is unsafe to do so.
Please wear appropriate clothing.
Seating is not provided, you’re welcome to bring a low backed chair or rug should you wish.
Tickets: Adults £15, Children £10, Under threes £3. Book tickets here
Fulham Palace also hosts regular walks and tours throughout the month:
Sunday 11 and 25, 12.30pm - 1.30pm; Tuesday 20, 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.
Tickets £6 per person, accompanied children free. No need to book in advance. Tour begins at the visitor welcome desk.
Sunday August 18, 2pm - 3pm - Garden Walk
On this tour around the 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.
Suitable for ages 14+. Tickets £6 per person, accompanied children free. No need to book in advance. Tour begins at the visitor welcome desk.
Learn more about the garden here.
Monday 12, 19 and 26 and Tuesday 13, 20 and 27 August, 10.30am - 11.30am - Summer Seekers
These weekly, themed sessions for two to seven year olds and their adults are all about having fun together over school holidays, getting hands-on with craft activities, dressing up in period costumes and exploring the house and garden.
Tickets £5.50 per child.
Booking required, education@fulhampalace.org.
Find out more about Summer Seekers here
Fulham Palace is also hosting an exhibition: Discovering the Bishop of London’s Palace at Fulham
The first exhibition in the palace's new museum celebrates its recent £3.8 million restoration project, revealing what was involved in this thee year programme to restore and reinterpret the Tudor courtyard and historic rooms and create new plant beds in the botanic garden.
Find out how this complex restoration project has resulted in a richer understanding of the building of Fulham Palace, how the site was used and the people who lived and worked here over the centuries.
Learn about the work carried out by the specialist conservators and craftspeople involved in the project, and the traditional methods they employed to remain faithful to those used at Fulham Palace in the past.
See many of the fascinating finds discovered during the restoration works, from artefacts uncovered through archaeology digs to a 17th century painted wall hidden behind plasterboard.
Learn about the vital role volunteers played in discovering more about Fulham Palace and the Bishops of London through carrying out an extensive archive research project and participating in archaeology digs.
The exhibition is on display until November 2020 and is open during museum opening times - 10.30am till 5pm in summer. Admission is free
July 22, 2019