Open House Festival

Museum of Croydon Behind the Scenes Tour

community/cultural

Charles Henman, 1896

Croydon Clocktower, Katharine St, CR9 1ET

Join our expert staff as they open the Museum of Croydon stores for an intimate guided tour of our stored collections. This activity will take approximately 1 hour and can cater for a maximum of 8 people.

Getting there

Train

East Croydon, West Croydon

Bus

157, 407

Additional travel info

Our meeting point will be outside the Central Library in the Clocktower. For more information on how to get here: museumofcroydon.com/visit

Access

Facilities

Accessibility notes

The tours are accessible via lift, in an emergency visitors will have to use steps. Audio description available on request.

What you can expect

The stores are lit using artificial lights and are colder to support the preservation of historic items.

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Activities

Sat 13 Sep

Audio Described Tour

10:00–11:00

Audio-Described Tour of 'Forge'

Explore Croydon's fascinating industrial heritage on a tour of our exhibition: Forge featuring handling collection.

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Guided tour

13:00–14:00

Guided Tour of 'Forge' and Archival material

Explore Croydon's fascinating industrial heritage on a tour of our exhibition: Forge featuring the opportunity to look at archival materials

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Guided tour

15:00–16:00

Guided Tour of Forge with Archival Material

Explore Croydon's fascinating industrial heritage on a tour of our exhibition: Forge featuring the opportunity to look at archival materials

How to book

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Thu 18 Sep

Guided tour

18:00–19:00

Late Tour of Forge: Industries of Croydon

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Sat 20 Sep

Guided tour

12:00–13:00

Tour of Art & Joy and Collection Stores

Explore our exhibition - 'Art and Joy' with an expert member of staff and our underground storage of rarely seen collection pieces.

How to book

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Guided tour

14:00–15:00

Tour of Art & Joy and Collection Stores

Explore our exhibition - 'Art and Joy' with an expert member of staff and our underground storage of rarely seen collection pieces.

How to book

Please create a free visitor account to book your festival tickets.

About

Visit our object store facilities

This is a rare opportunity to see behind-the-scenes of a local history museum with a fascinating collection including the Riesco ceramic assemblage, archaeological, domestic and fine art objects.

Curator-led tours

Explore our exhibition with exclusive curator-led expertise with unique insights into the building of 'Art and Joy'

Explore archival material

Join our tour of Forge: Industries of Croydon for the rare opportunity to look at archival material around Croydon's fascinating Industrial Heritage.

Online presence

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