Heritage Open Days 2025
To celebrate Heritage Open Days 2025, we are holding a range of FREE workshops and events! Find out how to book below!
Reading History: A Palaeography Workshop
Friday 5 September, 9.30am – 11.30am
Doncaster Archives, Chequer Road, DN1 2AE
Find out more about the process of transcribing and reading local 16th and 17th century documents.
Free, booking required.
This workshop has now passed.
Family History for Beginners Workshop (Part 1) CANCELLED
Friday 12 September, 10am – 1pm, 12.30pm – 3.30pm
Doncaster Archives, Chequer Road, DN1 2AE
Would you like to research your family history but don’t know where to start? Come and find out how to start tracing your ancestors and how to use free resources at these workshops
Free, booking required.
Digging up the Corn Exchanges History
Friday 12 September, 2pm
Doncaster Corn Exchange, DN1 1NJ
Council workers undertaking the recent renovation works at the Corn Exchange unexpectedly discover more than they expected, exposing some of Doncaster marketplaces original inhabitants!
Free, booking required.
This talk is now fully booked.
Cusworth Hall Bespoke Guided Tour with Object Handling
Friday 12 September, 1 hour guided tours 10am and 11am
Cusworth Hall Museum & Park DN5 7TU
Discover the hidden lives of the ladies of Cusworth Hall.
Free, booking required.
You can book your place on the 10am tour here.
You can book your place on the 11am tour here.
Cusworth Park Garden Tour
Friday 12 September, tours 11am and 12pm
Cusworth Hall Museum & Park. DN5 7TU
Join our Head Gardner for a Bespoke tour of the Walled Garden.
Free, booking required.
City of Doncaster Archives Open Day and History Roadshow
Saturday 13 September, 10am–4pm
City of Doncaster Archives
Doncaster Archives, Chequer Road DN1 2AE
Enjoy a tour of our archive strong room and see a range of archival documents from Doncaster’s rich history
Booking required for strong room and KOYLI Research Centre tours.
Book onto your tour here.
Book onto your tour for the KOYLI Medal Room and Research Centre here.
Cusworth Hall Bespoke Guided Tour with Object Handling
Saturday 13 September, 1 hour guided tours 10am and 11am
Cusworth Hall Museum & Park DN5 7TU
Discover the hidden lives of the ladies of Cusworth Hall.
Free, booking required.
You can book your place on the 10am tour here.
You can book your place on the 11am tour here.
Cusworth Hall Walled Garden Open Day
Sunday 14 September, 11am – 3pm
Cusworth Hall Museum & Park. DN5 7TU
A chance to see this restored walled garden and orchard. With a chance to pick fruit from the trees.
Family History for Beginners and Online Resources Workshop (Part 2) CANCELLED
Monday 15 September, 10am – 1pm
Doncaster Archives, Chequer Road.
DN1 2AE
Would you like to research your family history but don’t know where to start? Come and find out how to start tracing your ancestors and how to use free resources at these workshops
Rail Store Open Day
Tuesday 16 September, Tours at 10am, 11.30am, 2pm, 3.30pm
City of Doncaster Archives, Chequer Road, Doncaster, DN1 2AE.
8 people per tour.
A unique opportunity to see artefacts from the extensive Doncaster Grammar School Railway Collection in a behind the scenes tour of the Rail Heritage Store.
Until 2020 the Doncaster Grammar School Railway Collection was hidden away in the clock tower of the old school (now Hall Cross Academy). Many items are now on public display at the Danum Gallery Library and Museum but the majority of the collection is in store where intensive work is underway to make it more accessible in the future.
Booking required.
These tours are now fully booked.
How to Research your Property Workshop
Friday 19 September, 10.30am – 12noon
Doncaster Archives, Chequer Road. DN1 2AE
Discover the history of your home using archival documents and census information
Free, booking required.
This workshop is now fully booked.
Feel Good Friday
Friday 19 September, 10.30am – 12.30pm
Danum Gallery, Library and Museum, DN1 3BZ
Feel Good Friday is a relaxed and welcoming session designed to help you step away from the everyday and try something new. Each session offers fresh opportunities to explore interests through Danum’s museum and art collection, enjoying hands-on object handling and getting creative with crafts.
Free, booking required.
Book your place by emailing [email protected].