Fulham Palace Festivities Begin with Carols in the Courtyard
Join the singing at one of two free sessions on Sunday afternoon
Fulham Palace is kicking off its Christmas celebrations this Sunday, 1 December with Carols in the Courtyard.
Join the Friends of Fulham Palace for their popular annual carols in the beautifully restored Tudor courtyard.
To keep you warm there will be mulled wine, hot chocolate, mince pies and gingerbread men on sale.
Attendance is free and booking is not required, but donations onsite towards the Friends fundraising initiatives in support of Fulham Palace will be most welcome.
You can raise your voice at one of two carolling sessions in the Tudor courtyard.
The first session is 3.30pm till 4pm and the is from 4.30pm till 5pm.
Find out more about Christmas events at the Palace 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 from 10.30am till 4pm until 27 March 2020. Admission is free.
October 31, 2019