Out and about in August

Get out and about with our extended guide to exhibitions and events taking place across Britain this August. From an exhibition on Victorian plant hunters at the Garden Museum in London, to re-enactments and an Olympic exhibition, there's bound to be something here for everyone

 

 

 

Pick of the month

 

Exhibition: The Plant Seekers
Garden Museum, London
Until 21 October
020 7401 8865
www.gardenmuseum.org.uk

 

Find out more about the exhibition, as well as an interview with the curator, in August's issue of BBC History Magazine – out now.

See images from the exhibition in our online slideshow

 

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London

 

Display: Artist and Evangelist: Lives Remembered
National Portrait Gallery, London
FREE ENTRY
14 August–24 March 2013
020 7306 0055
www.npg.org.uk

 

Display: Sui Jianguo’s Discus Thrower
British Museum, London
FREE ENTRY
Until 9 September 2012
020 7323 8299
www.britishmuseum.org

 

Exhibition: Ballgowns
V&A Museum, London
Until 6 January 2013
020 7942 2000
www.vam.ac.uk

 

Exhibition: Olympex 2012: Collecting the Olympic Games
British Library, London
FREE ENTRY
Until 9 September 2012
www.bl.uk/olympex2012

 

 

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South and South East

 

Event: Festival of Steam
Weald & Downland Open Air Museum, Chichester
18–19 August
01243 811348
www.wealddown.co.uk
 

 

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South West

 

Exhibition: Selling Dreams: 100 Years of Fashion Photography
Royal Albert Memorial Museum and Art Gallery, Exeter
FREE ENTRY
Until 2 September
01392 265858
www.rammuseum.org.uk

See images from the exhibition in our online slideshow

 

Exhibition: Falmouth in the Days of Sail
National Maritime Museum Cornwall, Falmouth
Until 31 December 2012
www.nmmc.co.uk

 

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East

 

Exhibition: Ceramic Art, Craft and Tales from Medieval Cyprus
Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Until 23 September 2012
01223 332900
www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk
 

 

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Heart of England

 

Lecture: King Richard III: Before and After Bosworth
Newarke Houses Museum and Gardens, Leicester
22 August
0116 225 4980
www.leicester.gov.uk

 

Talk: Working for the Dead
Birmingham Museum, Birmingham
4 August
0121 303 2834
www.bmag.org.uk
 

 

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North East

 

Home & Away: North East Sport & the Olympics
Discovery Museum, Newcastle upon Tyne
FREE ENTRY
21 July–14 January 2013
0191 232 6789
www.twmuseums.org.uk/discovery
 

 

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North West

 

Event: Pendle Witches Festival
Various locations, Lancashire
Throughout 2012
01282 856186
www.visitpendle.com
 

 

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Yorkshire

 

Event: York Mystery Plays
York Museum Gardens, York
2–27 August
S 01904 715450
www.yorkmysteryplays-2012.com

 

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Wales

 

Event: Empire: A Roman Spectacular
National Roman Legion
Museum, Wales
18–19 August
029 2057 3550
www.museumwales.ac.uk/en/roman
 

 

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Scotland

 

Robert the Bruce Festival
Dunfermline, Fife
FREE ENTRY
25–26 August
01383 732226
www.brucefestival.co.uk
 

 

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Northern Ireland

 

Display: Dunlap Broadside
Ulster American Folk Park, Castletown, Omagh
Until 21 September 2012
028 8224 3292
www.nmni.com/uafp
 

 

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Got an historical exhibition or event happening in your area? Email Charlotte Hodgman with the details and we'll do our best to include it in our online listings.